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<\/p>\nLots of things are happening in the automotive world.\u00a0 Exciting new deals and ventures continue to be made between big auto giants, and it\u2019s mind-blowing how many joint ventures there actually are in car-manufacturing circles.<\/p>\n
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Only this week Ford Motors and Volkswagen Group sealed the deal to combine forces and make up to 8 million units of commercial vans and medium pickup trucks.\u00a0 These two automotive giants will collaborate on a city van which is to be built-up by Volkswagen.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 1-ton cargo van developed by Ford.\u00a0 Then a Volkswagen medium pickup, the VW Amarok, will be built on the Ford Ranger platform – soon to start in 2022.\u00a0 Ford will also make a new electric vehicle for Europe by 2023, and it will be built on Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Drive system.<\/p>\n
But this isn\u2019t all.\u00a0 Automotive manufacturers around the world are joining forces to invest in electric and self-driving technology to help save billions of dollars.<\/p>\n
Here are a few other interesting combos:<\/p>\n
Did you know that Chinese big gun Geely holds a 23% stake in London Taxis, and they also have an 8.3% stake, as well as a 15.9% voting rights, in Volvo?<\/p>\n
How about knowing that Indian\u2019s Mahindra holds a 70 % stake in Ssangyong Motors?<\/p>\n
Did you know that Porsche has a 50.74% voting sway on VW?\u00a0 However, the Porsche automotive business is fully owned by the Volkswagen Group.<\/p>\n
A more commonly known joint force is that of the Renault \u2013 Nissan Alliance. Renault holds 43.4% of Nissan shares, and Nissan holds 15% of (non-voting) Renault shares.<\/p>\n
Toyota holds 100 % stakes in Daihatsu, 50.1% stakes in Hino, 5.9% stakes in Isuzu, 5.05% stakes in Mazda, 16.7% stakes in Subaru and 4.94 % stakes in Suzuki.<\/p>\n
VW also has a 99.5 % stake in Audi, a 33.73% stake in Scania and a 53.7% stake in MAN SE.<\/p>\n
Daimler and the Beijing Automotive Group have a 50:50 stake joint venture.<\/p>\n
Hyundai has a 50:50 stake with the Beijing Automotive Group.<\/p>\n
BMW and Brilliance (a Chinese automotive manufacturer) have a 50% and 40.5% joint venture, respectively.<\/p>\n
Changan Automobile (a Chinese automobile manufacturer) has large stakes in PSA (Peugeot\/Citroen), Suzuki, Mazda and Ford.<\/p>\n
Chery has big stakes in a Chery, Tata, Jaguar and Land Rover joint venture.<\/p>\n
Dongfeng (a Chinese automobile manufacturer) has big stakes in Peugeot\/Citroen, Honda, Nissan, Volvo and Renault.<\/p>\n
FAW (a Chinese automobile manufacturer) has stakes in GM, VW and Toyota.<\/p>\n
Toyota has a joint (50:50) venture with Peugeot and Citroen.<\/p>\n
Sollers (a Russian automobile manufacturer) has stakes in Ford and Mazda for producing vehicles.<\/p>\n
Eicher Motors (an Indian automotive manufacture) has stakes in Volvo (50:50).<\/p>\n
One gets the feeling that China has a lot of say on things automotive!<\/p>\n
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