Wuling Motor Holdings., Ltd.
Wuling Motors
Native name
五菱汽车集团控股有限公司
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
PredecessorLiuzhou Wuling Automobile
Founded2007 (2007)
Headquarters
Liuzhou, Guangxi
,
China
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsElectric vehicles, trucks, buses, engines
Owners
    • Guangxi Automotive Group (56.54%)
      (Hongkong Stock Exchange No. 305)[1]
Subsidiaries
List
    • Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Industry (60.9%)
    • Liuzhou Wuling New Energy Vehicle (13.37%)
Websitewww.wuling.com/wap/index.html

Wuling Motor Holdings., Ltd, (doing business as Wuling Motors; Chinese: 五菱汽车; pinyin: Wǔlíng Qìchē) is a Chinese manufacturer of automobiles, subsidiary of Guangxi Automotive Group.[2]

They produce engines, and special purpose vehicles, namely mini electric cars, people movers, trucks and buses, and auto parts.[3]

History

Wuling microvans have been manufactured since 1982.[4] In 1986, Wuling's predecessor company, Liuzhou Automotive Industry Corporation, reached an agreement with Mitsubishi Motors to assemble the L100 type Mitsubishi Minicab.[5] This small van was sold as the Liuzhou Wuling LZ110.

The first Wuling vehicles to be exported were sent to Thailand in 1992.[4]


Products

Current models (as Wuling Industry/Wuling Motor)

Former models (as Liuzhou Wuling)

Subsidiaries and joint ventures

  • Liuzhou Wuling Motors United Development Co. Ltd.
  • Liuzhou Wuling Special-purpose Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
  • Liuzhou Wuling Liuji Power Co. Ltd.
  • Wuling Engine, a division of Wuling Automobile which manufactures Wuling-branded engines for small autos and motorcycles. Some are in cooperation with companies such as Delphi.[9]
  • Liuzhou AAM, a joint venture between Wuling and American Axle & Manufacturing, manufacturing electric drive units, independent rear axles and driveheads.[10]

Wuling Automobile also manufactures generator sets under the "Longward" brand.[11]

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ wuling.com.cn. 2023 https://www.wuling.com.cn. Retrieved 11 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    2. ↑ "企业概览 | 五菱汽车". www.wuling.com.hk. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
    3. ↑ Company profile on Wuling Motors website, 21 Sep 2020
    4. 1 2 "五菱英文版" [Export Business: Brief Introduction]. sgmw.com.cn (in Chinese). 2013. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Since the first WULING vehicle was exported to Thailand in 1992, WULING vehicle has been exported to more than 40 countries and regions like Centre & South America, Middle-east, Africa, and South-east Asia.
    5. ↑ "Mitsubishi to assemble vans, trucks in China". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Tokyo: 12. 1 March 1986.
    6. ↑ "五菱 G050 纯电物流车 OTS 样车交付：仿 K-car 打造，续航 230km - IT之家". www.ithome.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
    7. ↑ Feijter, Tycho de (2012-02-01). "History: The Wuling LZW 7100, a Citroen Visa made in China". CarNewsChina.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
    8. ↑ Feijter, Tycho de (2012-01-24). "History: the Wuling LZW6370A minivan from China". CarNewsChina.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
    9. ↑ "发动机--柳州五菱汽车工业有限公司". www.wulingauto.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08.
    10. ↑ "AAM Supplies Electric Drive Unit for New Baojun E300 Plus in China". www.aam.com. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
    11. ↑ "发电机组--柳州五菱汽车工业有限公司". www.wulingauto.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08.
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