Mingshi Capital leads the "clearing" low-speed electric car electric vehicle has a promising future!

Many people are not optimistic about low-speed electric vehicles, but in the eyes of investors is another scene.

In mid-September of this year, China Guangfa Capital Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Guangdongfa Capital) and Fujian Dechi New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Dechi Motors) held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony in Fujian Jiangle. GF Capital will become the total counseling and leading investment institution for Deichi Motors. In addition to the financial support, China Guangfa Capital will also provide technical support for Deichi Motors. This year, affected by the slow release of the national standard of low-speed electric vehicles, the sales volume of the entire market has dropped significantly. In such a critical period, the capital's entry into the low-speed electric vehicle market can be described as a “send in the snow”.

In the context of many people calling the bad market and the harsh national standards for low-speed electric vehicles, many investors are still optimistic about the development of the low-speed electric vehicle industry. This article will focus on the inventory of low-speed electric vehicles.

Great Wall Motors shares Hebei Yujie

In mid-July this year, Great Wall Motors announced that on July 15th, the company signed a joint venture framework agreement with Hebei Yujie Vehicle Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hebei Yujie) in Qinghe County, Hebei Province. Great Wall Motors will use cash. The method of increasing capital to invest in Yu Jie, the proportion of the initial share of 25%, up to 49%. The specific amount of capital increase will be determined through negotiation and evaluation of the value of Hebei Yujie Enterprise by qualified auditing and evaluation agencies jointly employed by Great Wall Motor and Hebei Yujie. In the future, both parties are expected to jointly launch a new brand and adopt the new “YUJIE Great Wall” joint trademark.

Hebei Yujie is controlled by 100% of Yujie Group, focusing on the traditional low-speed car market and middle-aged and elderly groups. According to Yu Jie’s official statistics, as of 2016, Hebei Yujie has achieved the No. 1 sales record for the low-speed electric vehicle industry for four consecutive years, with an accumulated sales volume of more than 300,000 units. The combined use of low-speed electric vehicles and traditional automobiles has created a precedent for the Great Wall and Hebei Yujie, which is the largest investment project in the field of low-speed electric vehicles.

Loncin Universal Holdings Li Chi Motors

As one of the leading companies in the field of low-speed electric vehicles, the market performance of Li Chi Motors made it gain capital attention earlier. In April 2014, Longxin Capital invested 50 million yuan to obtain a 20% stake in Shandong Lichi; in July 2015, Longxin General announced again that it invested 176.7 million yuan to purchase shares of Shandong Lichi's original shareholders, and increased capital for the company. 150 million yuan, obtained 51% of the controlling interest, to further expand the four-wheel low-speed electric vehicle market; in August 2015, Lichi Automobile completed the registration formalities for industrial and commercial changes, and obtained the “business” issued by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau of Lingcheng District, Dezhou City, Shandong Province. Licence, Loncin GM achieved 51% shareholding in Lichi Motors.

Loncin GM stated that investing in Lichi Motors is focusing on the development prospects of mini electric four-wheeled vehicles, taking into consideration policy support for the production and sales of mini electric vehicles in several provinces including Shandong, and the introduction of mini electric vehicles by the State Policy trends, while Longxin GM optimistic about the market, and intends to expand the micro-electric car industry.

Le Wei is supported by Chenyi Capital

In September 2016, Levi Electric Motors made its debut with an independent company and an independent brand, focusing on private equity investment funds in the areas of new energy vehicles, industrial automation, and the Internet - Shanghai Chenxi Asset Management Co., Ltd. Yujie Group is jointly funded and established.

Talking about the reasons for investing in the field of low-speed electric vehicles, Chen Liang, managing partner of Chen Xie and deputy chairman of Levi Electric Vehicles, said that the decision to enter the field of low-speed electric vehicles is a judgment that “the future of the low-speed electric vehicle market is bound to be a blue ocean”. . Contrary to the subsidized survival of new energy vehicles, low-speed electric vehicles are still developing rapidly without any external boost, which shows that low-speed electric vehicles meet China's unique national conditions and the needs of the consumer market.

Car and home A3 round won 12 investors 6.2 billion yuan financing

Car and Home was established in 2015, and it is located in the urban intelligent transportation service provider. According to the car and home CEO Li Xiang, the car and home are currently planning two products, one is a small and beautiful SEV, one is a large and strong SUV And the first batch of SEVs will be used for their time-sharing leasing projects in Paris and will be sold to the C-side market.

As the domestic low-speed electric vehicles are still in the gray zone, Li Xiang's first product SEV is developed according to the European L7E standard, and Li wants to choose the first to put into the foreign market “curve to save the country”: following the announcement in June this year that electric cars have no pile in Paris After the time-sharing lease, on October 12th, Car and Home announced that its electric car has no time-share leasing business to enter San Francisco, USA.

In addition, Car and Home signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Yihang Intelligent (YIHANG.AI), a supplier of automated driving solutions, on October 13. Both parties will cooperate in the field of automatic driving, and the first mass production SUVs will be adopted by cars and homes. The Autopilot solution jointly developed by the two parties, and the two parties will jointly launch a domestic production car equipped with Level 4 autopilot.

