中国汽车制造业在世界舞台上取得了真正的突破。在二十世纪的最后五十年里，这个亚洲国家几乎入侵了整个地区，并开始向欧洲、美洲和澳大利亚大规模销售其汽车（许多不同的品牌)。就汽车品牌的总量而言，中国现在仅次于所有欧洲国家的总和。

中国汽车制造业的历史不是很长，但却非常紧张和富有成效。自20世纪90年代初以来，它一直在以非常快的速度发展。自2009年以来，中国一直是世界上最大的汽车市场和世界上最大的汽车制造商，近年来每年生产的汽车数量超过紧随其后的两家汽车制造商的总和，或超过欧盟所有国家的总和。

中国目前有能力生产全系列汽车产品。主要的中国公司是一汽、SAIC和东风。比亚迪、长城、力帆、吉利、奇瑞、哈弗和长安是最受欢迎的中国制造商。据市场专家称，这些都是对全球汽车行业贡献最大的中国汽车品牌。

最畅销的中国汽车品牌是什么？

中国汽车市场正以令人难以置信的速度增长，每年都在推出新品牌，巩固老品牌。中国制造商的出口数字非常可观，而且他们在销售上越来越接近世界领先者，即丰田和通用汽车。如今销量最高的中国汽车品牌是吉利，每年售出近80万辆汽车。

中国四大银行

像美国的"三巨头"一样，中国也有自己的顶级制造商，拥有几个受欢迎和成功的品牌。他们中的一些人不仅在汽车行业工作。然而，你将在本文中看到的大部分品牌都属于四大公司之一。

长安

创建时间：1862年创始人：私人工程公司

长安（长安汽车集团)是中国最大的汽车制造商（中国三大汽车制造商之一)。在翻译中，"长安"的意思是"可靠性，被时间证明。从销量来看，这个品牌的汽车很受消费者欢迎。因此，在2018年，该汽车制造商售出了1700万辆汽车。

东风

创建时间：1968年创始人：毛泽东

东风汽车公司是一家中国国有汽车制造公司，总部设在武汉。它是中国四大汽车制造商之一。东风为工程行业制造汽车和商用车、客运、汽车零部件、耗材和生产设备。东风卡车的载重量从500公斤到220吨不等。

该公司创造了一个完整的生产周期，独立生产一切产品——从发动机和变速器到滤清器和机油。现在它拥有42家工厂，世界上最大的试验场，并因拥有最长的生产线而进入吉尼斯世界纪录。

中国一汽(=FirstAutoWork)

成立时间：1953年创始人：中国政府

一汽集团公司（第一汽车厂的简称)也是中国的国有制造商，主要生产汽车零部件、轻型和中型客车以及重型卡车。它甚至与富奥、大众、丰田、扬子等许多公司建立了合资企业，并在奥帝、红旗和奔腾设有众多分支机构。

爱琴海双桅纵帆船

成立于：1955年创始人：中国监督与资产管理委员会

上汽集团是一家国有汽车制造商，总部位于中国上海。该公司是中国四大汽车制造商之一，即东风汽车、一汽和长安汽车。它以生产中国一些最经济、最豪华的汽车而闻名。上汽集团还与通用汽车、大众汽车和沃尔沃建立了合资企业。

大型中国汽车制造商

除了四大之外，还有八家公司，它们几乎占据了美国所有的汽车制造市场。他们拥有世界上最著名的品牌，并与欧洲和美国制造商密切合作，创造合作项目和创新的汽车和摩托车模型。

广汽集团

成立时间：1955年

广州汽车公司是中国六大汽车制造商之一。广汽的总部设在广州，工厂设在全国的工业中心。该公司于1997年开始运营。广汽成为广州汽车工业集团的子公司，生产设施位于其现有的中国广州汽车厂。

JAC

成立时间：1964年

中国汽车公司JAC成立于1999年。今天，JAC是庞大的技术集团安徽江淮汽车股份有限公司的一部分。然而，这个品牌的工厂在2002年才开始生产，此前经过了长时间的准备生产设施和购买外国汽车制造商的多项技术的工作，因为该公司是在1964年利用现有汽车厂的技术能力建立的，其中大部分已经过时106 . JAC品牌的主要专长是生产商用车，包括公共汽车。

