Take over Mahayana and copy the ideal calf founder to build a car

Mahayana Automobile Apartment, located at No.198 Xueke Road, Jintan District, Changzhou, finally welcomed employees from the opposite factory. However, it was not Mahayana that collapsed before the apartment was built, but Niu Chuang created by Li Yinan.

"This bull should belong to the calf. Some time ago, we could see a big brand of "Ruidian" hanging on the factory building, using the logo of Mavericks. I don't know what happened recently. " The owner of a restaurant in front of Mahayana apartment pointed to the opposite Niuzhuang factory and said.

Niuchuang Automobile Changzhou Base-This map also shows the Mahayana Automobile Industrial Park. The logo of "NIUTRON" has been hung up, and the striking blue background wall indicates that it has been renovated recently. In the office building behind the main entrance, several workers are cleaning the exterior glass. A few days later, on December 15th, there will be the first "life event"-the release of a brand-new automobile brand.

this industrial park is more than 4 kilometers away from LI Changzhou base and more than 3 kilometers away from Mavericks electric vehicle Changzhou base. Li Yinan, the founder of Mavericks electric car, and Li Xiang, the founder of Li, are said to have a very good personal relationship and will meet on the same track soon. Because the first car that Li Yinan plans to build here is an extended-range SUV.

who is standing behind Li Yinan?

In October, 221, Changzhou Niuchuang Technology Co., Ltd. completed the registration, and Niuchuang's car-making plan surfaced. According to the survey data of the enterprise, in addition to the actual controller Li Yinan, its main members include the executive director, legal representative Yang Jingyi and supervisor Fang Qing.

"The ups and downs of my life are like a roller coaster," Li Yinan said at the Mavericks Congress in 221. "Genius boy", "successor" and "founder of Mavericks" ... a few words can't describe his ups and downs in the past 5 years, but basically "summarize" his life track in the first half of his life. Interestingly, his old employers, Huawei and Baidu, both joined the wave of building cars.

No.387 Changting Road, Wujin District, 2 kilometers away from Niuchuang Changzhou Base, is a global R& D and Mavericks electric vehicle manufacturing base. This time, from two to four rounds of entrepreneurship, Li Yinan also chose Changzhou as its base camp "Global Headquarters Base". According to informed sources, Li Yinan's office in Niuzhuang is located in Changzhou base.

"Li Yinan"

Due to his imprisonment, according to the law, Li Yinan cannot be the executive director or director of Mavericks for five years. In 221, after being released from prison, Li Yinan resigned as CEO of Mavericks and joined Meihua Angel Venture Capital as a partner. At present, there is no direct capital connection between Li Yinan and Mavericks, but the entrepreneurial success of Mavericks may be Li Yinan's most satisfying career experience. Until now, his profile in Weibo is still "Founder and CEO of Niudian Technology".

Although Mavericks and Niuchuang are two completely independent companies, Mavericks have publicly stated many times that they have no plans to build cars. However, Liu Chuankai, vice president of calf design, added a little more calf color to the cow window. According to informed sources, Liu Chuankai's current position is unknown, and he will manage the styling design team of Niuchuang Automobile in the future.

Liu Chuankai

From the announcement of Mavericks Electric as of November 15th, Liu Chuankai can still be seen. According to public information, Liu Chuankai's team participated in the conceptual design of Mavericks electric M1. Before joining Mavericks Electric, Liu Chuankai was the design director of Designworks, a creative consulting company owned by BMW. According to sources, more calves will be hired in the future. Li Yinan specifically explained that he is not allowed to work in two companies at the same time.

Changzhou base, as the production center planned by Niuchuang, naturally needs people who penetrate the automobile industry to grasp manufacturing. Niu Chuang Automobile has also publicly stated that many talents from first-line car companies have joined. "Many employees come from Great Wall Motor." According to informed sources, Ge Feng, who was in charge of Changzhou base manufacturing, once worked in Great Wall Motor.

Yang Jingyi, the legal representative of Mahayana G7S

, as the owner of Changzhou Base, mainly manages the technical team, and Ge Feng also reports to him. Yang Jingyi has little information publicly asked, but it is reported that he also works for Great Wall Motor. Fang Qing, the supervisor, is another senior manager shown in the enterprise survey information. He will manage the cost budget team. In Fang Qing's LinkedIn information, he is the head of cost analysis in Xpeng Automobile Company and the head of cost management in Geely Automobile Research Institute.

is it expedient to rent before buying?

as early as the beginning of this year, it was reported that Mavericks would build cars across the border by acquiring the Changzhou factory of Beiqi New Energy, but it was quickly denied by Mavericks Electric. According to informed sources, although the acquisition was unsuccessful, Li Yinan and BAIC New Energy did negotiate on the acquisition. In the end, he chose Mahayana Automobile Factory, which is more than 3 kilometers away from Beiqi New Energy Changzhou Factory.

if we go back to the past, the relationship between this industrial park and Zotye is quite subtle. Wu Jianzhong, Chairman of Mahayana Automobile Co., Ltd., won the Zotye Damai project during his tenure as Chairman of Zotye Automobile Co., Ltd., and produced Damai models in Jintan base. After Zotye's A-share listing in 221, Jintan base was stripped off as the Changzhou production base of Mahayana. Wu Xiao, founder and chairman of Mahayana Buddhism, is the son of Wu Jianzhong. As a result, Mahayana became the first private car company in the mouth of Wu's father and son to successfully complete the "second generation" handover.

