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Great Wall Motors

Great Wall Motors was formed in 1976 and is named after the Great Wall of China. As of 2010, it is China's largest SUV producer, and as of 2011 it was China’s 10th largest automaker in terms of units produced.

Chairman / President

Wei Jianjun

CEO / Managing Director

Ray Smith

CFO / Finance Director

Li Hongshuan

Industry

Automotive

Website

gwm-global.com

Headquarters address

2266 Chaoyang South Street,Baoding city · Pro.,P.R.China

Stock Code

SHA:601633
SEHK:2333
OTCMKTS:GWLLF

Year founded

1984

last updated:

30 September, 2024

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Brazilian ports jammed with 70,000 Chinese EVs as tariffs loom

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Great Wall Motors has expanded its operations in Brazil, focusing on the production of electric and hybrid vehicles. Photo: Xinhua

Future of transport

Scorching heat wave in China overpowers Great Wall’s car plants

Great Wall Motor, mainland China’s largest SUV maker, will suspend production of its “Tank” branded vehicles for a week at the end of this month, citing extreme weather as the country’s northwest and eastern regions grapple with a brutal heatwave.

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Artificial intelligence

Baidu meets with state-owned AI self-driving tech firm for commercial applications

The internet search giant met with Shandong Heavy Industry Group to discuss using its autonomous driving tech in trucking, considered a better business opportunity than robotaxis.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s Great Wall Motor to close European headquarters, cut 100 jobs

Great Wall Motor, one of the largest independent car manufacturers in China, will close its European headquarters in Munich and about 100 staff members will be let go, spokesman says.

4 Jun 2024 - 2:43PM

Workers at Great Wall Motor’s plant in Rayong, Thailand, assemble an Ora electric car. Photo: Xinhua

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV price war spreads overseas as carmakers chase higher profit margins

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Electric & new energy vehicles

BMW’s China venture to assemble EVs including Minis for consumers worldwide

Spotlight Automotive, BMW’s 50-50 EV venture with mainland Chinese partner Great Wall Motor, is designing new models that it hopes to sell globally.

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The Mini Aceman concept is unveiled at Auto Shanghai in this file photo from April 2023. BMW said in 2022 that the Aceman would be one of the two Mini models to be assembled in Zhangjiagang. Photo: Reuters

Electric & new energy vehicles

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese driverless tech firm gets fresh funds as intelligent cars’ appeal grows

Haomo.AI, an autonomous driving technology start-up backed by Great Wall Motor, has raised 100 million yuan (US$13.9 million) in a new round of financing buoyed by Chinese drivers’ growing appetite for intelligent vehicles.

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Nvidia expands its reach in China’s electric vehicle sector

Li Auto, Great Wall Motor, Zeekr and the new electric vehicle unit of Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi will use Nvidia’s Drive technology to power their next-generation fleets.

10 Jan 2024 - 8:05PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Toyota plans to trial new EV pickup in Thailand to counter Chinese rivals

Chinese electric vehicle makers are rapidly gaining market share in Thailand and have pledged US$1.5 billion in investment for manufacturing.

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Thailand moving full speed to lure China’s EV ‘big fish’ to ‘Detroit of Asia’

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s BYD eyes lithium assets in Brazil in EV raw-material push

BYD is mulling the purchase of lithium mining assets in Brazil as it seeks to lock in raw-material supplies to expand its electric vehicle production outside Asia.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese tech start-up unveils ‘low-cost’ L2 autonomous driving systems

Haomo.AI, an autonomous driving technology start-up backed by Great Wall Motor, is to offer carmakers three new driver-assistance systems it claims are cheaper and better than existing ones in what could mark a step forward in China’s push to revolutionise mobility.

11 Oct 2023 - 8:01PMvideocam

Brazil

Chinese investment in Brazil drops 78% to 13-year low: report

Beijing’s shift in strategy behind 78 per cent reduction and Argentina edging the Latin American giant for first time, but carmakers among the bullish.

2 Sep 2023 - 6:02AMvideocam

BYD executives Tyler Li and Stella Li pose in Bahia state in Brazil as the Chinese car and battery company announces new plants in the country in July. Photo: BYD

Electric & new energy vehicles

Carmaker Changan follows BYD, Great Wall into Southeast Asia with Thailand factory

State-owned Changan Automobile said it plans to build an EV plant in Thailand, becoming the latest Chinese carmaker to invest in the Southeast Asian market amid cutthroat domestic competition.

25 Aug 2023 - 3:15PM

A Changan production line in Hefei, in China’s eastern Anhui province. The carmaker has not announced a location for its facility in Thailand yet. Photo: Xinhua

Electric & new energy vehicles

Baidu’s Ernie Bot to feature in Great Wall Motor’s vehicles

The company said it has partnered with Baidu, a search and AI giant, to develop vehicles fitted with the chatbot tool known as Ernie Bot that enables conversation between driver and car.

3 Aug 2023 - 5:53AMvideocam

India

India rejects China BYD’s US$1 billion EV proposal, cites security

‘Security concerns with respect to Chinese investments in India were flagged during the deliberations,’ Indian media reported an official as saying.

22 Jul 2023 - 8:36PMvideocam

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Great Wall, BYD carve niche in China’s EV market with pricey electric SUVs

Great Wall Motor and BYD, two major carmakers in mainland China, have accelerated the development and production of expensive electric vehicles, aiming to carve out their own niches as competition in the market escalates.

27 Jun 2023 - 7:43PMvideocam

BYD says it will begin delivering its Yangwang U8, pictured, in September. Photo: Handout

Thailand

Chinese EV makers pour money into Thailand’s ‘trailblazing industry’

Great Wall Motor and BYD Co. already have factories there, with Chongqing Changan Automobile, GAC Aion and Hozon New Energy Automobile Co. also poised to start production in the kingdom soon.

26 Jun 2023 - 11:06AM

The flag of Thailand flies over Bangkok. Minimum wages in Thailand are poised to increase after the Move Forward Party swept last month’s elections. Photo: AFP

China stock market

Chinese stocks fall to 5-month low as sluggish recovery weighs on sentiment

Chinese stocks dropped to a five-month low as the market remained fixated on the sluggish economic recovery, while ‘candid’ talks between the US and China commerce chiefs on the countries’ fractious trade relationship failed to lift the gloom.

26 May 2023 - 4:16PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Top Chinese carmakers trade barbs over emissions as rivalry intensifies

Great Wall Motor says two BYD plug-in models use normal fuel tanks when they should be fitted with pressurised tanks, leading to higher pollution. BYD threatens to sue its rival.

25 May 2023 - 7:30PM

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