长城

创建时间：1984年

长城是中国大型汽车制造公司的名字，它成立于1976年，在进入市场后的短短22年里，已经成为亚洲最大的皮卡和商用车制造商。该公司的历史始于生产小型卡车，以满足物流公司的需求。然而，政府慷慨的拨款和补贴让长城得以扩大阵容。

吉利（汽车品牌名)

成立时间：1986年

吉利集团1986年在中国成立，最早的产品是冰箱。然而，当共产党决定利用该国的经济时，该公司获得了强大的发展动力。1992年成为吉利汽车生产的起点。该公司开始生产摩托车零件，两年后掌握了独立组装。1996年生产的摩托车数量已超过20万辆。

1997年，该公司开始在世界市场上积极推广其产品，在世界各地的不同国家开设了许多分支机构，并开始为中国公司生产工业车辆。

北汽集团

成立时间：1988年

BAIC(北汽集团)是一家国有企业和控股公司，由几家中国汽车制造公司组成。该集团于1958年与戴姆勒股份公司和现代汽车公司合作成立。2011年，该公司是中国第五大汽车制造商，2012年产量排名第四，生产了310万辆成品汽车。

光辉

成立时间：1992年

华晨汽车集团是一家控股公司，联合了几家汽车制造商。它在中国最大的汽车制造商排名中占据第七位。

该公司的汽车部门包括生产轿车和卡车、乘用车、专用汽车、零部件和单元设计的企业，以及一个大型工程和研究所。华晨汽车集团是中国第一家汽车公司，长期以来与德国关注的宝马公司密切合作，是战略合作伙伴。

比亚迪股份有限公司

成立时间：1995年

比亚迪汽车是比亚迪股份有限公司的子公司，专门为汽车和其他行业生产和供应各类设备。最初，该工厂生产电池，员工由30人组成。但随着2003年决定将公司重新定位于汽车生产，其员工人数增长至四万人。新技术成为比亚迪工厂生产汽车的基础。

奇瑞

成立时间：1997年

奇瑞是亚洲最大的汽车公司之一，由中国政府于1997年成立。最初，该品牌致力于为其他汽车制造商以及军事和航空设备制造动力装置。然而，2001年，该公司获得了为丰田(丰田)和三菱(三菱)等汽车品牌的组装生产成套设备的许可，并推出了第一款汽车。

该公司的第一款车型名为奇瑞护身符(奇瑞护身符)，是西亚特-托莱多(西亚特托莱多)的翻版，奇瑞品牌管理层计划在大众的许可下在中国组装，但遭到了严厉的拒绝。因此，简单地说，在购买了几个样品并对它们进行彻底研究后，该公司的工程师推出了护身符型号，它不仅与西班牙的竞争对手相似，而且还有相同的选项。

豪华汽车品牌

这可能令人惊讶，但在中国也有一个豪华汽车品牌的名单。挺短的，但是这三家公司的车无论是款式还是舒适度都可以和欧美高端车媲美。当然，大众市场的汽车品牌在中国仍然处于领先地位，然而，豪华品牌已经变得越来越受欢迎，不仅在中国，而且在全球各地。

红旗

成立时间：1958年创始人：一汽

红旗是一汽集团旗下一汽轿车公司旗下的中国豪华车品牌。红旗是中国生产的第一辆客车。最初生产于1958年，最初的红旗车型是为高级党员保留的。它们一直生产到1981年。随后，阵容明显扩大，曾经的精英品牌开始生产出租车和商务轿车。

LynkCo

成立时间：2016年创始人：吉利、沃尔沃

LynkCo是2016年由中国吉利和瑞典沃尔沃联合创立的一个年轻项目的名字，该项目专门开发"智能汽车"。

LynkCo专注于年轻观众、生态、时尚和移动技术。新品牌的创建者表示，他们试图摆脱传统的名称，因此该公司被命名为林克公司。“林克”，作为"链接"的一个醒目版本，反映了我们这个时代的主要价值——连接，以及“Co”——合作。

WEY

成立时间：2016年创始人：长城汽车

中国汽车巨头长城汽车在2016年底宣布出现韦品牌，并在2017年展示了首批量产车。该公司的产品组合中现在有四种不同的型号。旗舰产品是Wey P8: 340马力和524牛米的扭矩-这些是混合动力装置的总和，能够从主电源充电。电力续航里程可达50公里。0到100公里/小时的加速时间为6.5秒。