Li Xiang’s plan to build a car and the launch of a series of car and home businesses also attracted investors’ attention. After completing a Series A financing of RMB 780 million in May 2016, the car and family started A3 round in September this year. For financing, investors include Leo Group, Ningbo Meishan Bonded Port Area Zhongcao Investment Management Partnership, Jiaxing Zhiqi No. 1 Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), Tibet Yuanshang Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), Fan Yu, Song Hua, Wei Wei, Li Xiang and other 12 investors raised 620 million yuan in funds.

As a leader in the A3 round of cars and homes, Leo said that the continuous follow-up investment in cars and homes is due to the optimism of the future trends of the automotive industry, such as shared travel and auto-piloting, and it is also a traffic entrance to seize the future travel market. The car and family hand in hand Brilliance Automotive, can carry out in-depth cooperation in the development of intelligent electric vehicles, supply chain, manufacturing and other aspects, to achieve resource sharing and complementary advantages. Based on the grasp of the trend and the enthusiasm for travel companies and homes, Leo said it will continue to provide marketing support and flow support to cars and homes in addition to funding.

Mins Capital leads the "clearing" low-speed electric car

Qingxing Electric Vehicle is an electric vehicle manufacturer established by the founders of Tsinghua Automotive Group CEO Zhang Huakun, CTO Li Kerui, and COO Li Linguo, and is positioned to “manufacture more affordable smart electric vehicles”. Currently, Qingda Electric Vehicles has cooperated with two automobile manufacturers (to provide OEM services) and manufactured "National Electric Vehicles" according to the TS16949 system of the automotive industry. Qinglin Electric Vehicle COO Lilin Guo said that Qingda Electric Vehicles are mainly for the third and fourth tier cities in the North China Plain. The first product is a lightweight electric vehicle that uses a 220V outlet for charging. The battery life is more than 150 kilometers to meet the minimum automotive class A0. .

The pre-A round of financing for electric vehicles in the Qing Dynasty was led by Mingshen Capital. Real funds, Meihua Fund, and Zero2IPO Venture Capital followed suit. Qingxing electric cars are similar to cars and homes, and they are favored by capital when they start their businesses. The common features of both parties include: First, different from the entrepreneurial forms of most enterprises in the field, both sides are from top to bottom, belonging to high-end talent to build low-end models; Second, the idea is novel. Car and Home is positioned in the new generation of automotive companies, aiming to change people's travel mode through a series of technological applications and disruptive business model innovations, and products are defined in terms of travel miles as an important scene. Qingxing Electric Vehicle also stated that its positioning of low-end models will change people's "low-end = low-quality" view. Both of the concept of vehicle-building have conveyed that the low-end models can not only look good, but also be of high quality and intelligent. And these may be the reason that the start-ups of both companies are favored by investors.

IT Amnesty Group invests in Hengyuan Automotive

In the field of low-speed electric vehicles, Hengyuan’s popularity is not very high, but investors who endorse it have come a long way. Hengyuan Automobile was established in the United States in 2013. The chairman is Wang Zuguang. Investors include Zhenhua Xu, Xu Fanfu Innovation Workshop, Zhou Hongyi 360, Xue Manzi, Lu Hongliang, Chairman of the former Softbank China, Yang Xiangyang, Chairman of Yuan Zheng Investment, and Foxconn Gou Mingming. Such as venture capital, science and technology circles.

Hengyuan Automobile held a new product conference in Hangzhou in May this year, showing the company's mass production products, electric logistics vehicle Mai Qiao and the city's micro logistics vehicle "Street visit Neibor and all-terrain agricultural vehicle "Wushi" Altera and other products. In the United States, Hengyuan’s product standards are created in accordance with the “NEV” regulations of the United States. The product positioning is mainly based on small electric motors, and the non-stamping method using skeletons and composite materials is adopted on the technical route.

Although Hengyuan Automobile and its investors did not publicly explain the reasons for investing in this field, market demand was one of the driving factors for Wang Zuguang and his investors' investment. In the urban road conditions, small-power electric logistics vehicles have great advantages in terms of energy efficiency and economy, and can better meet the needs of customers.

In addition, low-speed electric vehicles such as Reding, Yijia and Tang Jun continue to spread the news of investors. Although the hammer has not been implemented, it can be seen that the low-speed industry continues to surge in investment and there are also many well-known companies investing. The news of low-profile low-speed car companies, such as the investment in Henan Province, Duo Duo more new energy.

From the perspective of investment in low-speed electric vehicles, there are no shortages of investors in the capital sector. Market demand and development prospects are factors that investors in this area value more. For many people who are not optimistic about why there are so many investors in the low-speed electric vehicle market, perhaps the words of Buffett, which may put an end to dogmatism, can enlighten you: “When others are greedy, you have to fear; when others are afraid, you have to be greedy.” ”

Investors look at trends and see demand, and the landing of low-speed electric vehicles can test whether these investors are paying attention.