Let's take stock of what major events have happened in the automobile circle on December 26, 2023.
Automobile incident 1: Chen Zhuo was promoted to president of AVATR Technology.
Recently, Chen Zhuo, Senior Executive Vice President of AVATR Technology, was promoted to President of AVATR Technology. AVATR has recently made frequent personnel adjustments.
On December 12, AVATR Technology announced that Zhu Huarong personally took charge of the chairman of AVATR Technology, and Tan Benhong will serve as the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Changan Automobile, and will no longer serve as the chairman and CEO of AVATR Technology. The appointment also mentioned that Wang Xiaofei, vice president of Changan Automobile, will assist the chairman of AVATR Technology in the company's enterprise operation, major project promotion, and key business operations.
It is understood that in February this year, AVATR Technology officially announced that Chen Zhuo officially served as the senior executive vice president of AVATR Technology, reporting to Tan Benhong, chairman and CEO of the company. According to his resume, before joining AVATR Technology, Chen Zhuo served as the general manager of the brand public relations department of Changan Automobile, the head of the marketing department of its joint venture brands and the head of the marketing department of international companies.
Automobile incident 2: Changan Automobile signed a memorandum of cooperation with Ganfeng Lithium.
On December 25, we learned from the official that Changan Automobile and Ganfeng Lithium signed a "Memorandum of Cooperation" in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on December 22, so as to better promote the "Shangri-La" new energy development plan, improve the industrial layout, and accelerate the transformation to an intelligent low-carbon travel technology company. It is understood that Zhu Huarong, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of Changan Automobile, Deng Chenghao, Vice President of Changan Automobile and CEO of Deep Blue Automobile, Li Liangbin, Chairman of Ganfeng Lithium, Wang Xiaoshen, Vice Chairman and President of Ganfeng Lithium, Ge Zhimin, Chairman and President of Ganfeng Lithium, Liu Ming, Vice President of Ganfeng Lithium, and Lin Jiu, General Manager of Zhejiang Fengli, attended the event.
According to the memorandum, Changan Automobile and its affiliates intend to establish a long-term strategic cooperative relationship with Ganfeng Lithium, and will accelerate the promotion of (semi-)solid-state battery R&D joint venture projects and manufacturing industrialization projects in accordance with the principle of "equal shareholding and efficient operation", and based on the R&D cooperation of the next generation of automotive power batteries (semi-)solid-state batteries, extend cooperation to upstream lithium ore resources, lithium salt deep processing, battery materials, midstream battery manufacturing and downstream waste battery comprehensive utilization, and promote strategic cooperation in the whole chain of the battery industry.
Automobile event 3: The 50,000th vehicle of VOYAH Automobile in 2023 officially rolled off the assembly line.
On December 25th, a VOYAH Dreamer rolled off the production line, marking an important milestone for VOYAH to complete the official completion of the 50,000th vehicle off the production line. According to previous information, VOYAH delivered 7,006 new vehicles in November, a year-on-year increase of 365% and a month-on-month increase of 15%. From January to November 2023, VOYAH deliveries increased by 129% year-on-year. Since June this year, VOYAH has achieved six consecutive increases in deliveries, and it will next sprint to the monthly sales target of 10,000 units.
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