JISHI Auto accelerates its layout, Weiqiao Group provides support and invests $1 billion in Rockwell Automation

September 22, 2023, Shanghai: Weichai Group has made a strategic investment in Rockwell Automation to continuously enhance the intelligent manufacturing super factory capabilities of Beijing Automobile Manufacturing Plant and continuously empower JISHI Auto with a total investment of US$1 billion, which is planned to be used for all-aluminum body research and development, integrated die-casting technology and short-process intelligent manufacturing factory projects. With the solid support of Weichai Group, JISHI Auto has accelerated its layout and will open 17 experience showrooms, 11 delivery centers, and 11 service centers in 17 cities across the country by the end of this year. At the same time, it will build 62 authorized sheet metal spraying service centers in 55 cities to provide comprehensive service guarantees for car owners. The first 17 cities are: Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Tianjin, Ningbo, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Wuxi, Changsha, and Xi'an.

[Mr. Zhang Bo, Chairman of Weiqiao Group Co., Ltd., Mr. Yan Feng, Co-founder and CEO of Rockchip Intelligence]

Mr. Zhang Bo, Chairman of Weiqiao Group Co., Ltd., said: I am very happy to see the enthusiastic market response of JISHI 01 since its launch one month ago. JISHI Auto regards meeting user needs as its first mission and has demonstrated strong product vitality. Weiqiao Group will continue to increase investment, continuously improve the intelligent manufacturing super factory capabilities of Beijing Automobile Manufacturing Plant, continue to deeply empower JISHI Auto, and become a solid backing for JISHI Auto. Next, Weiqiao Group plans to strategically invest in Luoke Intelligent, and the two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in all aspects. In order to better serve the majority of JISHI Auto users, we plan to adopt a direct sales model to build JISHI Auto's sales and service network in 17 important economic cities across the country before the end of the year. Today, JISHI Auto's first showroom and delivery service center in China officially opened in Shanghai, and also welcomed the first batch of distinguished consumers. Here, on behalf of Weiqiao Group, I would like to send you my most sincere blessings. I hope our JISHI Auto can add more vitality and color to everyone's happy life!

Mr. Yan Feng, co-founder and CEO of Rockwell Automation, said: "Jishi Automobile is a successful embodiment of Rockwell Automation's technology empowerment at the Beijing Automobile Manufacturing Plant. Rockwell Automation allows you to take your family to the mountains and seas. Travel through the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland and experience exquisite outdoor life. Outdoors is a spirit. Outdoors, we never know the changes in the surrounding environment. The only thing we can be firm about is our heart that yearns for the distance. This spirit is actually our entrepreneurial spirit. I would like to express my special thanks to Weiqiao Entrepreneurship Group for its trust and support. Together, we will empower Rocki Automobile. We will strive to provide everyone who yearns for the distance with a dream way of travel.

[Ribbon-cutting ceremony by leaders of Weiqiao Group, Lockheed Intelligent and other parties]

At 10:50 am on September 22, 2023, with the official opening of the first "City Base" showroom of JISHI Auto in China on Financial Street in Jing'an District, Shanghai, the first delivery service center in China, "JISHI Base Camp in Songjiang, Shanghai", was officially put into operation. By the end of 2023, JISHI Auto will accelerate the layout of its offline network at an average rate of "one store every five days" to provide a firm guarantee for user services.

[Jishi Auto's first "city base" showroom in China - Shanghai]

In addition to providing static car viewing, dynamic test drive, car purchase, delivery and after-sales service experience for customers who come to the store, JISHI Automobile also carefully selects and recommends camping sites suitable for electric vehicles within a 2-hour drive to help users realize their yearning and exploration of outdoor lifestyles. Heading out to the mountains and seas, parking your car, setting up camp, listening to the whispers of the mountain wind, looking at the starry sky, feeling the freshness of nature, and starting an infinitely wonderful life experience, witness every dream journey.

[Jishi Motors sets out for mountains and seas, outdoor life]

To celebrate the opening of the first store, users who pay a deposit of RMB 5,000 before September 30 (inclusive) and complete the order of JISHI 01 before November 16 can enjoy the latest upgraded "first owner" limited-time car purchase rights. In November 2023, JISHI 01 will start nationwide delivery.

[Limited-time sales rights for the opening of JISHI Auto’s first store nationwide]

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.