Not long ago, Evergrande Group invested heavily in Jia Yueting's Faraday Future. Just when everyone thinks that Xu Jiayin will follow Sun Hongbin's footsteps, recently, FF high-profile claims that the first luxury electric car FF91's body-in-white (BiW) It has been officially completed and has successfully completed the assembly of the vehicle. The first batch of FF91 delivery is expected to be completed from December this year to mid-2019.
According to the "Securities Daily" reporter, the FF91 body-in-white is presented in an original chassis, welded and assembled before the power system, decoration or paint is deployed. Some insiders told reporters that the coil steel has entered the automobile production workshop and has to be cut. Stamping, welding to form a complete body, and then after painting and final assembly. FF currently called the body-in-white just completed the welding, there are two large workshops behind the work. 'The whole vehicle production four major process, welding, coating In terms of mass production products, the completion of the body-in-white welding accounts for about 40% of the overall vehicle production schedule.
The above-mentioned person said that the success of the body-in-white manufacturing is in fact not directly linked to mass production. If it is necessary to estimate it, it may not be too much in a year. 'At this stage, it can only be called an engineering trial car at best. What's more, such as facial recognition , single-shell body structure, panoramic sunroof and other super-run design will make the FF91 mass production difficult to increase. '
It is reported that FF's goal is to successfully deliver FF91 at the end of 2018. Xu Jiayin also clearly stated that investing in FF is the right decision. Evergrande will give FF all-round support in terms of capital, production base construction and product sales.
A person in charge of the automobile manufacturing plant told the "Securities Daily" reporter that if it is a mass-produced mature product, the fast-moving enterprise after the body-in-white can complete the whole vehicle in one day, and the slow-moving enterprise takes 2 days to 3 days. However, if it is a new product development, it usually takes 38 months to 52 months to develop. 'This is to see the sample car is EP prototype, PPV prototype, PP prototype or P prototype.'
'Based on the appearance of the FF display model and the project sample car that invited the media to test the ride, it may not be possible to drive the car (EP prototype). This is still a long way from the SOP (starting mass production). At the end of the year, the SOP is very challenging. ' At the same time, the above-mentioned people said that mass production and production processes are not a concept. The prototype car has nothing to do with the body-in-white.
In fact, in addition to the car manufacturing itself, whether the FF production plant can be put into normal production as scheduled is another important factor that interferes with the delivery of FF at the end of the year.
"Securities Daily" reporter found that the Hanford factory as a waste tire factory, in March this year, after the FF took over, the internal demolition work began. In May, the initial work of the internal workshop was started, including foundation laying and ventilation. Sewage pipes, circuits, etc. Installation and commissioning. From the scene pictures that flowed out at the time, the main equipment has not yet entered the scene, and the workshop layout is disorderly.
Until July 17, FF said that it had obtained a government-issued temporary office permit (TCO) at the Hanford plant in the United States, which was the factory management power before the full-time operation. However, even after obtaining the TCO, Hanfu The German factory also needs to apply for a conditional license (CCO) and a final license (COO) before it can be certified.
In contrast, in May 2010, when Tesla purchased the Toyota and GM's new joint car manufacturing plant for renovation, it took two years to be efficient, such as Musk, and the original object was a car factory. The German factory covers an area twice as small as the Tesla factory, and the engineering standards are inferior. However, the construction time is expected to be 8 months to 10 months. According to this, even if the FF91 is delivered in small batches at the end of the year, The difficulty is not the same.