一种说法是，该公司以长城汽车董事长魏建军的名字命名。另一种说法是，它是以中国古代王国魏的名字命名的。

大众市场汽车品牌

就国际经验而言，中国的汽车工业还很年轻。但在很短的时间内，中国公司已经设法向前迈出了一大步。在许多方面，他们的工作成果可以被称为汽车工程领域的一项突破和一场小革命。天朝的车是最实惠的，基本配置配置丰富，外观积极追求世界领先水平。每年中国都会出现新品牌和新型号的大众市场汽车——价格实惠、操作简单、舒适。

南京汽车公司

成立时间：1947年

国有的南京汽车公司是中国历史最悠久的汽车制造商。它成立于1947年，从那以后一直在亚洲市场占据领先地位。该品牌的产品组合不仅包括乘用车，还包括公共汽车和卡车。2007年，南汽集团与另一家汽车制造巨头爱琴海双桅纵帆船合并，成为其子公司。

长风

成立时间：1950年

长丰是中国历史最悠久的汽车制造公司之一。该公司成立于1950年，在成立的最初几年里，该公司致力于为特殊目的制造军用车辆和重型机械。只是在1980年，凭借丰富的越野军车制造经验，长风品牌推出了首款民用越野车型，命名为CJY620 .1993年，与日本三菱公司签署了一项合作协议，向中国公司提供了生产一种越野车型的权利。直到1996年，该公司还是解放军的一个商业分支机构。

江南

成立时间：1952年

江南是一家中国公司的名字，成立于1952年。它是中国兵器工业集团的重要成员。1988年，该公司开始生产乘用车，生产微缩模型JHN .自20世纪90年代初以来，它还根据许可生产了铃木奥拓车型，这也是一款微型车。其他的都开发了，但奥拓依然是公司的主要产品之一。

JMC

成立时间：1968年

JMC是一家生产卡车、轿车、乘用车以及运动型多功能车的中国公司的名字。公司成立于1968年，最初名为江西汽车制造厂。在其历史初期，该公司生产小型卡车，品牌名为成吉思汗106 . JMC公司是在一家汽车修理厂的基础上成立的，位于南昌市。自八十年代初以来，该公司获得了为五十铃卡车设计的零部件和驾驶室的生产权。1984年，该公司转而授权生产五十铃品牌车型。

哈飞

成立时间：1980年

哈飞是另一家成立于1980年的中国汽车制造商的名字。今天，该公司是哈尔滨公司的一部分。开发新品牌的一个关键因素是与韩国大宇公司达成协议，除了技术之外，大宇公司还投资了一大笔钱来开设最高级别的装配车间，起初，哈飞的工厂只雇用从大宇公司借调的专家。

新凯

成立时间：1984年

新凯是一家汽车制造公司的名字，成立于1984年。它从事轿车和卡车以及特殊设备的生产。新凯公司成立时，是一家外资参与的合资企业。1992年，一家来自香港的公司加入了该品牌的所有者。随着发展，该公司得到了它的生产设施，从而成为一个公司。1999年，它的正式名称是新凯汽车。公司的座右铭是"质量就是生命"。

金杯

成立时间：1991年

金杯是汽车制造品牌的名称，由中国汽车市场最大的公司之一华晨中国汽车于1991年创立。华晨汽车集团与德国宝马公司一起，专门为中国市场生产宝马汽车。此外，它还拥有自己的品牌中华汽车（生产嗨-Ace微型客车)和金杯汽车（专门生产轻型卡车和商用车)。该公司生产品牌为金杯和格兰塞的小型货车，基于日本丰田汽车的开发，根据技术合作协议转让给该公司。

力帆

成立时间：1992年

力帆是中国最著名的汽车制造商之一，成立于1992年。今天，它作为一个经济型汽车品牌而闻名，但它的第一项活动是修理摩托车，它的名字是重庆宏达汽车配件研究中心。过了一段时间，积累了经验，公司冒险开始生产自己的摩托车，而且没有出错。由于摩托车的低成本，该公司在中国非常受欢迎，仅仅5年后，它已经拥有了10家自己的工厂。1997年，管理层决定更名为我们现在所知的力帆。

海马汽车

成立时间：1992年

海马是中国发展最快的汽车制造品牌之一，由一汽集团控股。这家制造商拥有所有必要的基础设施，因此它设计、制造和销售乘用车、跨界车、货车和电动汽车。海马汽车的历史可以追溯到1988年，最初这家公司名为海南汽车，从事老车型的生产。然而，在1992年，该公司与马自达汽车公司签订了合作协议，并获得了现在的名称（由"海南"和"马自达"的首字母组成)。

