BAIC Group

**Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd.** (BAIC Group), headquartered in Beijing, is a leading enterprise in China's automotive industry. It has grown into a large conglomerate with a business that encompasses the entire automotive industry chain, including vehicle and component research, development, and manufacturing, automotive service trading, comprehensive mobility services, finance, and investment. With annual revenue exceeding 500 billion CNY, BAIC Group ranks 124th on the Fortune Global.

## History 
### Beginnings 
In 1951, the new communist authorities of China began work on producing the first locally produced car. As a result, Beijing Automobile Works was established in 1958 and began producing the Dongfanghong BJ760 limousine and started developing other, subsequent structures.

In 2005, Beijing Jeep ceased operations, instead, a new company Beijing Benz was established to locally produce Mercedes models for the Chinese market. In 2007, a daughter company, Beijing Hainanchuan Automotive Parts Co. Ltd., was established, manufacturer of car parts. A year later, BAIC Hyundai produced the millionth Hyundai car. In 2009, the total production of cars by companies belonging to the holding reached 6 million units.

### BAIC cars 
In 2009, BAIC Group purchased the rights and technologies derived from the Saab 9-3 and 9-5, preparing to start production of its own brand of cars. The company allocated approximately 10 billion yuan (approx. USD 1.5 billion) for this purpose. creating a subsidiary BAIC Motor for conventionally powered cars and BAIC BJEV for electric vehicles. and in the same year the BAIC car brand gained an extended name - BAIC Senova. In the following years of the second decade of the 21st century, the focus was on the development of the offer, also creating other brands such as Weiwang and Huansu, as well as introducing Beijing off-road vehicles to the market.

In 2018, the electric car division BAIC BJEV changed its name to BAIC BluePark, also introducing a new brand of technologically advanced designs Arcfox. in 2023, expanding the market reach also to the region of Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland.

## Subsidiaries 
### BAIC Motor Corporation Co., Ltd. 
BAIC Motor (北京汽车) is the main subsidiary of BAIC Group, it is co-owned by BAIC Group and Beijing Municipal Government. It currently operate the **Beijing** brand

### BAIC BluePark New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. 
BAIC BluePark (北汽蓝谷) is BAIC Group's subsidiary mainly engaged in the design, research and development and sales of electric automobiles. BAIC BluePark was restructured from its current subsidiary, **Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. (BAIC BJEV)**. The company currently operate the brands of Arcfox and EV models of Beijing brand.

### BAIC Group Off-road Vehicle Co., Ltd. 
Beijing Off-road Vehicles (北京越野) used to be a department under BAIC Group, run by the fully owned subsidiary BAIC Group Off-road Vehicle Co., Ltd.

In January 2020, BAIC announced the independence of Beijing Off-road brand. The Beijing Off-road was independently operated, including development and sales channels, but shares the marque "BEIJING" with BAIC Motor (北京汽车) brand together. The current Beijing Off-road models badged in Chinese name "北京".

### BAIC Foton Motor Co., Ltd 
BAIC Foton (北汽福田), also known as **Foton Motor** or **Foton**, is a subsidiary of BAIC Group that designs and manufactures trucks, buses and sport utility vehicles .

## Brands
BAIC has a wide product line that includes passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, military vehicles and agricultural machinery and construction machinery.

The Beijing brand is the main passenger vehicle brand of BAIC, operated by multiple subsidiaries of BAIC Group according to different focus. They all share the same BEIJING badges and logos.

* Arcfox and Beijing brand electric cars and SUVs are currently operated by BAIC BluePark.
* Beijing brand ICE cars, SUVs are operated by BAIC Motor.
* Beijing brand off-road SUV are marketed as Beijing Off-road, operated by BAIC Group Off-road Vehicle Co., Ltd.,  The Beijing Off-road models are badged as Chinese characters "北京"(Beijing).

