Tramway news: According to 36Kr, BYD's power battery business, Fordy Battery, is actively exploring the market in the new car camp, including Weilai and Xiaomi Automobile.
Sources said that "the fixed-point cooperation between Weilai and Fordy Battery has been finalized before the Spring Festival, using BYD's lithium iron phosphate battery." According to informed sources, in the second half of last year, a number of Weilai battery people frequently visited BYD's Shenzhen Pingshan headquarters.
Earlier this month, photos of WEIO CEO Li Bin accompanying BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu on a tour of NIO's Hefei factory were circulated on social media. As for when the cooperation between the two sides will be announced, some industry sources close to the top level of Weilai revealed that the form of cooperation is relatively new, and it can wait and see.
At about the same time as Weilai, another star car-making company, Xiaomi Automobile, also signed a fixed-point cooperation agreement with Fordi Battery. Xiaomi Automobile's first car plans two configurations, low-end models use a 400V voltage platform, plan to use BYD blade batteries, and high-end models use 800V voltage platforms, "there is a high probability of using products from the Ningde era, but the details of cooperation have not yet been finalized." ”
Sources said that in order to win the cooperation of these star car projects, BYD has given many preferential treatment in business terms.
In response to the above news, Weilai replied: There is no information to disclose. BYD and Xiaomi are similar: there is no official information to provide yet.