“Starting from 2026, all pure electric vehicles launched by the Volkswagen brand in the Chinese market will be equipped with this powerful and efficient electronic and electrical architecture.
” Bayred, the managing director of Volkswagen Group in charge of China’s business, and Chairman and CEO of Volkswagen Group (China), emphasized today.
, Photo source: Xiaopeng Automobile, on the morning of July 22, Xiaopeng Automobile and Volkswagen Group jointly announced that after the two parties signed a strategic cooperation plan for electronic and electrical architecture technology, they further signed a joint development agreement for strategic cooperation on electronic and electrical architecture technology.
Both parties will fully invest in developing industry-leading electronic and electrical architecture for the CMP and MEB platforms produced by Volkswagen in China.
According to the cooperation agreement, the two parties have established joint development project teams in Guangzhou and Hefei, and engineers from both parties will work closely together to accelerate the development process of electronic and electrical architecture.
Based on this, the first model equipped with the electronic and electrical architecture jointly developed by both parties is expected to be in mass production within 24 months.
Just a few days ago, an industry insider revealed that hundreds of Volkswagen engineers have settled in the headquarters of Xiaopeng Automobile in Guangzhou, and emphasized that “the coverage of both parties is very wide and the level of cooperation is unprecedented.
” Although the news was quickly withdrawn, Xiaopeng Automobile officially responded that detailed information on further cooperation between the two parties would be disclosed next week.
Obviously, this means that the cooperation between the two parties has already been implemented ahead of schedule, and it also reveals the urgency of Volkswagen’s electrification transformation.
In addition, according to this joint development association, the two parties will also actively explore opportunities for further cooperation to expand the application scope of the electronic and electrical architecture jointly developed by the two parties.
“The electronic and electrical architecture cooperation is the third important milestone achieved in our long-term strategic partnership with Volkswagen Group within a year.
With the high trust between Volkswagen and Xiaopeng Automobile and the collaborative efforts of engineers from both sides, the development of our cooperation projects is progressing rapidly and significant synergy effects have been achieved.
I very much look forward to expanding the scope of our technical cooperation and deepening win-win strategic partnerships,”said He Xiaopeng, chairman and CEO of Xiaopeng Automobile.
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