Although the progress of China's economic recovery and sales in the Chinese market are not as good as expected, German car companies such as Marseille -Benz and Volkswagen are still confident in the company's Chinese strategy.
According to Reuters, Marseille -Benz Group Chairman Ola Kallenius said on Thursday (July 27) that although the progress of China's economic recovery is not as expected, the company still treats China as an electric carLong -term growth market is full of confidence.
Kang Lindong also reiterated at the analyst conference call at the analyst after the second quarter performance release.He said: "I don't think we should take irrational actions in pricing to purchase China's market share. This is not our overall policy."
It is reported that it is strongly sold by high -end cars and van cars.For promotion, Mercedes -Benz's net profit in the second quarter increased by 14%to 3.6 billion euros (about S $ 5.3 billion).However, its sales in the Chinese market still decreased compared to the same period last year.
Asked about Volkswagen's previous announcement of the joint development of electric vehicle models with the Chinese electric vehicle brand Xiaopeng. Kang Lingsong believes that Mercedes -Benz will not hand over the task of creating future models to another original equipment manufacturer."This task will be done by us."
Volkswagen Group, which owns many brands such as Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda, also announced the second quarter financial report on Thursday.According to reports, Volkswagen Group's net profit in the second quarter was 3.8 billion euros, a 3.1%decrease from the same period last year.
The group's competition in China is becoming increasingly fierce.After the first quarter of the first quarter, after the first quarter, the sales were surpassed by BYD for the first time, in the first half of 2023, Volkswagen's delivery volume in China decreased by 1.2%year -on -year.
It is reported that in the first half of this year, except China, the sales of Volkswagen Group's global globe have increased.
However, Volkswagen Group still has a positive attitude towards its main market in China, saying that it is accelerating the pace of "China Transformation".
Volkswagen Group announced on Wednesday (July 26) announced the cooperation between its Volkswagen and Xiaopeng Automobile, as well as the cooperation between the Audi brand and SAIC Group.Volkswagen Group said that these cooperations are in line with the company's strategy of "in China, for China", enabling the company to respond to the decisive trend of the Chinese market as soon as possible and better use the growth momentum of the Chinese market.
On the other hand, the BMW Group, which is also a German car company giant, also announced through the official WeChat public account on Thursday that the BMW China R & D team has launched a localized research and development of L3 -level autonomous driving.It is fully prepared for the adaptation and application of L3 -level autonomous driving functions in China in the future to further enter the Chinese market.
