Another new car-making force has obtained the "birth certificate" for electric vehicles, but no one has heard of its name.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the list of new vehicle manufacturers and changes to approved companies to be released in the 318th batch of "Road Motor Vehicle Manufacturer and Product Announcement". The announcement shows that ***28 new vehicle manufacturers are planned, of which 24 are new special vehicle manufacturers and 3 are modified passenger car companies that have been upgraded to complete passenger vehicle companies. Min'an Automobile became the only new pure electric passenger vehicle manufacturer on the list.

If nothing else happens, after the announcement period ends on March 24, Minan Automobile will become the 12th pure electric passenger car manufacturer among new domestic car manufacturers to obtain "dual qualifications" . Previously, 11 companies including BAIC New Energy, Hezhong New Energy, Chery New Energy, Zhidou, Yundu New Energy, Jiangling New Energy, Changjiang Motors, Qiantu Motor, Jinkang New Energy, Guoneng New Energy, and Henan Suda have obtained the " Dual qualifications”.

According to information, Jiangsu Min'an Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. is a Sino-foreign joint venture established by Zhantu (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and Huai'an Development Holding Co., Ltd. It was established in 2013 with a registered capital of 130 million Dollar. The registered place is located in Huaian Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, and the main controlling shareholders are from Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong.

Among them, Zhantu (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Huaian Development Holdings Co., Ltd. and Shiyi (China) Co., Ltd. hold 20.25%, 20.25% and 59.51% of the shares respectively, and Huaian Development Holdings Co., Ltd. With a state-owned background, Zhantu is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiwan Minshi Group, while Shiyi Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary registered in Hong Kong by Qin Ronghua, chairman of the board of directors of Minshi Group.

Minshi Group was founded by Qin Ronghua in 1997 and was listed on the Hong Kong Main Board in 2005. Its main business is the design, production and sales of automobile parts. At present, the company has entered GM, FORD, NISSAN , DCX, Volkswagen global purchasing system.

As early as January 2016, Minan Automobile released its first independently developed D01 electric sports car, and in September of the same year, it obtained the fifth pure electric passenger car construction project approval qualification from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

At present, the first phase of the Min'an Automobile Project factory has been completed, with a total investment of 8.3 billion yuan, of which the total construction investment is 2.5 billion yuan. The project plans to cover an area of ??947.55 acres, and the first phase covers an area of ??577.05 acres. It will also build stamping, welding, painting, final assembly, PACK, test and inspection, vehicle parts logistics, test track, commercial vehicle logistics, office area and living facilities, etc. Ten major functional areas. Min'an Automobile said that after the completion of the project, the factory will achieve an annual production capacity of no less than 50,000 units.

At the same time, according to Min'an Automobile's strategic plan, it will achieve annual production and sales of more than 100,000 vehicles by 2023, with an output value exceeding 20 billion. In terms of products, Min'an Automobile has formulated the "328 Strategy" to build two independent vehicle platforms and eight models, covering pure electric SUVs, supercars and electric logistics vehicles. In addition, the second phase of the Huai'an production base will build a national-level autonomous vehicle. Human driving test area.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, Min'an Automobile released a pure electric SUV model with the internal code name "A2001" and announced that its brand would be named "Lantu". According to the plan, Min'an's first mass-produced SUV will be put on the market in batches at the end of 2019 or early 2020.