"Wu Jianzhong, Wu Xiao"

What Wu and his son didn't expect was that Mahayana Buddhism, which was established in 221, collapsed so quickly. The auction announcement issued by Jintan District People's Court shows that in June this year, Jiangsu Zhongzhiyang Investment Management Co., Ltd. took over Changzhou Jintan Mahayana Science and Technology Industrial Park at a price of 1.551 billion yuan through auction. The former is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jiangsu Jintan Guofa International Investment Development Co., Ltd., and the latter is a subsidiary of Changzhou Jintan Public Assets Management Committee Office. In other words, Jintan District took over the Mahayana Science and Technology Industrial Park.

It is worth noting that the auction announcement did not mention the production qualification with the most critical ownership. Many people familiar with the matter also confirmed that Niuchuang Automobile is currently leasing Mahayana Science and Technology Industrial Park from Jintan District. After the process, around August, employees of Niuchuang Automobile entered the industrial park one after another.

At the east gate of Mahayana Science and Technology Industrial Park, there is still a signboard of "Jiangxi Mahayana Automobile Co., Ltd. Jintan Branch". Just like this huge factory, there are many traces of taking a bus. "It is often seen that the shells left by Mahayana are cleaned in batches." According to a person familiar with the matter, the "Ruidian New Energy" logo previously hung on the wall of the factory near Ximen has also been removed recently. "Now the whole industrial park is divided into three parts: Niuzhuang, Mahayana and Ruidian, separated by iron nets." And "Ruidian" is regarded as the core technology by Mavericks? System.

two rounds of "touching porcelain" and Tesla's four rounds of "paying tribute" ideal?

In the early days of Mavericks' establishment, it coincided with Tesla's popularity, and Mavericks' propaganda often "touched porcelain" Tesla: Tesla's same battery. In the future, it is still unknown whether Niu Chuang will "translate" Ruidian's power battery technology to build a car. However, the Jintan Economic Development Zone, where Niuchuang Automobile is located, has many automobile supporting enterprises, including AVIC lithium battery, honeycomb energy and so on.

the Changzhou base of niuchuang automobile is not only close to the calf production base, but also only 4 kilometers away from the Changzhou base of LI. The source also confirmed that Niu Chuang will build models in the direction of extended range and pure electric.

According to informed sources, the progress of the new car is still in the trial production stage, and its size and dimensions are very close to that of Li ONE, both of which are extended-range models. The new car will be positioned in medium and large SUVs, rather than the "old people's music" that was previously madly transmitted on the Internet. The price of Li ONE is more than 3, yuan, and Niu Chuang will avoid direct competition through differentiated positioning.

"Li ONE, Niu Chuang test drive"

Actually, Li Xiang and Li Yinan are also closely related. According to public reports, Hu Yilin, who originally planned to be a Mavericks electric car, hooked up with Li Xiang in the process of finding investors. Li Xiang introduced Hu Yilin to angel investor Huang Mingming. After Huang Mingming's introduction, Hu Yilin had the opportunity to have coffee with Li Yinan.

according to the survey information, Jiangsu Niu Innovation Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is applying for registration of several trademarks such as Niu Chuang, Niu Kelaiwu and SHOTOVER. "In November, the company posted many signs about the first model" Homerider ".Later, for some reason, these signs were removed." According to informed sources, the first car is in the intensive preparation stage. Niu Chuang plans to release its first car in April next year and officially go offline at the end of October.

However, an insider close to Niuchuang Automobile expressed his uncertainty about the future. "After all, unlike other new forces, you can spend investors' money. Now the founder team is basically investing in real money. "Indeed, with the brand size of Mavericks, it is not impossible for Li Yinan to build Niuchuang into another phenomenal brand. However, even if the new forces in front have flooded the water for building cars, capital is still the first difficulty for new car-making enterprises.

"The end of everything is to build a car". Li Yinan, who didn't take the usual road in his first half of life, can't avoid the custom. On this new energy track, not only more and more hot money poured in, but also more and more players stopped here. The Mahayana apartment opposite Niuchuang Automobile is a witness. This apartment was originally prepared for Mahayana employees, but before it was built, Mahayana was in trouble.

"No matter how many things you are disappointed in, there is no reason to be disappointed at the best of times." This is what Li Yinan said before he went to prison. In recent ten years, neither Zotye nor Mahayana have rewritten the fate of "No.99 Xueke Road, Jintan District". In this best era, I wonder if its fate can be rewritten by Niu Chuang. @219