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Founded: 1994

Yema is the name of a Chinese vehicle manufacturer, which was established in 1984 and since 2002 has been producing buses and cars under the same brand name. Today Yema has three production bases located in Chengdu and Mianyang: the headquarters in Chengdu, a branch in Chengdu, and a branch in Mianyang. The Chengdu headquarters includes the units of Passenger Vehicle Co. and Chengdu Bus Co., which produce buses, commuter buses, city buses, passenger vehicles, including SUVs and MPVs, and eco-friendly vehicles.

Soueast

Founded: 1995

Soueast is a Chinese car manufacturer, which was established in 1995. The company’s main specialization is the production of Japanese Mitsubishi cars, adapted to the needs of Chinese buyers. Besides, since 2006, the Japanese brand is among the co-owners of the firm, having 25% of the total shares.

In addition to licensed production, Mitsubishi is a global technology partner of Soueast. In 2008 the Iranian company Mehergan became one of the partners of the brand, which launched a full-scale production of Mitsubishi cars for the Iranian market, using the components that are produced in Soueast plants.

ZXAuto

Founded: 1999

ZXAuto is the name of a joint Chinese-Korean project, launched in 1999 as a separate brand for the production of city cars by Hebei Tianye Automobile Group and Taiwan Unite Leading in China. The company began to rapidly gain momentum and in a few years has become a leader of the Chinese automobile industry, choosing to produce pickups and SUVs, bringing their creation to perfection, both technically and in design.

Hawtai

Founded: 2000

Hawtai is the name of a Chinese automaking brand, which is not very recognizable across the globe. Established in 2000, Hawtai is positioned in China as a premium car brand. The technical partners of Hawtai Motor Group are VM Motori, SAIC, and manufacturers from Germany: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Bosch, ZF, Intel, Magna, Pier burg, Honeywell.

Landwind

Founded: 2002

Landwind is the Chinese automobile company owned by Jiangling Motor Holding, a joint venture of Changan Auto and Jiangling Motors Corporation. The brand, which was established in 2002, and released its first car (SUV X6) in 2006, specializes in the development and manufacture of passenger cars and SUVs and considers the local Chinese market to be its key market.

Wuling

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The Chinese automaker Wuling has been known in the car market since 2005.l, though the brand was established in 2002. In the range of the company, there are several lines of vans, flatbed vehicles, and mini-cars. Wuling has its own engine plant, which makes the company independent from external supplies. The company pays great attention to new developments, following global trends, and using the latest science to produce quality vehicles.

Gonow

Founded: 2003

Gonow is the name of a young Chinese automaking brand, which was established by Zhejiang Gonow Auto in 2003, and specialized in the production of minivans, pickup trucks, and SUVs, as well as vehicles for the Chinese army, police, and government agencies. The first pickup model was released in 2004 and immediately began deliveries to Africa and Europe, and a year later the company signed a cooperation agreement with the Korean company Daewoo.

Zotye

Founded: 2003

Zotye is a Chinese manufacturer of sedans and city cars, which was established in 2003. Since the foundation, Zotye has released several series of hatchbacks and sedans in different configurations.

Also, the company tried to set up the production of electric cars in 2008, but after a few experimental models have opted for traditional gasoline-powered cars. One of the curious features of Zotye is their affordable budget, achieved by the company due to optimization of production facilities, which are designed for the production of 100 thousand cars a year.

Jonway

Founded: 2003

Honest is the name of a relatively young automaker, which was founded in 2003 in China. Today it produces up to 30 thousand cars and SUVs annually. The Jonway dealer network includes more than 500 dealers in China. Its cars are also exported to Italy. For example, the SUV Jonway UFO, produced in China since 2007, is a licensed copy of the second-generation Toyota RAV4.

Roewe

Founded: 2006

Roewe is the name of a luxury brand of the Chinese automobile concern SIAC, which was established in 2006, taking its name in honor of the British brand Rover, or rather, for greater consonance with it. However, the Roewe vehicles were developed with the participation of engineers from Ford, which had acquired the Rover brand a year earlier from BMW.

Qoros

Founded: 2007

The company Qoros Auto was founded in 2007, and at the end of 2013 began production of the first model – Qoros 3 sedan, a car designed primarily for the European market. The brainchild of one of China’s largest automakers, Chery, Qoros is rapidly developing, applying the latest technology in its cars and expanding its export market.

