Company Profile
Kaiyi Auto is a wholly-owned subsidiary brand of Chery
Auto Co, Ltd. Wuhu. Kaiyi was established in January 2014
which moved to Yibin and changed name to Yibin Kaiyi
Automobile Co. Ltd. in December 2017. Kaiyi Auto is the
only complete vehicle manufacturing enterprise in Sichuan
Province with full qualifications of fuel and new energy for
sedan, SUV and MPV.
Kai Auto has more than 2400 employees, including over
70 doctors and masters Yibin Kaiyi factory was built and
started operation in December 2019. The first phase of
Vibin Plant covers an area of 648,666 square meters with
an investment of one billion USD, and owns four major
processes of stamping, welding, painting and assembly”.
The workshop covers an area of 308,000 square meters.
The approved annual production capacity is 150,000 units,
and the actual annual production capacity is 250,000 units.
The first product £5 was launched in June 2020. At present,
there are five models for sale, including £5, X3, X3 Pro, X3
Pro EV, and XT.
In the future, Kaiyi Auto will build a core system with new energy vehicle. By 2026, it wil finish the comprehensive upgrade of “Kaiyi New Energy’, and reach the goal of 500,000 units new energy vehicles up to 2030.
Intelligent Manufacturing
Stamping
Welding
Painting
Assembly
Capacity: 250,000 Units
Area: 648,666 m2
Investment: One Billion USD
Stamping
66,000 kN large-scale 100 percent automatic high-speed stamping line is equipped with dual-arm robotic manipulators which can stamp 15 times per minute.
Welding
Fully automatic flexible production line, with 147 robots and 105 robot servo welding pliers, ensures the world-leading body consistency.
Painting
Painting line, equipped with 60 robots which are controlled by management systems automatically sealing, cleaning and painting, ensures the painting quality.
Assembly
Flexible conveyor system, high-precision filling device, detection line and standard test track, coupled with the information system, improve production efficiency.