SAIC Audi’s pure electric models will be put into production in 2025, and the Anting factory will be renovated and upgraded to adapt to new energy needs

News on May 26, 2022, recently, SAIC Motor and Audi reached an important cooperation and signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop the Advanced Digitized Platform intelligent digital platform. This move is seen as a key milestone in Audi's "In China, for China" strategy, and it also marks SAIC's important layout in the field of smart cars.

Just four days later, SAIC Volkswagen responded quickly and announced that its new intelligent digital platform production base in Anjing would start upgrading. As SAIC-Volkswagen's largest production base with a profound history, this upgrade will further enhance its production capacity to prepare for the upcoming upsurge in smart electric vehicle production.

According to the editor’s explanation, the cooperation between SAIC and Audi will mainly cover models in the B- and C-class markets. By improving R&D efficiency and optimizing the development process, the two parties have significantly accelerated the development of new products, and are expected to shorten the time to market of Advanced Digitized Platform intelligent digital platform models by more than 30%. The first model is expected to be launched in 2025, which will bring a new generation of luxury smart pure electric travel experience to Chinese consumers.

Anju Production Base has profound accumulation in the production of new energy vehicles. As early as 2020, SAIC Volkswagen invested 17 billion here to build a new energy vehicle factory and officially launched a new journey of electrification and intelligence. At the beginning of this year, SAIC Volkswagen signed a new ecological strategic cooperation agreement in the automotive industry with Anju Town, aiming to jointly create a new ecosystem of new energy vehicles and intelligent connected vehicles.

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