Everus

Founded: 2008

Everus is a small automaking brand, which was established in China in 2008, as a joint venture between the Japanese Honda Group and the Chinese GAC. The first car of the brand saw the light in 2011 and got pretty good feedback from the world automotive community.

Venucia

Founded: 2010

Venucia is the name of a young and progressive automaking brand, which was established in 2010 as the joint-venture between the Japanese Nissan Group and Chinese Dongfeng. The brand is specialized in the production of stylish and comfortable passenger cars and SUVs and pays attention to details in the design and technical stuffing of its vehicles.

Baojun

Founded: 2010

Baojun is the name of a Chinese car brand, which was established in 2010. The young company specializes in the production of small affordable vehicles. SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile’s production has made it possible to establish stable production of Baojun cars.

Maxus

Founded: 2011

Maxus is the name of the car manufacturing brand, which was established in 2011, by Shanghai Automobile Company, one of the largest automakers in China. The giant decided to create a new brand for the production of commercial vehicles, and this is how the Maxus was born. This line of vehicles was designed to replace the outdated rear-wheel-drive LDV Pilot and Convoy. After the purchase of Daewoo by General Motors concern, the LDV Group company retained all intellectual rights to develop Maxus.

Haval

Founded: 2013

The Haval car brand was registered by the Chinese company Great Wall in 2013. Initially, it was planned to produce production SUVs for the domestic market under this name. Since 2014, it has taken control of the production of all vehicles of the passenger class, except for the compact cars.

Commercial Vehicle Brands

Almost 50% of all buses and large commercial vehicles sold in the world are produced in China. The country has several large and reputable brands, which have been on the international market for quite a long time, and proved themselves as reliable and professional brands, which can be developed and implement progressive and innovative technologies in their manufacturing processes. Our list of Commercial Vehicles Brands includes not only busses but also truck manufacturers from China.

Yuejin

Founded: 1947

Chinese truck manufacturer Yuejin Automobile Corp. is controlled by Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC). The company was founded in 1947, and the first truck was produced in 1958. It was a light-duty truck. At present, Yuejin is among the leaders in the production of small trucks in China.

Currently, the brand Yuejin produces agricultural machinery, as well as chassis used for the production of trucks and cars. The model range of the brand includes five sub-series of light-duty trucks and twenty-seven basic modifications.

FAW Jiefang

Founded: 1957Founder: First Automobile Works (FAW)

FAW Jiefang is one of the largest and oldest Chinese manufacturers of trucks, which was established in 1957. With the help of the main plants and operating branches, it manages to produce vehicles of six categories: trucks of different payloads, SUVs, cars, small cars, and buses. FAW is second only to Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) in terms of sales. As for the trucks segment, FAW takes leading positions not only in the Chinese market, but in all Asia, and moving to the world’s pedestal.

Zhongtong

Founded: 1958

Zhongtong is the name of the oldest Chinese bus manufacturing company, which was established in 1958. Today, in addition to producing three series of buses, Zhongtong also repairs buses and produces spare parts. Touring, city, and other types of vehicles are sold not only in China but to many countries around the world, including France, the USA, Russia, and others.

The company has experienced reorganization several times, as well as the change of management and name change, before finally in 1998 to get the current name Zhongtong.

Yutong

Founded: 1963

Yutong is another Chinese automaker, which was established in 1963 but got its international popularity only in 2004. The company, located in Henan Province (Zhengzhou), specializes in the production of buses of various types and purposes. In several model lines, Yutong produces dozens of modifications for various climatic and road conditions. It allows the export of buses to more than 30 countries around the world. The range of passenger buses is quite extensive.

Dayun

Founded: 1987

Another Chinese manufacturer of commercial vehicles, Dayun was founded in 1987, and in a short time has achieved a large scale of production, recognition in China, and fame in the world. The factory is located in Shanxi province (central China), in a designated area. It is a special industrial production development zone, investments are actively attracted in the development of advanced technology facilities. There are centers and complexes for the development of innovative solutions, for scientific and test research.

King Long

Founded: 1988

King Long was founded in 1988 and quickly became one of the largest bus and commercial passenger vehicle manufacturers in China and Asia. In the early years of its existence, the King Long brand cooperated closely with several Japanese and Korean companies, gradually building its design team and constantly improving its production capacity. In 1989, production of Toyota commercial vehicles under the brand name King Long began, and in 1991, a similar decision was made for the products of Hyundai.

