2019 for many car makers, it may be very critical and important turning point, in response to the increasingly severe set of regulations so that many brands have transferred the focus of R & D Energy Technology, dedicate more efforts to develop alternative energy sources planning, so there are many personnel changes in the news surfaced, which means that the major brands to conform to regulations, inked on traditional fuel engines will be needed to reduce bets; recently the news, European luxury brand of Daimler Group and Volvo, could work together to develop the engine, the goal is to save development costs and achieve mutual profit results.
However, according to foreign media reported that the relevant personnel revealed that Daimler and Volvo does have during the negotiations, but has yet to detail the content of cooperation has also not decided whether to cooperate or form of cooperation content and other details.
Even if you’re Daimler and Volvo is still in the early stages of negotiations, yet the exact content of cooperation and information, but for now the two major brands intricate relationship between the point of view, the opportunity to work is quite high, because without it, is that China Geely Group; Volvo was sold in 2010 when Ford Group to Geely Group, the more interesting part is that Geely brand into a change in the past China Lord’s way, it will not merge with Geely automobile their own, but entirely to the parent Group at the way, let Volvo self-sustained development.
developed energy markets have been inevitable, many international companies industry has a significant personnel changes, R & D focus to power cars on the transfer, and the development cost of traditional fuel engine is bound to need to significantly cut down. (The picture shows the M-Benz EQC 400 4Matic, the next picture shows the Volvo XC40 Recharge, two cars in the domestic market are expected in 2020)
correlation between Volvo and Geely Automobile, is the use of follow-up technical cooperation way, such as Geely Group target level of new sub-brand luxury Lynk amp; Co collar grams, is the use of the CMA in collaboration with Volvo to develop modular chassis, in addition, at the end of the design also has many elements of European and imported, are the sourceSince on the impact of Volvo. The Geely Group, also in 2010, the acquisition of nearly 10 percent Daimler shares, has become the largest shareholder in German luxury car group.
German association between the two groups does not stop here, formally signed in the first quarter 2019, with respective 50 the percentage of organized joint venture, China will build a new Smart electric car assembly plant, with Smart brands to jointly develop China’s vast market of electric vehicles. From the ownership structure between each other, the two groups work together to German specific projects, the cooperation between Daimler and Volvo, nature is not entirely impossible things.
So far, Daimler and Volvo in conventional engines developed in cooperation with the message, there is still more explicit or detailed information, perhaps as revealed by stakeholders, is still only in the front-end talks stage, not yet complete content of cooperation, but cooperation to reduce the cost point of view, in addition to cooperation in research and development of traditional gas and diesel engines, including the related technologies of electric vehicles, manufacturing, etc. Hybrid power unit, should have the opportunity to They could be planned content of cooperation with each other.