A Chinese company has just set up this year, because of recent poached BMW electric car core r&d team of four members, the media reported by Germany and France. According to German "focus" magazine reported that the rise of China's latest electric car startup called Future Mobility, it is unknown in China at present, this year on March 1, will be officially registered, specialized research and development of electric vehicles.
R&d center is not only the Future Mobility is set in the headquarters in shenzhen, as well as in Taiwan and to establish the corresponding bases in Munich. Other media reports say, it also intends to establish a research and development center in silicon valley, but production base in mainland China. Future Mobility company, at present it is difficult to search for detailed information on the Internet, is now heavily because "poaching" BMW into people's horizons.
The germans "surprised"
In early march this year, the Future Mobility will BMW I series r&d engineer karsten ¡¤ bright anfield (Carsten Breitfeld) poaching as chief executive. On April 19, the electric car company poached again BMW I series 3 senior executive team: the original BMW I series motor system research and development of engineering ethics, bend roethke o (Dirk Abendroth) will be responsible for the vice President of software and unicom; The original BMW chief designer benoit I series. Jakob (Benoit Jacob) will serve as vice President of design; The original BMW I series product manager Henrik ¡¤ Wenders (Henrik Wenders) will be served as vice President of marketing. BMW I series is the main BMW to tap new energy vehicles, sales rose by 66% last year, among them, the BMW i3 and i8 sold about 24057 and 5456 respectively. Although BMW says that I vehicle sales this "made a great success. But I still can't stop the departure of four key executives.
German media reports said, this is equivalent to "BMW electric car research and development of a core design team are all China bought". Radio France international website on April 22, was quoted as saying the German weekly "focus" the report said, BMW electric core r&d team poached by the Chinese to take even the cooking POTS, "surprised" to the germans.
"Focus" magazine said, originally let a person of piracy in China, but the Chinese walked out of a new road, now is heavily engaged in Germany top engineers and executives, this way of buying their knowledge and skills. For example, China's view to a car then hired three German auto executives retirement. Although the concept of fighting to the last and the German brand failure, but in European security testing, view performance is the most outstanding person. Report said, the Chinese auto hunting for technicians in Germany, not only in Germany, other industry also is such. For example, at the end of 2015, bayer group director (Martin Konig) coney voluntarily quit the board of directors, in order to accept the sinochem hired. Recently, construction machinery exhibition in Munich, multiple enterprises complain that China to take the driver salary, high-grade housing and five digits a full set of dowry to move the heart of enterprise old engineer.
Tencent and foxconn is behind
The Future Mobility is tencent and foxconn joint investment of a new company. March 23 this year, CEO of tencent harmonious chairman ma huateng, foxconn chairman terry gou, and zhengzhou Feng Changge in henan zhengzhou jointly signed the "about" Internet + intelligent electric vehicles "strategic cooperation framework agreement, claim to make" Internet + intelligent electric platform "in zhengzhou. According to information released foxconn, "the three parties will form a coalition professional work team, to tencent's Internet industry's insights, leading Internet creative open platform; collocation foxconn in high-tech intelligent mobile terminal, and the innovation of the electric vehicle integration of design and manufacturing technology, to build," Internet + intelligent electric vehicle platforms. Harmonious automobile marketing and service experience, pay attention to the business model of the future automobile market." According to foxconn aspect, they "don't make the whole car, only do platform". "With tencent and harmonious cooperation early for intelligent vehicle equipment, plunder is car on the control panel and the owner related services, the future may be extended to network intelligent car or self-driving car platform."
Now, this big "poaching" BMW, push the tencent and foxconn in front. In fact, Mr Gou has never stopped in the layout of the new energy automotive industry chain. According to Reuters, foxconn for tesla currently contract manufacturing a small amount of car panel. Gou has been hoping to win the tesla foundry production orders. Though tesla has been sticking to its homegrown model. Gou can only hope that the future of tesla localization in China to manufacture must look for opportunities to joint venture partners. As byd's old rival, foxconn in acquired antai electric utility in Taiwan ten years ago, and started the car power lithium battery system research and development of technology and manufacturing.
In 2015, foxconn has found an important partner - Beijing. Joint investment in research and development, manufacturing a new generation of power batteries and electric system. In addition, foxconn also paid with baic to form an electric car rental company, time-sharing advance baic widespread use of electric cars. But Beijing is likely to have the main future electric cars bets on their investment vehicles. As a result, most analysts say foxconn and baic are paying tuition, learn and accumulate the knowledge of car manufacturing. Want to building cars, but also must depend on oneself.
At the end of 2014, foxconn suddenly announced that hk $600 million stake in car dealership harmonious cars. Harmonious auto headquarters and most of the dealership in henan, mainly sales of luxury cars. At foxconn in just 10 days later, the harmonious motors announced bought wizard automobile co., LTD., zhejiang province, which obtained the qualifications of the automobile manufacturing.
China's new energy cars everywhere
Because the new energy car is seen as a Chinese brand car beyond foreign brand the best opportunity, there are more and more money and interdisciplinary enterprise into the industry, from traditional car companies "poaching" is becoming the tacit understanding between them, not only for the germans. Such as another crossover Letv building cars, has just released its unmanned electric vehicle concept car. Founder Letv Jia Yueting excited tears on the spot, said step by step, to prove that he is close to himself once again "blowing cow". And before the concept car appearance, Letv super cars are most concerned about events is hollowed saic. In September 2015, the former vice President of saic, ding as Letv auto co-founder shocked the industry; Electric car research and development in December 2015, saic, before joining Letv total engineering master the revitalization of the automobile, served as vice President; In March 2016, the former vice President of saic hai-liang zhang also confirmed to join Letv cars. Then, "hai-liang zhang's former subordinates, led more than 2000 people, head of research and development team of research and development of Shanghai Volkswagen NiuShengFu will join Letv super car" news, also spread to come out.
