A person familiar with the matter revealed that when the Chinese government approves the approved electric vehicle production license, the Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Group is discussing potential production cooperation with well -known automobile manufacturers.
Bloomberg Society on Thursday (October 12) quoted anonymous insiders that Xiaomi Group hopes to produce electric vehicles with homemade brands.In contact.
Bloomberg reported in August last year that Xiaomi also discussed the potential cooperation of electric vehicle production with Beijing Automobile Group.
It is reported that Xiaomi does not comment on this. Representatives of Brilliance Automobile and Chery Automobile did not reply to the phone calls and emails seeking to comment.
At the same time, people familiar with the matter said that Xiaomi was still trying to obtain the approval license of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the production of electric vehicles.Interest people added that the negotiations between Xiaomi and other automakers are still in progress, but it is still unknown whether any cooperative relationship can be established in the end.
Lei Jun, co -founder of Xiaomi, has vowed to invest 10 billion US dollars (about S $ 14 billion) to realize the dream of the group's production of electric vehicles, and hopes to launch the first electric vehicle next year.
