SAIC and Audi reach consensus to jointly develop electric vehicle platform

Recently, Zu Sijie, Vice President of SAIC Motor and Dean of SAIC Innovation Research and Development Institute, once again responded to many rumors about the recent cooperation between SAIC Motor and Audi on the electric vehicle platform: "China's electric vehicles have entered a stage of deep transformation. , Audi is our strategic partner, and SAIC and Audi have reached a consensus that the two parties will accelerate the development of electric vehicles through cooperation to ensure win-win cooperation. "Zu Sijie further said: "We still have more partners, and they will. The advanced nature and rigor are still worth learning from. "

A few days ago, there was news on the Internet that Audi was negotiating with SAIC Group to purchase its electric vehicle platform, or would purchase a platform from the Zhiji brand. The relevant person in charge of SAIC Group said, "Currently, the company has no major matters that should be disclosed but have not been disclosed. If there are important developments that involve the disclosure requirements of listed companies, the company will fulfill its information disclosure obligations in accordance with relevant regulations."

On July 19, some media reported that Audi"s purchase of SAIC Zhiji's electric vehicle platform was not certain. Audi alsoWe are negotiating with BYD and Geely. Audi's goal is relatively simple, which is to improve the competitiveness of electric vehicles in the RMB 300,000 to RMB 400,000 class through the electric vehicle platforms of Chinese car companies. Until now, Audi has not responded to the above rumors.

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Editor: Xu Zhenyu