Dongfeng Renault disbanded and Jiangling New Energy benefited? Jiangling said that the new cooperation with Renault is still under discussion.

Economic observation network? Reporter? Tong Feng Liang? More than two months after Renault officially withdrew from Dongfeng Renault, another company it invested in China, Jiangxi Jiangling Group New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Jiangling Group New Energy"), made new progress.

On June 18, some media broke the news that the cooperation between Renault and Jiangling in China is accelerating. According to the report, both Renault Group and Jiangling Group have finalized the details of cooperation. As early as this month, Renault will pay the first batch of capital injection of about 400 million yuan to Jiangling Group New Energy, a joint venture company of both parties.

In this regard, the reporter of Economic Observer Network called Jiangling Group New Energy to inquire about this matter. A person from the company said that Renault has really felt closer contact with Jiangling Group's new energy in the near future. "Especially in the near future, online calls will become more frequent." However, the person also told the Economic Observer: "However, because some specific issues are still under discussion, there is no formed plan for the time being."

Relevant information shows that Jiangling Group New Energy is a brand-new subsidiary invested and established by Jiangling Group to adapt to the future development of new energy automobile industry. Established on 20 15 15 0 15. In 20 16, Jiangling new energy obtained the seventh national pure electric passenger car production qualification issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, and then added the pure electric passenger car production qualification through the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 20 17.

The first "electric shock" of Renault Group and Jiangling Group's new energy was on February 20th, 20 18. At that time, Jiangling Group and Renault Group announced that they had reached a cooperation agreement on further expanding the electric vehicle market in China, and Renault would become an important shareholder of Jiangling New Energy Vehicles through capital increase.

Subsequently, on July 20 19 17, the two parties formally established a joint venture company. According to the agreement at that time, Renault Group will increase its capital by 654.38+0 billion yuan and officially become a new energy shareholder of Jiangling Group, with a 50% stake. According to Qixinbao Information, at present, Jiangling Group's new energy is composed of three major shareholders, China Agricultural Development Key Construction Fund Co., Ltd. holds 13%, jiangling motors Group Co., Ltd. holds 37% and Renault Group holds 50%.

At the same time, according to the information released by the national enterprise credit information system, four foreign directors have been added to the new energy main personnel of Jiangling Group, namely Gantzer? Mark. Isabel? Landro, Christophe? De? Charente and Francois? According to the information of Dean LinkedIn, these foreign directors are all from Renault Group. Is there Christophe among them? De? Sharon Denay worked in Yi Jie Texin Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. ("Yi Jie Te" for short) before May 2020, and joined Jiangling Group New Energy in May this year.

However, according to the above-mentioned new energy sources of Jiangling Group, although Renault is the major shareholder on the surface, China Agricultural Development Key Construction Fund Co., Ltd. and Jiangling Group are acting in concert, which also shows that the company is not dominated by Renault.

According to Fran (Francois? Provost), Jiangling Group's new energy will introduce Renault's advanced quality management system and technology, and launch four core models by 2022, covering 45% of the main models in China's electric vehicle market segment.

At the same time, according to the above media reports, in terms of brand, the joint venture company will implement the dual-brand strategy of "Easy Car" and "Renault Car". However, specific to the products, the above-mentioned new energy sources of Jiangling Group told the Economic Observer that the two sides are still negotiating.

Renault's accelerated cooperation with Jiangling Group's new energy is regarded by the outside world as a new layout after Renault withdrew from the fuel passenger car business in China. On April 14 this year, Renault Group said that it would transfer 50% of its shares in Dongfeng Renault Automobile Co., Ltd. to Dongfeng Automobile Group Co., Ltd., and Dongfeng Renault Automobile Co., Ltd. would stop its business activities related to the Renault brand.

At the same time, Renault said that after exiting the fuel passenger car business, it will focus on electric vehicles and light commercial vehicles in the China market in the future, and will vigorously promote green travel in the future.

Among them, Renault brilliance jinbei Automobile Co., Ltd. is an important pawn for Renault Group to develop light commercial vehicle business in China. The company also made a new move on June 18, when Renault brilliance jinbei announced the official opening of its new R&D center and held a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

In the field of new energy, Renault currently has two joint ventures in China, one is Yi Jie Te, a joint venture with Dongfeng Motor and Nissan Motor, and the other is Jiangling Group New Energy. But in Yi Jie, Renault only holds 25% of the shares. At present, only Renault? A product is moving forward. Some analysts believe that due to the arrest of former Renault-Nissan President Ghosn, the internal contradictions of Renault-Nissan alliance have increased, which makes the prospect of new energy in Yi Jie look less optimistic than that of Jiangling Group, which is why Renault has increased its cooperation with Jiangling Group in new energy instead of Yi Jie.

However, it should be noted that due to multiple factors such as the decline in subsidies and the cold market, the new energy sales of Jiangling Group, most of which are A00 and A0 small electric vehicles, are declining. Relevant data show that in 20 18, the sales volume of Jiangling group's new energy * * * was 50,000 vehicles, but in 20 19, due to the large decline in sales volume, the specific sales figures were not announced. An obvious example is that in 20 18, an electric vehicle E200S owned by Jiangling once sold 39,000 vehicles, ranking among the top ten new energy vehicles, but in 20 19, there were no new energy vehicles from Jiangling.

Therefore, it remains to be seen whether Renault can provide more brand and technical endorsements and whether Jiangling can bring a bright future to Renault's new energy transformation in China in the future development of Jiangling Group.

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