A hammer is final: GAC Aean is becoming a leader in new car-making forces

During the May Day holiday, new car-making forces have announced car sales in April and the first four months of this year. Some media have produced a sales list of new car-making forces based on this.

The top six sales lists in April are Zero Run, Xiaopeng, Nezha, Weilai, Ideal and Extreme Krypton. The top six from January to April are Xiaopeng, Nezha, Ideal, Weilai, Zero Run and Extreme Krypton.

The other is called the new force smart pure electricity sales list. The top six in April are Aian, Xiaopeng, Nezha, Weilai, Zero Run and Extreme Krypton. From January to April, the top six are GAC Aean, Xiaopeng Automobile, Nezha Automobile, Niolai Automobile, Zero Run and Extreme Krypton. Ideal cars are excluded from this list due to being plug-in hybrids.

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Since late March, the COVID-19 pandemic in China has once again spread widely. The epidemic has had an impact on the automotive supply chain, automobile production and logistics and transportation. In April, domestic automobile production and sales fell seriously, and almost all new car-making forces fell sharply from the previous month.

Under the severe situation, GAC Aean's sales reached 10,212 vehicles in April, making it the only car company in the new force's smart pure electric camp that sold more than 10,000 vehicles. GAC Aean sold 55,086 vehicles from January to April, ranking first among the new forces.

How to define the new forces of car-making

With the independence of gac Aeon brand, asset restructuring, and the introduction of social capital, the media and capital began to classify Aeon as a "new car-making force". Some media also believe that Aeon is born in traditional automobile media, is a subsidiary of the state-controlled enterprise GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE Group, and should not be included in the new car-making forces.

In the end, what is the new force of car manufacturing, in fact, there is no accurate and authoritative definition. Searching for "new car-making forces" on Baidu, there is no entry.

Generally speaking, the new car-making forces refer to a number of emerging automobile companies and brands that have emerged in the latest wave of car-making, also known as Internet car-making. The new forces that can be included in the car manufacturing mainly include Weilai Automobile, Xiaopeng Automobile, Ideal Automobile, Nezha Automobile, Zero-run Automobile, WM Automobile, Aiways Automobile, Yundu Automobile, Singularity Automobile, Gaohe Automobile, LeTV Automobile, Byton Automobile, etc. Some of these brands have disappeared.

Some analysts believe that beiqi's Jihu, Dongfeng's Lantu, Chang'an's Avita, and SAIC's Feifan all belong to the new car-making forces.

In the past few years, the three car companies of Weilai, Ideal and Xiaopeng have ranked among the top three in the delivery volume of new car-making enterprises, and are known as "Wei Xiaoli" by the industry.

These new car-making forces mainly have the following three characteristics:

The first is to introduce a large amount of social capital. WEILAI, XIAOPENG and IDEAL are all listed companies.

Second, they are all emerging enterprises with strong innovation capabilities and the ability to subvert the traditional mode of thinking. All are new enterprises and new brands, and the history is short. NIO and Xiaopeng Automobile were established in 2014, and Ideal Automobile, WM Motor and Zero Run Automobile were established in 2015. Nezha Automobile was established in 2018. The independence of the Aeon brand is in 2020, and the Extreme Krypton automobile brand was officially released last April. The mass production of these brands is even later.

Third, the products are all intelligent new energy vehicles, mainly pure electric vehicles. In addition to the ideal product is plug-in hybrid models, Lantu also has some products that are plug-in hybrid, and the products of other new forces are intelligent electric vehicles.

It fully meets the conditions of the new forces of car manufacturing

According to the three characteristics of the new car-making forces summarized above, Aeon fully meets the conditions.

First, GAC E-An implemented the mixed ownership reform, actively introduced social capital, and strived to go public. In August last year, GAC Group deliberated and passed the proposal of GAC Aean Mixed Reform and the introduction of strategic investors to promote the company's pure electric new energy vehicle business to become better and stronger. On March 17 this year, GAC Group announced that GAC Aeg, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group, has completed a total financing of RMB2.566 billion. With the advancement of mixed reform, GAC Aean is transforming from a limited company into a joint-stock company, gradually forming an independent operation ability for the market and an independent financing and investment ability.

