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december 13, 2018 - Seat

JAC Volkswagen holds groundbreaking ceremony of the new R&D centre in China to boost the electric vehicle

  • The R&D centre will be located in Hefei and will focus on key areas such as electrification, connectivity and autonomous driving
  • Thanks to the strong support of shareholders, among them #Seat, JAC Volkswagen will continue moving forward with its innovation-driven future sustainable mobility strategy
  • Li Ming, President of JAC Volkswagen, noted that the groundbreaking on the R&D centre is a milestone for the company

JAC Volkswagen #automotive Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for the New Energy Passenger Vehicle Project R&D Centre located in Hefei, Anhui Province. The ceremony came two weeks after a strategic agreement was signed by #volkswagenGroup #China, JAC and #Seat in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

Hefei Municipal Committee Secretary Song Guoquan, #volkswagenGroup #China President and CEO Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann, JAC Chairman An Jin, #Seat Vice-president for Production and Logistics, Dr. Christian Vollmer and #Seat Vice-president for R&D Dr. Matthias Rabe, along with other local government representatives and senior executives of JAC Volkswagen’s shareholders participated in the historic groundbreaking ceremony together with investors and employee representatives.

“Today’s groundbreaking for the R&D centre is another breakthrough in the history of JAC Volkswagen,” said JAC Volkswagen President Li Ming. “Electrification and making cars smart are the key directions for the transformation that is happening in the #automotive industry. With the strong support of the shareholders and all the sectors, the company is seizing the opportunity to pursue innovation-driven development in its new energy vehicle offensive, and move towards the future of sustainable mobility.”

The R&D centre, located in the Hefei Economic and Technology Development Zone, will focus on key areas such as electrification, connectivity and autonomous driving. All parties will leverage their investment, knowledge and technology strengths to ensure the R&D centre fulfils its goals. This project is an indicator of the progress that JAC Volkswagen is making in its battery electric vehicle offensive, and signals a firm step towards the next stage of development.

SEAT Vice-president for Production and Logistics and member of the Supervisory Board of JAC Volkswagen, Dr. Christian Vollmer said that “at #Seat, we are very proud to be the lead brand within the #volkswagenGroup in the JAC Volkswagen joint venture. #China is the world’s leading market for the electric vehicle and SEAT’s will is to contribute, together with our partners, to make mobility increasingly more sustainable.”

E-mobility along with digitalisation, connectivity and autonomous driving are the future of the mobility industry, and #China has established itself as a major driver of this transformation. The construction of the R&D centre not only fulfils the agreements signed on July 9 and November 28 this year, it is also an important cornerstone for the development of JAC Volkswagen in China’s new energy vehicle industry.

Peter Wyhinny, First Vice-president of JAC Volkswagen said “I feel very proud and excited to witness this historic moment. With the rapid development of the electric vehicle industry, JAC Volkswagen, as the first joint venture dedicated to these vehicles in #China, is taking full advantage of its shareholders’ resources to meet the needs of Chinese customers and build a sustainable mobility future with new technology.”

This is part of the effort made by #volkswagenGroup #China and its joint ventures in the e-mobility field, which will see the launch of 30 new energy vehicle models in the next two years, half of which will be produced in #China. The Group aims to deliver around 400,000 New Energy Vehicles in #China in 2020, and is preparing to deliver around 1.5 million in 2025.

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