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On December 27, Blue Whale Finance learned from the inside of Deep Blue Automobile that Wang Jun, President of Changan Automobile, will concurrently serve as the chairman of Deep Blue Automobile, and Deng Chenghao, who was previously promoted to vice president of Changan Automobile, will still serve as CEO of Deep Blue Automobile. In short, at present, the first and second leaders of Deep Blue Automobile are concurrently served by the president and vice president of Changan Automobile.
Earlier in the same month, AVATR Technology also officially announced a change of leadership. According to the information released by the brand, Zhu Huarong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Changan Automobile, will serve as the chairman of AVATR Technology, and Tan Benhong, the former chairman and CEO of AVATR Technology, will no longer hold relevant positions in AVATR Technology, but will be transferred to the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Changan Automobile and return to Changan Automobile. At the same time, Wang Xiaofei, Vice President of Changan Automobile, will assist the Chairman of AVATR Technology in business operation, major project promotion, and key business operations.
Behind Changan Automobile's "integration" to empower AVATR Technology and Deep Blue Automobile is its accelerated layout in the field of new energy.
As early as October 2017, Changan Automobile announced the "Shangri-La Plan", announcing that it would complete the construction of three new energy dedicated platforms by 2020, and completely stop selling traditional fuel vehicles in 2025 to realize the electrification of the full spectrum of products.
Since 2023, with the intensification of involution in the industry, the pace of Changan Automobile's new energy transformation has accelerated significantly. On August 27, Changan Automobile officially launched the "Changan Qiyuan" brandThe new brand will complement the AVATR and Deep Blue brands to meet the needs of different market segments. According to the plan, by 2025, Changan Automobile plans to launch 10 new digital and intelligent evolution models for the Qiyuan brand, and will also launch 6 and 4 new models for the Deep Blue brand and AVATR brand respectively.
From the perspective of market performance, from January to November this year, Changan Automobile sold about 233 new cars800,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 1185%。Among them, the cumulative sales of self-owned brand new energy models increased by 83% year-on-year47% to 41470,000 units, accounting for 17% of total sales7%。
In November, Changan Automobile announced that it plans to establish a company engaged in the research and development, design, production, sales and service of automotive intelligent systems and component solutions, and that Changan Automobile intends to invest in the company and carry out strategic cooperationIn the future, AVATAR, Deep Blue, and Qiyuan brands will all be deeply empowered by the new company.