Porsche refutes rumors of cooperation with Chinese car companies and firmly promotes electrification strategy

An unnamed employee of Porsche China clarified to the media that the rumors about Porsche platform cooperation with China's BYD, Li Auto and NIO are pure rumors, and Porsche has never attempted such cooperation

According to the editor’s understanding, although Porsche has denied cooperation with the above-mentioned Chinese car companies, the Volkswagen brand and Audi under the Porsche Group have indeed cooperated with Chinese companies. The Volkswagen brand announced its cooperation with Xpeng Motors and plans to jointly develop two electric models for China's mid-size car market to supplement the product portfolio based on the MEB platform and plan to release them in 2026. Audi has also cooperated with SAIC Group and will use the mature electric vehicle platform of the Chinese company

Porsche Group actively promotes electrification transformation and plans to use pure electric models by 2030 Accounting for 80% of new car sales. To achieve this goal, Porsche will invest 20 billion euros in the development of digitalization over the next five years.

Porsche also performs well in localized research and development. In May this year, Wen Yibai, President and CEO of Porsche Consulting Co., Ltd., visited Hefei, Anhui Province and formulated an autonomous driving industry ecological strategic plan for the Sino-German (Hefei) International Cooperation Smart Industrial Park to promote the development of the autonomous driving industry.

Although there is currently no news about Porsche’s cooperation with Chinese car companies, Porsche’s electrification strategy and successful cooperation with other Chinese car companies are still the focus of the automotive industry

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