Publish production vehicles, build factories, finance, establish cooperation, and set up experience stores... If we say that in 2016, most of the new automakers will stay at the stage of product design and prototype release, then in 2017, everyone will begin to enter volume. Prenatal preparation stage.

In 2017, a number of new automakers including Weilai Auto, Chehejia, and Xiaopeng Automotive have significantly accelerated their pace. In addition to continuing research on these products, these companies have begun to shift their focus to production and follow-up product marketing. Waiting above. Even Faraday's future-ridden company is facing many pressures from the outside world, stepping up efforts to build a new factory, and seeking investment for mass production at an early date. In this context, the competition for “first volume production” among various new-entry car companies was obviously fierce.

Weilai car: everything is ready for only "volume production"

At the Shanghai Auto Show 2017, Weilai Motors released its first production model, the 7-seat NIO ES8. Officially, the model is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2017 and delivered to users in the first quarter of 2018. To support this ambitious goal, Weilai Motors also started preparations for production and post-listing sales. Even before the ES8 was released, it started the layout.

On the eve of the Shanghai Auto Show this year, Weilai Automobile announced that there is a full-car partner, namely Changan Automobile, after Jianghuai Automobile. It is reported that both of them will share advantageous resources and conduct R&D and exploration in new energy technologies, intelligent technologies, and actively promote intelligent networks. The new energy vehicle industry's rapid development.

At about the same time, some media have revealed the information of the first experience center of Weilai Automobile. It is reported that this experience center was formerly the showroom of Audi Beijing in Wangfujing, Beijing. It is undergoing interior decoration construction in April and is planned for the second half of 2017. Officially opened. The news was confirmed by Wan Rui, Vice President of Weilai Automobile.

In May, Weilai Automobile and Wuhan Donghu High-tech Zone officially signed a cooperation agreement. The two parties will cooperate on Weilai Energy Project to develop, manufacture and deploy charging and discharging equipment based on the charging needs of electric vehicle users, and provide mobile Internet-based services. Technology's smart charge replacement service. This is another major project to land in Wuhan after the Weilai Motors planned to build 10 billion vehicles in the optical valley in December of last year.

If we add Weilai Motor's motor factory in Nanjing and related automotive technologies in air suspension systems, tires, wireless charging, smart cockpits, etc. obtained through cooperation with the mainland, these "homework" currently being done by Weilai Motors, Enough to deal with ES8 production.

This is indeed the case. It is learned that in order to ensure that products can be delivered to consumers on schedule, Weilai's motor factory in Nanjing will assume the role of pre-production. At present, ES8's molds have been validated. At the same time, Jianghuai dispatched a team of 70 or so to Nanjing to trial production of the ES8. Half of the operators and half of the quality control personnel support the production of the ES8 at the end of the year.

Cars and homes: low-key construction workers slowly work fine

Although like Li Bin, the head of the Weilai car, Li Xiang, the head of the car and his family, is also an Internet cafe, he is quite low-key and rarely vocal in the creation of cars and homes. With regard to cars and homes, it is only when there is major progress that it will make its appearance in major media.

For example, in February this year, the car and home Changzhou Wujin second production base signed a contract. It is reported that the base plans to invest 3 billion yuan, covers an area of ​​450,000 square meters, and has a planned production capacity of 100,000 vehicles. It is mainly used for the production of pure-electric and electric-enhanced SUVs. The construction of the base started in the second quarter of 2017 and is expected to be completed and put into production in 2018. The project covers four major vehicle manufacturing processes including stamping, welding, painting and assembly, and “three powers” ​​(motors, batteries, and electronic control). facility.

Prior to this, the first base of the car and home smart car was started construction in Changzhou in August 2016, and the designed capacity of the base was 300,000. It is planned to start production at the end of 2017. At the time, Car and Home also opened a power battery plant in Changzhou during the same period, and plans to achieve the goal of handling 200,000 18,650 cells per day.

Accompanied by the construction of two major production bases, car and home car products have gradually surfaced. In early February of this year, Lee wanted to release a message on his microblog that two new cars, a medium and large SUV, and a SEV for short trips will be released in 2017. A month later, the president of the car and family Shen Yanan published a new family lineage product map of the car and home in his WeChat circle of friends. There are four models, two rows of four SEV models, three rows of SUV seven models, two SEV Models and two rows of five seats. Among them, two rows of four-seat SEV models are reported to have completed all data-level research and development and entered the supply chain model-opening stage. They are scheduled to be launched in mid-2018 and will be the first to launch a batch of time-sharing rental vehicles in Paris. Official plans show that it will be listed in 2019.

In July, the car and home SEV production version spy photos. In the same month, the first physical store of the car and family began to appear in the eyes of everyone. This store is located in Changyitian Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing. However, due to the erection of a building enclosure, it is impossible to see the specific situation inside. However, this does not affect everyone's expectation for cars and home builders. After all, his family is also a car, a car, and a car.