GAC Motors, whose history can be traced back to the establishment of Guangzhou Automobile Group Limited in 1997. At the early stage of the company’s founding, GAC Group laid a solid foundation for its development by cooperating with well-known international automobile brands, such as Honda and Toyota, and actively introducing advanced car-making and management technologies. As one of China’s top three automobile groups, it has built a complete industrial chain including independent brands, joint ventures and new energy technologies. Started as a fuel vehicle manufacturer, GAC Group has set a number of industry milestones in the field of fuel vehicles, and continues to provide high-quality mobility solutions for consumers around the world under the core development philosophy of “Technology, Quality, and Internationalization”.
GAC Group has a number of modern production bases including: Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Yichang and other areas, with an annual production capacity of more than one million units, which not only reflects the manufacturing strength of the GAC brand is also an important manifestation of its intelligent manufacturing. Taking Guangzhou factory of Guangzhou Automobile as an example, the factory adopts four major process production lines of fully automatic stamping, welding, painting and general assembly, etc. The workshop is equipped with advanced equipments and processes, which can accurately and efficiently complete the covering and molding of the body parts; and a large number of industrial robots for automatic welding operations, which realizes the high precision and stability of the welding of the bodywork, and effectively improves the structure and safety of the bodywork. Intelligent logistics and distribution system and strict assembly process in the factory make every process of vehicle production under supervision, which greatly improves the efficiency of vehicle assembly. In addition, advanced quality management equipment, quality inspection AI technology, digital twins and other intelligent technologies have been introduced into each factory, and each step from the source procurement of materials to the production of parts and components to assembly off the production line undergoes rigorous testing to ensure that every fuel vehicle that comes out of the factory complies with factory standards. GAC Group also has its own production plants overseas. The Jakarta plant in Indonesia is GAC’s first overseas vehicle manufacturing plant, which produces vehicles mainly serving the ASEAN market; the vehicle assembly plant in Iran is a CKD plant built by GAC and its local partners, and the establishment of this plant is also a preparation for GAC Group to further expand its market in West Asia.
GAC Group attaches great importance to vehicle R&D and innovation, with its R&D network centered in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China and spreading to many places around the world. The R&D center in Shanghai is mainly responsible for the vehicle’s intelligent cockpit and interaction design; the R&D center in Guangzhou is mainly responsible for vehicle engineering and engine innovation; the R&D center in Detroit, USA, is mainly responsible for focusing on the vehicle’s powertrain, and is more oriented to the demand of the North American market and develops locally-suitable technologies; and the technical center in Munich, Germany, is mainly responsible for researching electrification technologies to further enhance the competitiveness of the products. In addition, GAC is actively participating in internationalized automotive exchanges and cooperation, absorbing advanced technologies and concepts in the global market and continuously improving its capabilities.
The core benefits of GAC fuel vehicles include:
GAC fuel models include: GAC M8, GAC E8, GAC M6, GAC ES3/ES4/ES8, GAC TRUMPCHI EMPOW, GAC TRUMPCHI EMKOO and more!
The TRUMPCHI EMPOW is a compact sedan targeted at a youthful market with a focus on sporty styling. The front face of the vehicle adopts a parametric diamond mesh design with smoked black treatment effect, giving people a strong visual impact, and the leopard-eye LED headlamps plus vertical fluorescent lamps are designed to give a high degree of recognition. The deflector slots on both sides of the front lip reduce the vehicle’s wind resistance to 0.26 Cd. The slinky coupe line creates a swooping stance, which further reduces the wind resistance and improves the vehicle’s driving speed. The rear of the vehicle features non-winged taillights that support dynamic running water steering, and black high-gloss trim combined with airflow guidance to emphasize the vehicle’s sporty style. Inside the cockpit is a dual-link screen design with a fighter jet style steering wheel, and the 10.25-inch full LCD instrument cluster supports a track mode UI interface; the 10.25-inch suspended center control screen is equipped with the ADiGO 4.0 system. The one-piece sports seats support 6-way power adjustment function, and the interior space is also relatively large, with 850mm of rear legroom and 420L of trunk volume.
TRUMPCHI EMPOW is paired with a 1.5T Vantage Wave power engine with a maximum power of 130kW, plus a 7WDCT transmission makes the vehicle drive with a shift time of only 0.2 seconds, and he also supports five driving modes such as Sport+ and Eco. The vehicle’s Intelligent Assisted Driving System is L2 level, which can support ACC full-area adaptive cruise control, LKA lane keeping assist, AEB automatic emergency braking and other functions. The on-board ADiGO 4.0 Intelligent Driving System can support remote upgrade by OTA.
Over the years, GAC has been listed in the Fortune China 500 list for many times due to its strength and brand influence, and the vehicles it develops and sells have won many industry awards, such as “Best Fuel SUV of the Year” and “Most Cost-Effective Vehicle”. GAC has also accelerated the pace of internationalization and actively expanded to overseas markets. At present, GAC fuel vehicles have been exported to many countries and regions such as the Middle East, South America, Europe, etc., and perfect sales and service outlets have been established in Saudi Arabia and Brazil, which have been widely welcomed by local consumers.
In the future, GAC will continue to deepen the development concept of “technology-based enterprise, quality first”, promote the development of globalization layout, and provide global users with better and smarter fuel vehicle travel experience.
