根据吉利汽车发布的消息，车厂正规划在浙江省宁波市北仑区梅山岛建厂（梅山工厂），该厂将于今年11月开始建设。梅山工厂首款投产车型为7座中大型SUV，该车代号为EX11，并有望提供四驱混合动力系统。同时，该四驱混合动力总成将试验3个月时间，是否会搭载在新车上并未公布。此外，新工厂未来还将投产其他两款车型，内部名称为ES11。梅山工厂占地面积约1883.9亩，总投资约34亿元，将生产基于SPA平台（即与沃尔沃共享平台）打造的领克车型。未来该厂将投产更多新车型以增加品牌多样化，满足消费者需求。吉利还宣布，梅山工厂预计将于2019年底或2020年初投产。

 

Geely Meishan plant to produce first Lynk & Co branded 7-seat mid-to-large SUV

Chinese automaker Geely Auto is soliciting bids for its new assembly plant located in Meishan of Beilun District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province (hereinafter referred to as Meishan Plant),which is scheduled to start construction in November this year, according to a bidding announcement released by the automaker.

 

Reportedly, the Meishan Plant's first model to be produced is a 7-seat mid-full size SUV code-named EX11 under the Lynk & Co brand, which is expected to carry a four-wheel drive hybrid power system. Meanwhile, such powertrain will be undergoing various tests for three months, while its final application in new models still remains unknown.

 

In addition, the new plant is set to manufacture another two new models including a mid- to large-sized car model code-named ES11, according to a source with relevant knowledge of this matter.

 

As the bidding announcement said, Geely Auto's Meishan Plant, covering an area of 1883.9mu and involving an investment of RMB3.4 billion in total, is designed to develop Lynk & Co branded vehicles based on the SPA (scalable product architecture), a global full-size unibody automobile platform shared with Volvo Cars. Going forward, more and more new models will be put into production here to satisfy increasingly more diversified consumers' demands.

 

The announcement also reveals that the Meishan Plant is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2019 or in early 2020.