BeiBen

Founded: 1988Founder: NORINCO Defense Corporation

BeiBen is a truck manufacturer from Baotou. Founded in 1988 under license from Mercedes-Benz, it works mainly for the Asian market. Bei Fang Ben Heavy-Duty Truck Co., Ltd. is deservedly considered a leader among the machine-building companies in China. Advanced and modern equipment, a competent management system, and professional staff allow the plant to provide the domestic market with reliable equipment, as well as export it to many countries of Asia and the Middle East.

Golden Dragon

Founded: 1992Founder: Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus

Xiamen Golden Dragon Van, or simply Golden Dragon, was established in China in 1992. This company, located in Xiamen, Fujian Province, covers a huge area of 300 thousand square meters, and the area of the main production facilities is equal to half of it. The main activities of the brand are the development, production, and sales of urban, suburban, and tourist buses, which are designed to carry from 9 to 120 passengers. The Golden Dragon buses are sold not only in China but exported to many countries.

Foton

Founded: 1996Founder: BAIC Group

Foton is a Chinese truck manufacturer, which was founded in 1996 as a small concern for the production and development of vehicles of different directions. However, in 1997 the concern became a separate subdivision of the Foton brand, which specializes in the production of trucks and special equipment for the domestic market. The first company’s models were copies of famous at that time in the Asian automobile market Japanese and Korean trucks, which originally were to be produced under license at Foton plants.

Higer

Founded: 1998Founder: King Long

Higer is the name of a Chinese bus manufacturer that was founded in 1998. Today, the company specializes not only in the production of buses but also in trucks. Immediately after the founding of the brand, increased interest in the capacity of its plants and a new market showed the Swedish Scania, which has invested in the Chinese production of a solid amount, while purchasing 10% of the firm.

Hualing Xingma

Founded: 1999

Hauling Xingma, a truck manufacturer, founded in China in 1999, is better known in the world as CAMC. Chinese trucks CAMC brand is produced by Anhui Hualing Automobile Group, a large engineering holding in Anhui province. This corporation has three companies – Xingma Automobile, Anhui Hualing Heavy-duty Automobile (also known as Hualing Heavy Auto), and Hunan Xingma Heavy-Duty Truck Co, (briefly – Hunan Xingma). The production capacity of all three plants is about 30 thousand CAMC heavy trucks per year. The company’s main partners are well-known Japanese truck manufacturers — Mitsubishi and Isuzu.

Electric Car Brands

Speaking about the Chinese car industry as a whole, it is, of course, a segment of inexpensive cars with low safety performance, in the creation of which design solutions and technical developments of foreign automakers are widely used. However, recent years have been marked by innovation and new technologies, as evidenced by the emergence in China of a large number of car brands specializing in the production of electric cars.

In China, the electric transport industry is developing faster largely because of the difficult environmental situation: the Celestial Empire leads in the volume of hydrocarbon emissions into the atmosphere. China is investing more in infrastructure development.

Zinoro

Founded: 2013Founder: Brilliance, BMW

Zinoro is a joint venture of BMW Brilliance, which specializes in the production of electric luxury cars. The brand was established in 2013 and released its first model in the same year. The Zinoro pioneer, introduced in 2013, was the Zinoro 1E electric crossover based on the BMW X1 was presented. And in 2016, the Zinoro 60H SUV based on the BMW X1 Long Wheelbase was presented.

Ranz

Founded: 2013Founder: First Automobile Works (FAW), Toyota

A very ambitious and progressive project of the Chinese FAW and Japanese Toyota, Ranz, was established in 2013 with the idea of electric vehicle production. The company didn’t need much time to start actively developing and released its first car in the same year. Translated as the “Bright Light”, Ranz’s main principle is to provide young and active people all over the world with affordable and high-quality electric cars.

Singulato

Founded: 2014Founder: Zhiche Youxing Technology

Singulato Motors is a brand of Zhiche Youxing Technology, which was established at the end of 2014 in Beijing as an Internet company to produce Chinese electric cars, autonomous driving systems, automotive network services with a focus on big data development and cloud computing technology.

The Chinese startup has received 15 billion yuan, or $2.39 billion, in investment to build a factory and produce its first electric crossover model. In 2016, the company showed a spectacular crossover with so-called “gull-wing” doors.

