· 13 new auto plants will be put into production and increase capacity by nearly 2 million during the year
In 2016, the sales volume of passenger cars in China's auto market reached 24.377 million units, a year-on-year increase of 14.9%. At the same time, favorable factors such as the continuation of purchase tax incentives and new energy subsidies are expected to further increase the sales of passenger cars in China. As sales continue to rise, more and more star models are constrained by insufficient capacity, resulting in the loss of some consumers. At the same time, the introduction of new platforms and new models has forced major auto companies to build new (expanded) factories and increase production capacity. Beijing Hyundai Fifth Plant Beijing Hyundai Fifth Plant (Chongqing Plant) started construction in June 2015 with a total investment of 7.75 billion yuan, designed annual production capacity of 300,000 vehicles and an annual output of 300,000 engines. It is understood that Beijing Hyundai's fifth plant will be the first to launch a new Rena, followed by a new small SUV and a large SUV with a length of 4.95 meters. BMW Brilliance New Dadong Factory Huachen BMW New Dadong Plant was upgraded from the original Dadong Plant. The total investment of the project exceeded RMB 350 million. The new plant will be officially put into operation on May 18 this year. The new plant will continue to be commissioned with the new BMW 5 Series long-axis version, and the total production capacity will increase from the previous 160,000 units/year to 200,000 units/year. GAC Toyota's third plant, GAC Toyota, currently has two production lines, all located in Nansha District, Guangzhou, with a total capacity of 380,000 units/year, of which the first production line has a capacity of about 200,000 units/year; the second production line has a capacity of about 180,000 units/year. . The third production line currently under construction is also located here, designed to meet the introduction of the “TNGA†platform, with a maximum annual production capacity of 220,000 units. The third plant is expected to be officially put into operation in September this year. The total production capacity of the three major plants of GAC Toyota after the commissioning will increase to 600,000 units/year. Chery Shandong New Energy Base Chery New Energy Automobile Qihe Production and Manufacturing Base started construction in March 2016 and is the first lithium-ion high-speed new energy vehicle project in Dezhou. The total investment of the project is 1 billion yuan, and the annual output of 50,000-100,000 high-speed new energy vehicles will be designed. After the project is fully put into production, the annual sales income will reach 10 billion yuan. The new construction project includes welding and coating joint workshop, assembly workshop, battery PACK workshop, test runway, etc., with a total construction area of ​​148,000 square meters. Changhe Jiujiang New Base Beiqi Changhe Jiujiang Automobile Industrial Park was positioned as a new energy base by Changhe, covering an area of ​​2,411 acres. The annual standard production capacity is 400,000 vehicles, including 100,000 new energy vehicles and 300,000 traditional energy vehicles. After the completion of the first phase of the project, 50,000 new energy production capacity will be realized. It is expected to be trial production in December 2017. Phase II and Phase III will gradually release 100,000 vehicles/year and 300,000 vehicles/year. Geely Sichuan New Energy Base Geely Nanchong Project has a total investment of 7 billion yuan and covers an area of ​​more than 1,500 acres. After the project is put into production, it can produce 100,000 new energy commercial vehicles and 200,000 power sets per year. The annual output value is about 21.6 billion yuan and the tax revenue is about 1.5 billion yuan, which can solve 3,000 to 5,000 jobs. Geely Road Bridge Factory Geely V Project (Luqiao Factory) was officially started in December 2013. At present, the four processes of stamping, welding, painting and final assembly have been completed and entered the trial production stage. As the world's first CMA plant, the production base has an initial planned production capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year. The planned production base of the vehicle production base is 1,101 mu, with a total construction area of ​​393,900 square meters and a total investment of about 10 billion yuan. SAIC passenger car Zhengzhou plant SAIC passenger car currently has two production bases in Shanghai Lingang and Nanjing Pukou, with a total capacity of 400,000 units/year. In 2016, SAIC Roewe and MG sold a total of 320,000 vehicles, approaching the total capacity, and expanding production capacity is an urgent task. Wang Xiaoqiu, general manager of SAIC passenger car, previously revealed that the SAIC Zhengzhou plant has begun to be