Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Wuhan, China, and a 50:50 joint-venture between Dongfeng Motor Group and Honda Motor Company. It currently produces a variety of Honda models also available in other markets and a handful of China-only products. The company sells vehicles under the Honda and Ciimo marques.
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Founded in 1954, it is currently the fifth largest automobile manufacturer in China, with 2.144 million sales in 2021.
Everus is a car marque of GAC Honda, a joint venture between Honda and Guangzhou Automobile Group. Honda became the first foreign automaker to develop vehicles under a brand owned by its local joint venture automaker in China. Li Nian launched its first car, the S1 at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2011.
Dongfeng Motor Corporation Ltd. is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei. Founded in 1969, it is currently the smallest of the "Big Four" state-owned car manufacturers of China with 671,000 sales in 2023, below SAIC Motor, Changan Automobile and FAW Group.
The electric vehicle industry in China is the largest in the world, accounting for around 58% of global production of electric vehicles (EVs) and more than 1.5 million exports in 2023. In 2023, CAAM reported China had sold 9.05 million passenger electric vehicles, consisting 6.26 million BEVs and 2.79 million PHEV. China also dominates the plug-in electric bus and light commercial vehicle market, reaching over 500,000 buses and 247,500 electric commercial vehicles in 2019, and recording new sales of 447,000 commercial EVs in 2023.
Aeolus is an automobile brand owned by the Chinese automaker Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company, a division of Dongfeng Motor Group. The brand was launched in July 2009 using the Fengshen name, and was later renamed to Aeolus as the English name, while the Chinese name remained the same.
The Trumpchi GS4 is a compact crossover SUV of the late-2010s produced by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China and the GAC Motor brand globally.
Seres Automobile (Hubei) Co., Ltd., previously named as Dongfeng Sokon Automobile and known internationally as DFSK Motor, was a joint venture between Dongfeng and Seres Group, formed on June 27, 2003. It is now fully owned by Seres.
Seres Group (赛力斯集团股份有限公司) is a Chinese automotive manufacturer founded in September 1986 with headquarters in Chongqing, China. Born as a manufacturer of components for household appliances and shock absorbers, it currently produces cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles as well as shock absorbers and internal combustion engines. In 2022, the company renamed to Seres Group from Sokon Group. It operates through its subsidiaries Seres, Seres Hubei, XGJAO Motorcycle and Yu'an Shock Absorber Company.
Leahead was an electric car sub brand by GAC Toyota, a joint venture between GAC Group and Toyota Motor Corporation, founded in 2014.
GAC Aion New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., trading as GAC Aion is a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Guangzhou, China. A subsidiary of GAC Group, it was established in 2017 as the GAC New Energy Automobile. Its current name was adopted in November 2020. It produces battery electric vehicles under the eponymous Aion brand and the premium Hyptec brand.
Hycan Automobile Technology is a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Guangzhou, China.
The Fengon 500 is a compact crossover SUV produced since 2019 by the Fengon (Fengguang) brand of Chinese car manufacturer DFSK Motor, a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor and Sokon Group. In export markets it is sold as DFSK Glory E3 and Seres 3.
The Toyota bZ4X, also marketed in Japan, Australia, US, Canada, Europe, and China as the Subaru Solterra, is a battery electric compact crossover SUV manufactured by Toyota. The vehicle debuted in April 2021 as the "bZ4X Concept". It is the first vehicle to be based on the e-TNGA platform co-developed by Toyota and Subaru, and the brand's first model to be part of their Toyota bZ series of zero-emissions vehicles.
The Mitsubishi Airtrek is a battery-electric compact crossover SUV produced by GAC Mitsubishi, a joint venture of Guangzhou Automobile Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors from 2021 to 2023.
The Venucia VX6 is an electric compact crossover SUV produced by Venucia, a subsidiary of the Dongfeng Nissan joint venture.
The Honda e:NP2 and Honda e:NS2 are battery electric low-roof compact crossover SUV (C-segment) produced since 2024 by GAC Honda and Dongfeng Honda respectively, which are joint ventures of Honda in China. Both vehicles are marketed solely in China. The e:NP2 went on sale in April 2024, while the e:NS2 followed in June 2024.
The Honda Ye is a family of battery electric vehicles (BEV) and a sub-brand of the Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda. Founded in 2024, it is set to be produced and marketed for the Chinese market. The Ye is a part of Honda's plan to introduce 10 battery electric vehicle models in China by 2027, six of which are from the Ye. The Ye refers to the letter "烨", which is translated to "shine brilliantly" in Chinese.
There are currently about 150 active brands in the Chinese automobile market. Among them are 97 Chinese domestic brands and 43 joint venture (JV) brands. Before 2010, the traditional "Big Four" refers to the four major state-owned car manufacturers, SAIC, FAW, Dongfeng and Changan. Other Chinese car manufacturers, both from public and private sectors, like Geely, BAIC, BYD, Chery, GAC, Great Wall, JAC and Seres emerged as the major players with the expansion of Chinese automotive industry.
