Aian is expected to invest 2.16 billion yuan in the next few years to Ruipai Power for the research and development of power drive systems.
Author: Mina
Editor: tuya
According to the official official account of GAC Aion and Tianyancha APP, recently, it was jointly invested by GAC Group , GAC Aion, and GAC Passenger Car , and was officially registered and established by Ruipai Power Technology Co., Ltd., controlled by GAC Aion, with a registered capital of 900 million yuan.
GAC Aion was formerly GAC New Energy. It was founded in July 2017 and was renamed GAC Aion in 2020 and is positioned as a high-end smart electric vehicle brand.
Aian official said that The company focuses on independent research and development and industrialization of IDU electric drive systems, realizing the integration of independent electric drive research and development, trial production, testing and mass production. It is expected that 2.16 billion yuan will be invested in the next few years, and Aian will also fully enter a new stage of self-development and self-production of electric drives.
In addition, the official announcement shows that Aion has released many industry-leading technologies in the field of electric drive, one of the core of the "three electrics". In 2018, the world's first deep integrated three-in-one electric drive was launched to achieve double reduction in weight and volume; in 2020, the world's first high-performance two-speed dual-motor "four-in-one" integrated electric drive technology was released, and the Chinese supercar Hyper SSR was released on September 15, achieving the 1-second acceleration of the car.
Aion said: "The current automobile industry is facing profound changes in the new four modernizations. As the new energy vehicle powertrain, electric drive has become one of the core technologies of the whole vehicle, and the electric drive-related industries will also become the next trillion-level track. For new energy vehicle companies, the core of participating in global competition in the future will be technology and cost. The registration and establishment of the electric drive company will help Aion complete the independent industrialization layout of the electric drive system and further form the advantages of the industrial chain."
Previously, according to the announcement of GAC Group, its subsidiary GAC Aion New Energy Vehicle Co., Ltd. completed its A round of financing. The total financing amount reached 18.294 billion yuan, a total of 17.72% of the shares were released, led by PICC Capital, Nanwang Nengchuang, Guodian Fund , Shenzhen Venture Capital , CITIC Jinshi, and Guangzhou Industrial Investment. It is reported that after this round of financing, GAC Group's shareholding ratio in GAC Aion changed from 93.45% to 76.89%, and GAC Aion's total valuation reached 103.239 billion yuan.
