Wanxiang

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Wanxiang
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founding 1969
Seat Hangzhou , Zhejiang ,China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
Number of employees 40,000
Branch Automotive supplier, vehicle manufacturer
Website www.wanxiang.com.cn

The Wanxiang Group ( Chinese  万向 集团 , Pinyin Wànxiàng Jítuán ) is a large Chinese group that operates primarily as an automotive supplier and manufacturer of electric buses and is now also operating internationally. In 2010, it reported sales of around 12 billion US dollars and was the largest automotive supplier in China. Wanxiang's chairman is Dr. Lu Guanqiu.

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Important products are gear shafts and universal joints , components for the control system, half-shafts , axle shafts and wheel hubs , car rims , silencers for exhaust systems , water pumps , shock absorbers , windshield wiper motors and other small motors. as well as batteries.

Wanxiang supplies in China FAW ( VW ), SAW ( Citroën ), Hainan Mazda , GM Liuzhou Wuling, Chongqing Chang'an ( Suzuki ), Nanjin Auto Group ( Fiat ), Tianjin Xiali ( Toyota ), Shanghai VW and Beijing Jeep ( Daimler Chrysler) ). Wanxiang is represented in the provinces of Jilin , Hubei , Guangdong , Hainan , Heilongjiang , Jiangxi and Anhui .

Wanxiang has a subsidiary in Chicago , Illinois , USA, through which it controls its international activities. The group also has subsidiaries in Canada , Brazil , Australia and the UK .

Wanxiang Electric Vehicle

With its subsidiary Wanxiang Electric Vehicle (own abbreviation: WXEV), Wanxiang has also been manufacturing complete electric buses and hybrid buses since 2006 . The first trials started in 2003, with Wanxiang using the electric batteries from a factory acquired in 2000 to manufacture lithium-ion batteries . The buses run in big cities like Shanghai , Hangzhou , Guangzhou , Zhengzhou and Nanchang . At the Expo 2010 in Shanghai, for example, Wanxiang used 160 buses with 65 seats and 300 batteries each on two 14 km long lines, each with a range of 80 km. The additional batteries were charged in a hall and replaced with used ones by robots in 6 minutes each.

The Wanxiang Electric Vehicle Pure Electric Bus , with external dimensions of 11650 × 2490 × 3300 in mm, has a range of 250 km, reaches a top speed of 90 km / h and an acceleration of 20 seconds from 0 to 50 km / h. The lithium-ion battery pack consists of 6 x 88 elements with a charge capacity of 100 Ah each and can be recharged in three hours with fast charging, otherwise in 10 hours. The energy consumption per 100 km is 98 kWh without and 142 kWh with air conditioning.

Electric cars

In 2014, Wanxiang acquired the electric hybrid car manufacturer Fisker Automotive for $ 149.2 million and renamed it Karma Automotive . With this company, Wanxiang would initially like to develop and manufacture a revised version of their Fisker Karma electric sports car of the plug-in hybrid type . The battery is supplied by battery manufacturer A123 Systems , whose bankruptcy estate was acquired by Wanxiang in 2012.

history

The company traces its origins back to the creation of an agricultural machinery repair shop in Ningwei People's Commune in 1969 . In 1979, a factory for agricultural machinery was created.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Us
  2. ↑ pp. 5 and 6 of the Wanxiang PPP
  3. ^ A b c Wanxiang Electric Vehicle , presentation
  4. ↑ pp. 15–28 of the PPP Wanxiang
  5. ↑ p. 29 of the PPP Wanxiang
  6. ↑ p. 38 of the PPP Wanxiang
  7. ↑ p. 9 of the PPP Wanxiang
  8. ↑ p. 40 of the PPP Wanxiang
  9. ↑ p. 37 of the PPP Wanxiang
  10. ^ Mike Ramsey: Karma Automotive Reaches Supply Deal With BMW . In: Wall Street Journal . November 12, 2015 ( wsj.com ).
  11. ↑ p. 4 of the PPP Wanxiang