### Arcfox 
Arcfox (极狐汽车) is BAIC's premium EV brand operated by BAIC BluePark, established in 2017.
File:Arcfox Alpha-T 2022022101.jpg|link=|Arcfox α-T
File:Arcfox α-S 006.jpg|link=|Arcfox α-S
File:Arcfox Kaola IMG01.jpg|link=|Arcfox Kaola
File:Arcfox αT5 at Auto Guangzhou 2023 20231126.jpg|Arcfox αT5

### Beijing (北京汽车)
Beijing (北京汽车) is BAIC Motor's major brand, revived in 2020 after BAIC Group discontinued its Senova brand. All the former Senova vehicles were renamed to Beijing brand since then. Beijing Motor will reorganize the product layout of its three major series in 2023. That is to say, it will focus on the main channel of SUVs, supplemented by sedans and crossovers, including multiple levels and multiple power sources.
File:Beijing X6 001.jpg|Beijing X6
File:Beijing X7 001.jpg|Beijing X7
File:Beijing U5 Plus 003.jpg|Beijing U5 Plus

### Beijing Off-road (北京越野) 
Beijing Off-road (北京越野), operated by the fully owned subsidiary, the BAIC Group Off-road Vehicle Co., Ltd.,
File:40214682 at Xiyuan (20191125105959).jpg|Foton BJ6180C8CTD LNG bus
File:BAIC Foton Grand General G7 02.jpg|Foton Grand General G7
File:Foton Yutu F9 image01.jpg|Fonton Tunland Yutu

### Ruili
Ruili is a sub-division of BAIC. They produce their vehicles under the Doda brand.

#### Current Models 
* Ruili Doda EV160
* Ruili Doda V8 (rebadged Joylong iFly)
* Ruili Doda V2 (rebadged Weiwang M20)

File:Joylong iFly 001.jpg|Ruili Doda V8
File:Weiwang M20 China 2015-04-10.jpg|Ruili Doda V2

### Changhe
In 2012, Changhe Automobile was acquired by BAIC Group and became a subsidiary. It began to introduce products based on BAIC's platform.

## Former subsidiaries or brands 
### BAW 
**Beijing Automobile Works Co., Ltd. (BAW) (北汽制造),** which produces light off-road vehicles, trucks, and military vehicles, used to be a subsidiary of BAIC Group but was sold to private sector since 2015.

### Senova 
### BLAC
The Beijing Light Automobile Company (BLAC), until 1988 the Beijing Automobile Factory No. 2, started in the late 1960s when production of the independently developed BJ130 began. Its introduction was slowed considerably by the upheavals of the Cultural revolution. In 1984, assembly of the Isuzu Elf/NHR began (originally as the BJ136, later as the BJ1030/1040/1050 series). In 1988, a new plant for these trucks was built with aid from the Japanese, and petrol and diesel light truck engines were also produced. BLAC went bankrupt in 2002.

### Beijing Hyundai 
Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Beijing, China, and is a 50:50 joint-venture between BAIC Motor and Hyundai Motor Company.

### Beijing Benz 
The Beijing Benz is joint venture between BAIC Motor and German automaker Daimler AG.

### Beijing Foton Daimler 
Beijing Foton Daimler Automobile Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between Daimler and a BAIC subsidiary, Foton Motor, which makes commercial trucks.

### Huansu 
Huansu is a brand under Beiqi Yinxiang Automobile, a joint venture between Beijing Auto (Beiqi) and the Yinxiang Group from Chongqing.
File:Huansu H6 001.jpg|Huansu H6
File:Huansu S5 2 China 2017-03-22.jpg|Huansu S5
File:Huansu S7 China 2018-03-20.jpg|Huansu S7

### Weiwang 
Weiwang is a brand under Beiqi Yinxiang Automobile, a joint venture between Beijing Auto (Beiqi) and the Yinxiang Group from Chongqing. 

File:BAIC Weiwang (威旺) 205 front 8.10.19.jpg|Weiwang 205
File:Weiwang M50F 3 China 2017-04-05.jpg|Weiwang M50F
File:Weiwang M60 01 China 2018-03-20.jpg|Weiwang M60

### Former joint ventures
#### Beijing Jeep
Beijing Jeep Corporation became China's first Sino-western automotive joint venture when it was established in 1984 with American Motors Corporation. Beijing Jeep subsequently became Beijing Benz-DaimlerChrysler Automotive Co Ltd and then Beijing Benz Automotive Co Ltd.

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