Left to right: JAC President, An Jin, Chairman of the Board of the Management of Volkswagen AG Dr. Herbert Diess and SEAT President Luca de Meo, after signing the agreement

SEAT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Volkswagen Group China and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Ltd (JAC). Under the agreement, all parties will leverage their technology and product strengths to develop a battery electric vehicle platform for production at JAC Volkswagen. JAC Volkswagen will introduce the SEAT brand by 2021, and jointly electrify SEAT products. The construction of the JAC Volkswagen R&D center will start before the end of 2018 and will focus on key areas such as connectivity, autonomous driving and other future strategic directions. The signing provides new impetus in the growing partnership between Volkswagen Group China, SEAT and JAC, working together in the important e-mobility market in China.

"E-mobility along with digitalisation, connectivity and autonomous driving are the future of the mobility industry, and China has established itself as a major driver of this transformation," said Dr. Herbert Diess, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG. "This partnership also represents the benefits of a globalised approach to delivering sustainable mobility." 

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