Smart will announce that the factory will be located in Xi 'an, and the new pure electric SUV will be unveiled in 2022.

Recently, according to domestic media reports, smart may soon announce the news that the domestic factory has settled in Xi 'an, and the signing of the contract is about to begin. It is reported that smart's first domestic model will be a pure electric SUV, which is expected to be unveiled in 2022 and will be the same size as MINI COUNTRYMAN.

It is reported that the total investment of the smart domestic factory project exceeds10 billion yuan, and the site is located in Gaoling District, Xi City, with a planned annual production capacity of 300,000 vehicles. The construction period is 20 17 to 2020. At the same time, according to the previous announcement of supplier Yin Lun, the total output of this model in the production cycle may be between 654.38+0.7-2.3 million vehicles.

In addition, the market construction of smart home projects is also actively carried out. According to the latest recruitment information of the company, there are various professional positions including user development department, business development department and user service department, as well as sales operation, global marketing center and global after-sales center, which have been recruiting.

On June 8, 2020, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Mercedes-Benz Co., Ltd. announced that with the approval of relevant regulatory authorities, smart Automobile Co., Ltd., a global joint venture company of smart brand, was formally established to jointly operate and promote the transformation and upgrading of the global smart brand.

It is reported that the new generation of pure electric smart will be designed by the global design department of Mercedes-Benz, and the global R&D center of Geely Holding will be responsible for engineering research and development.

The new model will be produced in a brand-new factory in China, and it is expected to be put on the market and sold worldwide in 2022. According to the new car development plan, smart's future product lineup will expand to the fast-growing compact market segment, which is very consistent with smart's brand positioning.

In view of the relationship between Geely Group and Daimler, the compact electric SUV that smart will launch may be built on the Geely SEA platform.

After four years of research and development, the vast structure of SEA has invested more than 65.438+08 billion yuan, thus achieving a wide wheelbase of 654.38+0900-3300 mm, covering all specifications from A-class cars to E-class cars, including cars, SUVs and sports cars.

Based on the broad framework of SEA, in 20021year, vehicles will realize a high degree of automatic driving on structural roads. Before 2023, open roads will achieve a high degree of automatic driving.