SAIC made its intent clear with the launch of the Maxus EV80 electric LDV for Europe. As one of the largest passenger vehicle 2017 Week 30 GM SAIC JV to deliver first EV In China , the SAIC / GM / Wuling joint venture, Baojun launched its first electric … SAIC 5G truck makes its debut at Yangshan Port A 5G-based intelligent heavy duty truck developed by SAIC Motor made its debut at Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port, according to the 2019 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC). (SAIC Motor in short) and Volkswa-gen Group. The joint-venture agree-ment for SAIC Volkswagen was signed in October 1984, which marked it one of the oldest auto joint ventures in China. Currently, it participates in the oldest surviving sino-foreign car making joint venture , with Volkswagen , and in addition has had a joint venture with General Motors since 1998. SAIC Motor's car sales hit 5.902 million units in 2015, up 5 percent on the previous year and further consolidating its leading position in the domestic auto market. SAIC Volkswagen's sales fell 37% from a year ago to 577,385 vehicles in the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic hit demand in China, while total industry sales fell 17%.

In 2015, the company climbed 14 places to rank 46th on the SAIC traces its origins to the early years of the Chinese automobile industry in the 1940s, and SAIC was one of the few carmakers in Mao's China, making the Shanghai SH760.