Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com8 reported on May 23 that on May 10 this year, the production base of the second brand "Alps" was located in Hefei, with a planned production capacity of 500000 vehicles, and the electric version of the model will be 10% cheaper than the standard Tesla Model 3 and Model Y at the same time.

According to 36 Krypton reported today, a number of people familiar with the matter said that Alps has implemented an open power battery procurement strategy and has established battery supply cooperation with CNAC (formerly AVIC Lithium) and BYD Freddy Battery.

Sources said that unlike the way of exclusive cooperation between Xilai and Ningde era, Alps has adopted a more open attitude of cooperation, it will adopt the ternary One-Stop battery scheme of China New Airlines, and has now entered the early stage of development. In addition, "Alps" in addition to the use of China New Airlines, Fudi battery, but also with Yiwei Lithium Energy, Honeycomb Energy and other companies.

It is reported that Weilai has not responded to the matter so far. Sinotrans said: the company is in a critical period of listing and it is not convenient to respond to the relevant situation.

On July 21 this year, Zeng Qinghong, chairman of GAC GROUP, said at the 2022 World Power Battery Congress that battery costs have been rising in recent years, even accounting for 60 per cent of vehicle costs. For this problem, GAC GROUP's next step will be to reduce the cost of power batteries through self-research of battery technology and the construction of battery factories.

In addition to car companies such as GAC GROUP, which built their own battery factories, car companies such as Xiaopeng have also begun to control costs by expanding power battery cooperation companies. At present, Xiaopeng Motor has cooperated with Yiwei LiNeng, China New Airlines, Xinwanda and so on. While expanding the power battery cooperation company, Weilai also put forward a plan to build its own battery production line.

At the earnings call in the first quarter of this year, Li Bin, chairman of Xilai, said that the new brand (Alps) models would be delivered in the second half of 2024. The brand's main model will be equipped with self-produced batteries and support high-voltage fast charging technology. In terms of price, the model is priced between 200000 and 300000 yuan.

As for Weilai's plan to produce batteries independently, some people in the industry chain said that its scale will not be too large and is initially planned as a pilot line, which is expected to be built in Hefei by 2023. Therefore, in the near future, Weilai mainly relies on third-party procurement to ensure battery supply.

CTOnews.com learned that on August 1, it was reported that Weilai was planning to launch a third car brand, with a price range of 100000-200000 yuan, aimed at occupying the middle and low end of the market. In response, Weilai responded: "there is no information to disclose at present." At the same time, Weilai said that the naming of the second brand has not been confirmed, "Alps" is only the code name of the second brand.

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