NIO

Founded: 2014Founder: William Li

The NIO car brand is a private industrial company created by William Li in 2014, with the idea of design and developing high-tech electric cars. The brand unites more than 2,000 specialists in design, high-tech, and management in 13 countries. Its headquarters is located in Shanghai, China, and representative offices are opened in the USA, Germany, England, and Hong Kong.

The name NIO is a trademark developed for the American and European markets, the original Chinese brand name is Weilai, which literally means “blue sky.

XPeng

Founded: 2014Founder: He Xiaopeng

XPeng, or Xiaopeng Motors, was established in China in 2014 to launch production of its budget electric cars based on the American company’s developments. Three years later, XPeng released a beta version of its first car, the Identity X electric parkcar. However, in January 2018, the company improved the development and demonstrated the G3 crossover at the CES show in Las Vegas. According to the creators, they got nothing but an “internet electric car,” and the letter G in the car’s name stands for the English word “geek”. The brand is often compared to the American Tesla.

Li Auto

Founded: 2015Founder: Li Xiang

Li Auto is another ambitious Chinesenproject, which was launched in 2015. Like NIO, Li Auto produces only crossovers, the most sought-after body type. Li Auto has only one car model so far – the large six- or seven-seat car LI ONE. Sales of the car began in the spring of 2019, and the company has already produced more than 10,400 vehicles, as of June 30, 2020. In the first quarter of 2020, Li Auto had revenue of $120.3 million and a net loss of $10.9 million. All products are sold in the Chinese market, and the company plans to expand its lineup in the future.

Byton

Founded: 2016Founder: Harmony New Energy Auto, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Tencent Holdings

The Chinese electric car brand Byton debuted in 2016. It is a trademark of the startup Future Mobility Corporation (FMC), which was founded by people from BMW and Nissan. FMC has Chinese funding, so it is headquartered in Nanjing, but there are also RD centers in Munich and California. The company unveiled its first electric crossover concept in 2018, which immediately caught the interest of the global industry.

Arcfox

Founded: 2017Founder: Beijing Automotive Industry Holding

Arcfox is an electric car brand, established in 2017 by the BAIC Group, the fifth-largest company in the Chinese car industry. BAIC cooperates closely with automotive industry leaders such as Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz. The Arcfox electric crossover is the joint brainchild of a separate BAIC division, BJEV (which fully owns the Arcfox brand), and Canadian automotive component manufacturer Magna International.

Geometry

Founded: 2019Founder: Geely

The Chinese company Geely, which owns Volvo, Polestar, and Lotus brands, announced the launch of a global brand Geometry in 2019z geometry was established with the idea of premium electric cars production. The first model of the brand is the sedan Geometry A. The size of the four-door Geometry debutant is close to the Tesla Model 3, though the Chinese version has some interesting modifications and features.

Defunct Car Brands

In comparison to other world leaders in the automaking industry, China’s list of defunct car brands is really short. The country’s car manufacturing segment is growing daily and almost all the brands have an opportunity to survive, as export is developing with truly incredible speed. Though there still were some marques, which didn’t manage to survive.

Zhongyu

Founded: 1965Defunct: 2004

Zhongyu is the name of the Chinese automaking brand, which was one of the first on the local market, created in 1965. The company was known for a very wide portfolio of released cars and specialized literally on everything — from sedans to ambulances until the cease of all operations in 2004.

Shuanghuan

Founded: 1988Defunct: 2016

Shuanghuan is the name of the Chinese car manufacturer, which was established in 1988 and discontinued after a little less than thirty years of activity. The brand was specialized in the production of crossovers and SUVs, but also had cars of other classes in its portfolio.

Baolong

Founded: 1998Defunct: 2005

Baolong is the name of a short-lived Chinese car manufacturer, which was established in 1998 and closed in 2005. The company was specialized in the production of sedans, SUVs, and vans, which were based on the models of world-famous brands, such as Ford and Renault.

Shanghai Maple Guorun

Founded: 2000Defunct: 2010

Shanghai Maple Guorun is the name of a small Chinese car brand, which was established in 2000 and acquired by Geely in 2008. The company produced passenger-class cars, which did not succeed on the international market. In 2020 Geely decided to give Maple the second chance and started the production of electric cars under this brand.

Youngman

Founded: 2001Defunct: 2019

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