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| Company type | Division |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | , China |
Area served | Mainland China |
Key people | Xu Heyi |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Parent | BAIC Group |
| Website | arcfox.com.cn |
Arcfox is a Chinese marque of electric passenger cars and crossovers based in Beijing, operating since 2017. The brand belongs to the car manufacturer BAIC Group.
In 2017, the Chinese automotive giant BAIC Group decided to create a new subordinate brand dedicated to the development of electric cars. The first model to go on sale locally was a microcar called Lite aimed at the premium class [1] . In March 2019, the global premiere of the Arcfox brand took place during the Geneva Motor Show, expressing the goals of expanding the Chinese brand's operations also on the European continent [2] .
The designs presented under the Arcfox brand in Europe were completely different from the concept of the Lite. The first vehicle was a prototype of a large SUV ECF, whose styling was designed by designer Walter de Silva known for his work for Volkswagen Group [3] . The second vehicle that participated in the world premiere of the Arcfox brand was the supercar GT, intended to present the capabilities of the BAIC Group designers [4] . The vehicle was presented in both a basic and a special variant called Race Edition [5] .
In 2020, the company focused on completely new designs built for the Chinese market in the form of technically advanced electric crossovers. In May 2020, the mid-size Alpha-T model debuted [6] , and a year later the offer was expanded by the large crossover Alpha-S [7] from then on, serving as the flagship design. In 2022, Arcfox started cooperation with the Chinese giant Huawei, equipping its cars available on the domestic market with the operating system [8] .
In 2023, Arcfox began to further expand its model portfolio, launching in September this year the sale of a compact minivan Kaola with unusual interior design solutions aimed at mothers of small children [9] . In December of the same year, the range was expanded by the compact crossover Alpha T5 [10] , and in the spring of 2024, Arcfox introduced the first classic passenger car - the Alpha S5 limousine [11] .
Arcfox has one concept car:
For a period of time a few years after Arcfox was founded, the market performance was poor, with insufficient sales in 2021 Xpeng, Nio, Li Auto One-twentieth [12] . The sales volume in 2022 will be 11,895 units, which is only equivalent to the sales volume of the leading new car manufacturing force in one month [13] . Sales volume will increase significantly to 30,016 vehicles in 2023 [14] .
| Years | Total sales |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 472 [15] |
| 2018 | 588 [15] |
| 2019 | 599 [15] |
| 2020 | 721 [15] |
| 2021 | 4,993 [12] |
| 2022 | 11,895 [13] |
| 2023 | 30,016 [14] |
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