On the morning of June 1st, all production lines of No.6 intelligent factory of Ningbo Xusheng Automobile Co., Ltd. were running at full capacity. “At the end of April, a lightweight steering knuckle of automobile chassis, which we independently developed and designed, has just been delivered smoothly. At present, the company is rushing to make other orders.” The relevant person in charge of the company told the reporter that since the beginning of this year, the company’s sales have been rising steadily, and it is expected to continue to maintain substantial growth in the second quarter.
The epidemic situation has brought a big impact on the automobile industry chain in the Yangtze River Delta. However, Ningbo enterprises are optimistic about the prediction of the new energy vehicle situation throughout the year, and a number of new projects are speeding up. According to the person in charge of the Automobile and Equipment Industry Department of Ningbo Economic and Information Bureau, up to now, there are 126 new energy vehicles and spare parts projects listed in the city’s annual industrial investment (technical transformation) project library with a total planned investment of 42.5 billion yuan.
Competing for the new track of new energy vehicles, Ningbo has accelerated the formation of new advantages in the automobile and parts industry. According to the latest data, from January to April this year, the local production of new energy vehicles in Ningbo increased nearly 10 times year-on-year, accounting for about 13% of the total automobile production. Among them, Geely polar krypton pure electric vehicle has produced over 20,000 vehicles since it was put into production in October last year, and its production capacity is still climbing.
“As the market penetration rate of new energy vehicles gradually increases, in order to consolidate its advantages in the field of automobile cables, the company is actively developing its new energy sector business.” Zhou Chunhe, the financial controller of Ningbo Kabeiyi Electric Technology Co., Ltd., told the reporter that today, the company’s automobile cable products supply 30% of new energy vehicles, and have supplied automobile cable products related to new energy vehicles to Volkswagen, GM, Honda, Geely and Tesla.
Grab the new blue ocean, Ningbo enterprises have increased their investment, and new projects have landed one after another. In Beilun, Ningbo Feishi Motor Technology Co., Ltd. has an annual output of 500,000 sets of new energy vehicle drive motor and powertrain projects, which are rapidly being built, and can cover 5 to 7 high-end models of domestic new energy passenger cars after completion; In Qianwan New District, Topp Group’s newly-invested thermal management system project with an annual output of 1 million sets of new energy vehicles will be put into operation in the second half of the year, which can add billions of yuan in annual output value to enterprises.
At the same time, Ningbo will control the impact of the epidemic to a minimum, further improve the local matching rate, and ensure the continuous stability of the industrial chain supply chain. Since April, Ningbo has sorted out nearly 330 local auto parts enterprises with over 100 million yuan, and actively promoted these enterprises to access Geely and other vehicle supply systems. “Thanks to this, we succeeded in’ card position’ and joined the Geely supplier team.” The person in charge of Ningbo Kaipu Electronics Co., Ltd. said excitedly, “The orders in the next two years have a bottom”. Recently, more than 10 local enterprises in Ningbo have reached preliminary cooperation intentions with Geely, and will organize offline special docking soon. It is estimated that by 2025, the local matching rate of Geely Automobile will exceed 60%.
(Source: Ningbo Science and Technology Bureau)