GAC Group

Guangzhou Automobile Group
Co., Ltd.
Company typePublic
SEHK2238, SSE: 601238
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)[1]
Headquarters,
China
Area served
China
Key people
Zeng Qinghong (Chairman) (acting)
ProductsCommercial vehicles
Passenger cars
Buses
Automotive components
Production output
2,100,000 units (2021) [2]
ServicesVehicle leasing
After-sale services
Vehicle finance
RevenueCN¥ 12,964,000,000 (2012)[3]
CN¥ 1,134,000,000 (2012)[3]
ParentGuangzhou Automobile Industry Group
Subsidiaries
Websitegac.com.cn
GAC Group
Simplified Chinese广州汽车集团股份有限公司
Traditional Chinese廣州汽車集團股份有限公司
Literal meaningGuangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd.
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuǎngzhōu Qìchē Jítuán Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī

Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group) is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Founded in 1954, it is currently the fifth largest automobile manufacturer in China, with 2.144 million sales in 2021.

The company produces and sells vehicles under its own branding, such as Trumpchi, Aion, Hycan as well as under foreign-branded joint ventures such as GAC Toyota, and GAC Honda. It also produces electric vehicles under some of the previously listed brandings, including dedicated EV brands such as Aion and Hycan. It produces buses under the GAC Bus brand. Other brand names associated with GAC are Everus, for consumer vehicles, and Hino.

In 2021, GAC was the fourth largest Chinese plug-in electric vehicle manufacturer in the Chinese market, with 4% of market share.[4] It sold 123,660 units of EVs in 2021, and over 20,000 units in March 2022, with plans to double EV production capacity to 400,000 a year by December 2022.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference timeline was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Autoline Daily". Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ^ "China Sets Massive Record: 500,000 Plug-In Cars Sold in December 2021".
  5. ^ "GAC Aion builds second plant with 200,000 production capacity". 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "China Sets Massive Record: 500,000 Plug-In Cars Sold in December 2021".
  7. ^ "Chinese NEV Sales Round-up March 2022". 6 April 2022.