On October 19th, SAIC Volkswagen officially started its first new energy vehicle plant in Anting, Shanghai. The plant was the first smart factory built by the Volkswagen Group based on MEB intelligent modules. On the same day, Chen Hong, chairman of SAIC Group, Volkswagen Group CEO Dr. Diss, Volkswagen China CEO Dr. Heizman and other leaders attended the groundbreaking ceremony as guests.
At the same time, the car prophet was informed at the scene that the Audi model that will be introduced to SAIC in the future may also be produced here. This will release SAIC Audi from another level, which means that SAIC Audi will introduce electric vehicles in the future. It is completed in this factory. Two days ago, Song Weizhe, the global director of Audi, who is in charge of Audi's China business, told car prophets that Audi's joint venture in Huashuang is steadily advancing, but he said that he will not disclose any information before the introduction of SAIC Audi.
According to official information, SAIC Volkswagen's new energy plant is the first platform designed and built by Volkswagen Group for the production of MEB pure electric vehicles in the world. It will be crucial for the Volkswagen brand to develop new energy industry in the Chinese market. Important driving role.
It is understood that the MEB platform is called the 'Electric Vehicle Modular Platform'. It is a platform created by the Volkswagen Group for pure electric vehicles. It is the same as the MQB and MLB under the current Volkswagen Group. It has great expandability, can create different body wheelbases, and adjusts different cruising ranges according to the needs of different electric vehicles. At present, SAIC Volkswagen New Energy Factory will become the first comprehensive Volkswagen Group around the world in the world. A new energy plant built by the platform.
Groundbreaking ceremony
Dr. Diss, CEO of Volkswagen Group, said at the ceremony: 'SAIC Volkswagen New Energy Automobile Factory is an important part of Volkswagen Group's development of electrification in China. China as the world's largest single energy single market has exceeded 800,000 in 2017. There will be more than 50% increase in 2018, which will become an important foundation for the development of the Volkswagen Group in China.
Regarding the planning of the new energy plant, the car prophet learned that the new factory covers a total area of 405,600 square meters, and the annual production capacity is expected to exceed 300,000. The factory was officially started in October this year and officially put into production in October 2020. The total construction period of the project is 24 months, and the total investment of the project is 17 billion yuan.
According to the plan, SAIC Volkswagen plans to launch 40 new energy vehicles in the future, and complete the cumulative delivery of more than 1 million units by 2020. As early as 2017, Volkswagen Group has released a new energy strategy called 'Roadmap E'. It is planned to provide about 3 million new energy vehicles to the world by 2025. Now, the construction of SAIC Volkswagen's new energy plant will become a key step for Volkswagen Group to realize the new energy strategy of 'Roadmap E'.
After the completion of the construction, SAIC Volkswagen's new energy plant will be fully upgraded in terms of automated production. In the future, the plant will use more than 1,400 industrial robots, of which the body shop will use 1,000 robots to achieve efficient mechanized manufacturing; in smart manufacturing, the factory will Large-scale use of AGV trolleys, using RFID artificial intelligence recognition technology, used in optical measurement technology, robot vision system, human-robot collaboration technology, paperless factory concept, energy management system and other intelligent manufacturing methods.
For SAIC and Volkswagen Group, which always adhere to the concept of green manufacturing and sustainable development, the future new energy plant will continue this tradition. The new plant will adopt 27 environmental protection and energy-saving technologies to achieve energy and water after it is put into production. , carbon dioxide, waste and other five key environmental indicators fell by 20%.
In the future, the new energy plant will also combine the concept of Industry 4.0 and adopt new production automation technology to greatly improve efficiency and labor productivity, and provide guarantee for the development of Volkswagen's new energy products in the Chinese market.
Since the development of new energy products is imminent, SAIC Volkswagen will not give up the commissioning of new energy vehicles before the completion of the MEB electric vehicle factory. According to the information released previously, SAIC Volkswagen will soon launch a number of MQB-based platforms to build Pure electric and plug-in hybrid models, including the new LaVida pure electric, Tiguan LPHEV, Passat PHEV and other models, which Tiguan L plug-in hybrid is the world's first mass-produced plug-in hybrid SUV.
Now, with the official start of the MEB electric vehicle factory, SAIC Volkswagen will have seven production bases in China, and the total production capacity is expected to exceed 2.4 million units/year. The new energy plant is regarded as the future innovation between China and Germany. An important move has also become a new opportunity for Volkswagen brands to develop new energy sources in the Chinese market.
As the earliest joint-venture car company in China, it is also a model for joint venture cooperation in China's 40 years of reform and opening up. SAIC Volkswagen has become a super-car company with an annual output of over 2 million units. The seventh factory with SAIC Volkswagen in China is also the first new one. The start of the energy plant will raise the future development of the Chinese and German joint ventures to a whole new level.