Changan Automobile Chairman Calls for Global Cooperation in New Energy Vehicles
TapTechNews September 28th news, according to Sina Finance, during the 2024 World New Energy Vehicle Congress held from September 27th to 29th, Zhu Huarong, the chairman of Changan Automobile, gave a speech stating that countries around the world should increase market opening, and various automotive brands in the world should further strengthen cooperation to promote the global development of the automotive industry.
Zhu Huarong proposed an initiative, saying that China is an open market and hopes that countries around the world can jointly build a more open, inclusive, and global market system. In addition, the new energy business of various countries' automakers can give priority to development in China first and then gradually expand to the global market. I suggest that some international big brands should strengthen cooperation with Chinese vehicle and parts enterprises, accelerate the product R & D and commercialization process, and take the Chinese market as a priority base for the development of intelligent new energy business, and then extend to the whole world through this base. Currently, many international big brands have already started to do this.
Zhu Huarong said that automakers such as BBA, Volkswagen, Ford, and Toyota all have the characteristics of large scale, good profitability, and strong brands, and have obvious advantages in the global operation system and management system. It is worthy of learning by Chinese automakers. In the field of new energy vehicles, China has scale, cost, industrial chain, innovative elements, policies and many other advantages. If foreign automakers can organically combine the above two aspects, there will definitely be a very good development prospect.
According to TapTechNews' previous report, In the first half of 2024, Changan Automobile achieved a sales volume of 1.334 million vehicles, an increase of 9.7% year-on-year; the company's new energy and export sales performed well, among which the sales volume of self-owned brand new energy was 299,000 vehicles, an increase of 69.9% year-on-year, and the overseas sales volume of self-owned brands was 203,000 vehicles, an increase of 74.9% year-on-year.