AbakwaVolkswagen basaqhubeka nokunweba indawo yabo yokukhiqiza nokuqamba izinto ezintsha e-Hefei, eSifundazweni sase-Anhui, e-China ngokutshalwa kwezimali okufika ku-€2.5 billion. Ngaphezu kokunwetshwa komthamo we-R&D, kwenziwa namalungiselelo okukhiqizwa kwezinhlobo ezimbili zohlobo lweVolkswagen, okwamanje ezithuthukiswayo kanye nozakwethu waseShayina u-XPENG.
Ukukhiqizwa kwemodeli yokuqala, iSUV esigabeni esiphakathi nendawo, kuzoqala ngo-2026.
Amamodeli engeziwe asheshisa ukufakwa kukagesi kwiphothifoliyo yemodeli yeVolkswagen Group eChina. Ngo-2030, amamodeli kagesi wonke angaphezu kwama-30 azo zonke izinhlobo zeQembu azotholakala eShayina kuphela.
I-Volkswagen China Technology Company (VCTC), inkampani ephethwe yiQembu engu-100% ezinze e-Hefei, iyingxenye eyinhloko ebhekele ukwenziwa kwemikhiqizo yasendaweni futhi, ngokubambisana eduze ne-Joint Ventures, ithathele phezulu imisebenzi yokuthuthukisa. I-VCTC iphinde yakha isakhiwo sokuqala sikagesi esiqondene ne-China, i-China Main Platform (CMP), lapho kuzokwakhiwa khona okungenani amamodeli amane engxenye yeleveli yokungena kagesi ekilasini elihlangene kusukela ngo-2026.
Namuhla, cishe amakhasimende ayizigidi ezingama-50 e-China ashayela umkhiqizo weQembu. Isisekelo sempumelelo yethu ukubambisana nabalingani bethu abaqinile be-Joint Venture, i-SAIC kanye ne-FAW. Ngokubambisana, manje sisheshisa uguquko oluya ekuhambeni kukagesi okuhlakaniphile. Ngesu lethu elithi 'E-China, for China', sinohlelo oluqinile futhi sisheshisa ukuhlelwa kabusha kwebhizinisi lethu, ngokugxila okwengeziwe kwamakhasimende, isivinini esikhulu kanye nentuthuko yasendaweni eyengeziwe. Ihabhu yethu entsha yokukhiqiza nentuthuko e-Hefei izoletha ubuchwepheshe emakethe cishe ngamaphesenti angama-30 ngokushesha ngokuzayo. Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali okwengeziwe kusayithi kugcizelela isifiso sethu sokukhulisa ngokushesha amandla ethu asendaweni.
—U-Ralf Brandstätter, Ilungu Lebhodi Lokuphatha le-Volkswagen AG yase-China
Kule minyaka engamashumi amane edlule, iVolkswagen Group, kanye nabalingani bayo asebenesikhathi eside baseShayina i-SAIC kanye ne-FAW, iqondanise ngokuqondile isu layo nezidingo zamakhasimende aseShayina. Nge-Santana kanye ne-Jetta, izigidi zamakhasimende zikwazile ukuqalisa uhambo lwazo lokuhamba ngazinye. Kamuva, amamodeli okuqala aqondene ne-China, afana ne-Lavida ne-Sagitar, abe abathengisi abayizigidi futhi asaphumelela emakethe namuhla.
IQembu lethule isu layo lokufaka ugesi e-China ngo-2017. Ngawo lowo nyaka, i-Joint Venture yokuqala yase-China yezimoto zikagesi yasungulwa e-Hefei, eSifundazweni sase-Anhui, nomkhiqizi i-JAC. Namuhla, iVolkswagen Anhui iyiJoint Venture yokuqala yeVolkswagen Group ephethwe iningi lezimoto eChina. Indawo esesifundazweni saseShayina esisempumalanga iyisikhungo sokukhiqiza, sokuthuthukisa kanye nokuthengwa kwezimpahla zeQembu eShayina futhi sizonwetshwa sibe isikhungo sokusungula samasu eShayina, saseChina.
Ngokwakhela ikhono layo lokuzithuthukisa kanye nokusebenzisana nezinkampani zasekhaya zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu, kanye nabakhiqizi baseShayina abafana ne-XPENG ne-SAIC, iQembu aligcini nje ngokukhulisa iphothifoliyo yalo yomkhiqizo ngezimoto zikagesi ezengeziwe, kodwa futhi iletha ubuchwepheshe besimanje bendawo kumamodeli ayo e-China Speed. Ngenxa yalokho, izikhathi zokuthuthuka zizoncishiswa ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-30 futhi imikhiqizo izofanelana ngokuphelele nezidingo ezithile zamakhasimende aseShayina.
IVolkswagen inezitshalo ezingama-39 eChina, okuyenza ibe yingxenye ebalulekile yezimboni zezwe. Ubambiswano oluqinile luxhumanisa iVolkswagen Group nezinkampani zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu zaseShayina i-Horizon Robotics (imisebenzi yokushayela okuzenzakalelayo), i-ThunderSoft (infotainment) kanye ne-ARK (isipiliyoni somsebenzisi). Abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-90,000 basebenzela iQembu eChina, okwenza iVolkswagen ibe umqashi omkhulu waseYurophu eChina.
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