GWM already has Mover to produce Haval, but it will be only in 2025

The approval of the Mover program allows the Chinese automaker to expand its operations in Brazil and accelerate the process of nationalizing components

The approval of the Mover Program (Green Mobility and Innovation), published on Monday 19, will allow the Chinese automaker GWM to accelerate its nationalization strategy and expand its operations in Brazil.

The first “national” vehicle to leave the Iracemápolis (SP) plant will be the Haval H6 hybrid SUV. According to GWM, pre-production will begin this year “to test and adapt the new assembly line equipment and verify the production and quality control processes”. Mass production will not begin until 2025.

GWM Brasil has been criticized for the continuous delays in the production promised in Iracemápolis. Initially, the Chinese automaker intended to start with the production of a pickup truck of the Poer brand and an off-road vehicle of the Tank brand.

“With the approval, it will be possible to gradually transfer all the production processes, currently carried out in China, to our plant in Iracemápolis,” said Marcio Alfonso, director of Engineering, Research, Development and Innovation of GWM Brasil. He was also CEO of Caoa Chery when the company produced in Jacareí (SP).

According to GWM Brasil, the factory is undergoing modifications and its production capacity will increase from 20,000 to 50,000 vehicles per year. The promise is to reach 100,000 units “in the coming years.”

The Iracemápolis plant will start with the production of the monoblock, welding, surface treatment, painting, final assembly and testing, assembly of frames, brakes, axles and electrical systems. For the future, GWM’s goal is to assemble higher value-added components, including the assembly of lithium batteries.

“We are reaching out to research institutions to try to facilitate the development of solutions that will allow us to bring GWM technologies to Brazil,” Alfonso said. The global estimate is to produce 20-30 million batteries by 2030.

GWM has a list of more than 100 components to be produced locally. “The goal is to achieve a nationalization rate of more than 60%, which will allow the automaker to begin exporting vehicles to South America,” the company said in a statement.

Source: Terra

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