Haima Automobile responded to “whether to cooperate with Xiaomi to build cars”: there is no relevant matter at present

IT House reported on January 29 that in response to the question of “whether there is any in-depth cooperation with Xiaomi to build a car”, Haima Automobile responded today on the investor interaction platform that the company currently has no relevant matters .

Haima Automobile said that the company has always maintained an open attitude and actively carried out external cooperation. On the basis of landing the existing business, the company will actively communicate with all partners to strive for more cooperation and win-win results. If there are related cooperation matters, the company will promptly fulfill its information disclosure obligations in accordance with regulations .

▲ Source: Haima Motors official website

According to the official website of Haima Automobile, Haima Automobile Co., Ltd. was founded in 1988, with total assets of 16.4 billion yuan, an annual income of 20 billion yuan , and a cumulative tax payment of more than 20 billion yuan. It owns Haima Automobile Co., Ltd., Haima New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., Hainan Haima Automobile Co., Ltd., etc.

IT Home learned that Lei Jun revealed in his annual speech in August 2022 that Xiaomi’s autonomous driving needs to be fully self-developed, and has formed a team of 500 people. It plans to expand to 600 people by the end of 2022 . The first camp in the autonomous driving industry . The financial report shows that Xiaomi invested 829 million yuan in innovative businesses including automobiles in the third quarter of 2022, and the research and development team of Xiaomi cars has exceeded 1,800 people .

According to previous information, Xiaomi Automobile will build a complete vehicle factory in two phases in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone . In 2024, Xiaomi’s first car will roll off the assembly line and be mass-produced in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone.

Earlier this week, a set of exterior cladding pictures of Xiaomi’s first model was exposed, mainly showing the design details of the vehicle’s front face and rear. In response, Wang Hua, general manager of Xiaomi Group’s public relations department, responded that the confidential design documents of the second-tier supplier were indeed leaked, but the supplier was only a supplier for mold proofing, and the leaked documents were the design of a very early bidding process. Draft, not final document . Yesterday, the design renderings of the so-called Xiaomi Mi MS11 also flowed out on the Internet, which is basically the same as the exposed engineering drawings, and it should not be the final version.