rebuilt and will be put into operation in the second half of this year. After the project is put into production, it can realize a production capacity of 360,000 to 400,000. Guangzhou Automobile Chuanqi Xinjiang Factory Guangzhou Automobile Chuanqi Hangzhou Factory The future production base of the Suzhou factory is located in Suzhou New District Science and Technology City. It broke ground on February 17, 2016. The first phase covers an area of ​​230,000 square meters, with an investment of more than 2 billion yuan and a planned production capacity of 50,000 units. Different from the traditional production mode of stamping, welding, painting and final assembly, the production mode of the base will be completely planned around the characteristics of pure electric vehicle production process. The second phase of FAW-Volkswagen Foshan Plant Phase II FAW-Volkswagen Foshan Plant was laid in early May 2014. The total investment of the project is about 15.3 billion yuan and the construction period is 36 months. After the completion of the project, it will have an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles. At that time, the FAW-Volkswagen Foshan base will have an annual production capacity of 600,000 vehicles. Jianghuai Weilai factory Weilai Automobile's first production car ES8 has been officially unveiled. The new car is positioned in the large 7-seat SUV. According to the official information released by Weilai Automobile, the Weilai ES8 plan will be launched this year and will be delivered next year. use. It is also known that Weilai ES8 will be produced by Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd., and the current manufacturing system and supply chain have been completed. JIANGYIN CHUANGJIA ELECTRICAL CO.,LTD , https://www.siliconsteelcore.com
After consulting, Netcom found that in 2017, 13 new auto plants will be officially put into operation, and the total new capacity will be 1.91 million units/year. A number of new models, including the Weilai ES8, the Lingke 01 and the new generation BMW 5 Series Li, will be put into production and will be available for sale during the year.
With the completion and commissioning of the Beijing Hyundai Chongqing plant, it also marks the coverage of the company's domestic production and marketing system to the southwest. After the release of the production capacity of the five major factories including the Chongqing plant, Beijing Hyundai will have an annual capacity of 1.65 million vehicles.
Investment expansion, new car factory, car enterprise capacity planning The new BMW 5 Series long-axis version has been officially unveiled. The new car has been greatly expanded on the basis of overseas models. The length, width and height of the car are 5087*1868* respectively. 1500 mm, the wheelbase is 3108 mm longer than the standard version of the model is 133 mm.
It is understood that GAC Toyota's third plant will be the first to launch a new small SUV. According to Toyota's product planning in China, GAC Toyota's new SUV is expected to be built on C-HR. The C-HR's thick front makes it look powerful, and the LED headlights and irregular light-band daytime running lights are very innovative. The huge spoiler at the top of the tail fits with the raised duck tail below, and the gradually downward side window lines are slip-back style.
According to the plan, the new factory's early production models include small ants (eQ1) and eQ two electric vehicles. Among them, the small ants are listed in the near future. After the subsidy, the price range is 49,800-9,980,000 yuan, and the cruising range is 180 kilometers. Can meet the daily travel of users. At the same time, consumers in Shandong have a higher level of acceptance for pure electric vehicles, and the two models are expected to further increase sales performance after local production.
According to the plan, the new base will be completed at the end of July this year. The equipment will be commissioned in September, and the trial production will begin at the end of the month. The overall review will be completed by the end of November this year, and the first phase will be put into production of 50,000 units. At the same time, relying on Beiqi Changhe Jiujiang Industrial Park, Changhe Automobile plans to launch a new electric vehicle platform at the end of this year, based on which to develop new energy car products.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Geely Nanchong project: the equipment installation of the assembly shop will be completed at the end of April. In May, the equipment commissioning phase will be started and trial production will begin. It is expected that the final assembly capacity will be available at the end of June and the final assembly line will enter the trial production phase in July. In the future, it is expected to put into production a 12-meter-long pure electric bus and a pure electric light truck.
