奇瑞副总裁：对与美国车企合作持开放态度：正筹备明年初登陆加拿大，称可打造不依赖中国软硬件的车型
芜湖——据路透社报道，中国最大的汽车出口商奇瑞对与美国汽车制造商合作持开放态度。奇瑞副总裁查理·张（Charlie Zhang）10月21日在公司位于中国东部城市芜湖的总部接受路透社采访时作出上述表示。在欧洲等地快速增长之后，奇瑞正寻求扩大在北美的布局；旗下品牌包括Omoda和Jaecoo。张还表示，奇瑞正在为明年初在加拿大推出品牌做准备。目前，中国汽车企业实际上仍被挡在世界第二大汽车市场美国之外，面临超过100%的关税和数据安全法规。张说：「美国市场，我们显然正在寻找不同的选项。」他强调奇瑞的灵活性：「我们对不同的选项非常开放，甚至包括与美国汽车制造商建立潜在的合作伙伴关系。」路透社称，这是奇瑞迄今关于其美国抱负最明确的表态之一，但他没有具体说明设想中的合作形式。
张表示，他有信心奇瑞能找到打入美国市场的办法，称打造一款不依赖中国硬件或软件的汽车是可能的。他说：「从技术角度看，我们肯定能找到在硬件和软件方面都不依赖中国的解决方案。」
奇瑞位于长江沿岸，其第一辆汽车于1999年下线。路透社称，该公司最初名为「Cheery」，定位为价格低廉的品牌；如今它以丰田的品质形象和特斯拉的创新形象为自我定位参照。
Chery Open to Partnering with US Automakers, Executive Says; Canada Brand Launch Planned for Early Next Year
WUHU — Chery is open to partnerships with US automakers, a senior executive told Reuters on Wednesday, October 21, as China's top car exporter looks to expand in North America following rapid growth in Europe and elsewhere. Chery, which sells the Omoda and Jaecoo brands, is one of several Chinese automakers disrupting the global industry with advanced technology and prices that legacy car companies have struggled to match.
Chery is making preparations for a brand launch in Canada early next year, Vice President Charlie Zhang also said in the interview at the company's headquarters in the eastern city of Wuhu. For now, Chinese car companies remain effectively locked out of the United States, the world's second-largest auto market, where they face tariffs of more than 100% and data security regulations. "The US, obviously, we are trying to look for different options there," Zhang said, emphasising Chery's flexibility. "We're very open to different options, even a potential partnership with American automakers," he said. Zhang's comments are some of the clearest yet about Chery's American ambitions, although he did not go into specifics about the kind of partnerships he envisions.
Zhang said he was confident that Chery would find a way to target the US, saying it would be possible to build a car that was not reliant on Chinese hardware or software. "Definitely from a technical point of view, we will be able to find a China-free solution in terms of hardware and software," he said.
Established on the banks of the Yangtze River, Chery's first car rolled off the assembly line in 1999. It was originally known as Cheery and billed itself as a cheerful, low-cost brand. Now it sees itself in the mould of Toyota, synonymous with quality, and Tesla, which is known for its innovation, Reuters reported.
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图片来源：图：奇瑞Omoda 5车型（资料图）。照片：JustAnotherCarDesigner，CC0，经Wikimedia Commons。A Chery Omoda 5 (file photo). Photo: JustAnotherCarDesigner, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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