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SAIC sold 4.51 million vehicles in 2025, and the growth came from its own brands and exports while its Volkswagen and GM joint ventures shrank

SAIC's own brands sold 2.93 million vehicles in 2025, about 65% of the group. New energy vehicles reached 1.64 million, up 33%, and overseas sales 1.07 million, with MG selling more than 300,000 in Europe.

SAIC runs more EV platforms than any other group: MG's Nebula and E3, IM Motors' 800 V architecture, Wuling's GSEV microcar base, Maxus commercial platforms, and the Western platforms its joint ventures assemble, Volkswagen's MEB at SAIC-VW and GM's Ultium at SAIC-GM. In 2025 SAIC Audi launched the AUDI E5 Sportback on the Advanced Digitized Platform, derived from IM Motors, so a German premium brand now sells a car built on SAIC engineering. See SAIC EV Platforms.

Europe is SAIC's most exposed market. The EU countervailing duty on China-built battery-electric cars is highest for SAIC at 35.3%, on top of the standard 10% tariff, so MG has shifted its European mix toward plug-in hybrids and is weighing a European plant. Abroad, MG builds in Thailand and, through JSW MG Motor India, in Gujarat, and Wuling builds the Air EV in Indonesia. On batteries, SAIC co-owns cell capacity with CATL and backs QingTao Energy, whose semi-solid-state cells are in the IM L6 and a version of the MG4.

Plants

Plants and factories

Main battery-electric production sites; most also build combustion and plug-in hybrid vehicles. See the EV gigafactory directory.

Battery

Battery cells and lines

SAIC co-owns cell plants with CATL, backs solid-state startup QingTao, and assembles packs in-house. See battery cell gigafactories, EV battery chemistries and CATL battery platforms.

Platforms

Vehicle platforms

Battery-electric platforms: Nebula (MSP) and E3 at MG; the IM architecture and its derivative, the Advanced Digitized Platform at SAIC Audi; GSEV at SAIC-GM-Wuling; the Maxus commercial architecture; MEB at SAIC-VW; and Ultium at SAIC-GM. Star Cloud and the Huawei-partnered Shangjie brand are mostly plug-in and range-extended. Full comparison: SAIC EV Platforms.

EV models

EV models

Battery-electric models only; plug-in hybrid and range-extended versions are excluded.

Beyond cars

Robots, autonomy and energy

SAIC's autonomy work runs through partners and subsidiaries. See robotaxi fleets and compute platforms.

Partners

Suppliers and customers

Main external relationships.

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