The Geely Luqiao plant was officially completed on March 28 this year and is expected to be officially put into operation in the second half of this year. According to the plan, the Luqiao plant will produce the Volvo 40 Series and the Link 1 model based on the CMA platform. Among them, the Lingke 01 mass production car has been officially unveiled, and the new car will be officially launched in the fourth quarter of this year.
It is understood that after the transformation and commissioning of SAIC's Zhengzhou plant, it will mainly produce the Internet and new energy models. Some of the Roewe 350, 360 and MG models will also be produced in the third plant, while RX5, i6 and MG ZS will Continue production at the Nanjing and Shanghai plants.
In 2016, Guangzhou Automobile Passenger Vehicle Xinjiang Branch was formally established, planning to invest in the establishment of a new Guangqi self-owned brand Xinjiang project and establish a new production base. The project covers an area of ​​about 500 acres. The first phase of the project is an investment of 1.087 billion yuan. The project will be completed in two phases. The first phase of production capacity will be 50,000 vehicles per year. It is expected to be completed and put into operation by the end of 2017. The follow-up will be expanded to 100,000 vehicles per year according to the sales volume. The construction site is Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone.
Investment expansion, car factory new factory, car enterprise capacity planning as the third production base of GAC Chuanyu in China, is also the first production base in the northwest, Urumqi factory will undertake important product production functions. Netcom has learned from insiders of GAC Chuanqi that the Urumqi Factory, as an integrated production base of Guangzhou Automobile and Chuanqi, plans to put into production of medium and high-end SUVs and new energy vehicles in the early stage.
In March 2016, GAC Passenger Car spent 260 million yuan to acquire a 49% stake in GAC Gonow Automobile Co., Ltd., making it a wholly-owned subsidiary. In the announcement, GAC Group indicated that it will renovate the GAC Gio Hangzhou plant to expand its production capacity for GAC. The total investment of the project is 3.75 billion yuan. The first phase will achieve an annual production capacity of 100,000 units and will grow to 200,000 units in the future.
According to the plan, GAC passenger cars will upgrade and upgrade the existing plant facilities of GAC Gio. It is planned to be completed and put into operation in October 2017, and will be introduced into GAC's newly developed car models such as cars, SUVs and MPVs. At the same time, with the official launch of the Guangzhou Automobile Hangzhou Reconstruction Project, GAC will comprehensively lay out the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone and consolidate the markets in East China and North China.
The future production base of Jiangsu Automobile is expected to be put into production in the year. It is understood that the K50 of the first model of the future car will be launched in the first quarter of next year and is expected to be officially launched next year. The future K50 is a pure electric sports car with an acceleration time of 4.6 seconds from zero to 100 kilometers and a cruising range of over 300 kilometers.
The second phase of the FAW-Volkswagen Foshan plant will produce the latest Audi brand products and new energy vehicles. According to the information obtained earlier, the new small SUV based on the MQB platform is expected to be put into production at the Foshan plant. The future Audi Q1, Q4 and other models will be launched. It is also expected to settle in Foshan.
In the future, Weilai Motor will provide Jianghuai Automobile with the necessary technical information, while providing the latter with the parts and materials needed to produce the cooperative model. As a foundry, Jianghuai will be mainly responsible for the application for cooperation in the production of cooperative models and the subsequent approval of a series of projects. The two parties initially confirmed that the production and sales plan is 50,000 vehicles/year.
Written in the end: With the launch of 13 new plants, a new generation of BMW 5 Series Li, Geely Lingke 01, Future K50, Weilai ES8 and other new models will soon meet with us. At the same time, the third plant of SAIC Passenger Car, the Guangzhou-Guangzhou Express, and the Xinjiang plant share the pressure on production capacity. The car-recovery cycle of SAIC Roewe RX5 and GAC Chuanqi GS8 is also expected to be significantly shortened.