Second, GAC EIAN enterprises and brands are very young and have strong innovation capabilities. On November 20, 2020, Feng Xingya, general manager of GAC Group, announced the independent operation of the "GAC Aean" brand. General Manager Gu Huinan officially announced that the company changed its name to "GAC Aean New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd." and "GAC Aean" is positioned as a high-end intelligent electric vehicle brand. GAC Aean's predecessor, GAC New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., was established in 2017, and the Aeon brand was launched in 2018. The first product of the Aeon brand was born only three years ago.

The third is that "GAC Aean" is positioned as a high-end intelligent electric vehicle brand, and all its products are intelligent electric vehicles. Aeon brand smart electric models include cars and SUVs, covering the price range of 150,000 to 350,000.

All indicators are leading the new forces in an all-round way

In the face of multiple pressures such as chip shortage, repeated epidemics, rising raw material prices, and insufficient production capacity, GAC Eian, which has operated independently for more than a year, has overcome many difficulties and achieved major breakthroughs in three aspects, such as automobile production and marketing, scientific and technological innovation, and mixed reform of enterprises, and various indicators have comprehensively led the new forces of car manufacturing.

In 2021, GAC's annual sales reached 123,660 units, an increase of 119% year-on-year. Among the new car-making forces, GAC Ae-An is the only car company that sells more than 100,000 vehicles a year. At the same time, GAC Aean ranks among the top three mainstream electric vehicles above 100,000 in China. In the first four months of this year, GAC Aeon sold 55,086 vehicles, the only car company with more than 50,000 of all the new forces. Over the past year, GAC Ae-an has shown a "E-An phenomenon" with rapid development speed and high development quality, ranking among the top domestic electric vehicle brands.

Over the past year, GAC Aeon has launched a number of industry-leading cutting-edge technologies for electric vehicles, achieving a number of technological breakthroughs and leading new car manufacturing forces.

In terms of automotive intelligence, while GAC Aean's intelligent cockpit technology has accelerated the iterative upgrade, the industry has taken the lead in adopting the second-generation intelligent zoom lidar technology, and plans to install infrared intelligent driving sensing technology within the year to bring consumers a higher-order intelligent driving experience.

In terms of electrification, the magazine battery system safety technology industry for the first time to achieve ternary lithium battery whole pack of needle prick fire, set the industry's highest safety standards; super double speed battery technology and super charging pile, to solve the electric vehicle users queuing up to charge the long time worries; sponge silicon anode chip battery technology to create the world's first life of more than 1000 km pure electric vehicle, relying on continuous scientific and technological innovation, Aian has become the industry's only battery safety, overcharge, endurance three aspects to achieve the world's leading car companies.

Facing the reform of the new energy industry, while inheriting the advantages of the state-owned assets system, E-AN has formed a shared and independent synergy with the group, created a unique "E-an model" mixed reform, and built the most competitive advanced system.

On March 31 this year, Feng Xingya, general manager of GAC Group, said at the media communication meeting of GAC Group's annual report, "What should gac Aean's mixed reform target at least be achieved? It is to turn the current 'Wei Xiaoli' into 'Ai Xiaowei'. "It means that Aeon wants to become the leader of the new car-making forces in the country."

With the change of the market share of the new car-making forces, the previous "Wei Xiaoli" pattern has been broken. In the market structure, GAC Aean has ranked first in the sales volume of pure electric models of the new forces. At present, the vast majority of new car-making forces are in a state of loss, and GAC Aean has been able to achieve breakeven. As a technology company with a very innovative spirit, Internet genes and a youthful image, GAC Aean is gradually becoming a leader of new forces. (End)

(This article was published simultaneously to China Automotive Trend Network)