奇瑞规划继续扩充新能源产品阵容，旗下小蚂蚁（eQ1）电动车已于3月25日正式上市，同时奇瑞还将继续扩充新能源产能，为旗下产品市场需求提供支撑。近日网通社从山东省齐河经济开发区获悉，奇瑞新能源汽车山东齐河生产制造基地预计将于今年5月投产。根据此前公开信息，新工厂建设项目总投资10亿元，最大设计年产能可达10万辆。奇瑞新能源汽车齐河生产制造基地项目，于2016年3月开工建设，是德州市第一家锂电高速新能源汽车项目。新工厂各车间设备争取于今年3月底全部安装完成，4月份进行设备调试，5月份具备试生产条件。” 奇瑞汽车制造工程院高级工程师于海波在接受媒体采访时表示。根据规划，新工厂先期投产车型包括小蚂蚁（eQ1）、eQ两款电动车，其中小蚂蚁于近期上市，补贴后售价区间为4.98万-9.98万元，等速续航里程可达180公里，可满足用户日常代步出行。同时，山东地区消费者对于纯电动车有较高的接受程度，两款车型实现当地生产后有望进一步提升销量表现。2016年，奇瑞新能源车型销量为20,963辆，同比2015年的14,147辆增长48.2%，在全国新能源汽车品牌中居第5位，占据整体市场的6.4%份额。按照规划，奇瑞欲在2020年实现年产销20万辆的目标，全新工厂的投产为该目标奠定了产能基础。
Chery New Energy Base in Shandong to Produce in May
Chery plans to continue to expand its lineup of new energy products and the electric vehicle (eQ1) was officially listed in March 25th. At the same time, Chery will continue to expand the new energy capacity, providing support for the product's market demand. Recently Netcom agency was informed from Shandong province Qihe economic development zone that new energy vehicles production base is expected to put into production in May this year. According to previous public information, the total investment of the new factory construction project reached 1 billion Yuan and the largest annual production capacity may up to 100 thousand units.
The project of new energy vehicles production base in Qihe was constructed in March 2016, which is the first high speed lithium new energy vehicle project in Dezhou.
"The installation of the workshop equipment in the new factory would be completed by the end of March and to be commissioned in April. In May, the new factory would possess trial production conditions." Chery Automotive Engineering Institute senior engineer Yu Haibo said in an interview.
Chery has set the vehicle production project in Wuhu Yijiang District previously in which the pure electric vehicles of aluminum body,（eQ1）and other 3 models are produced and the annual production capacity reach 60 thousand unit. The overall production capacity is not sufficient, the production base in Shandong will further enhance the overall production capacity scale.
In 2016, the total sales of new energy vehicle of Chery reached 20963 vehicles, with year-on-year growth of 48.2% than 14147 vehicles in 2015, ranking fifth in the new energy automobile brand and occupying 6.4% share in the overall market. According to the plan, Chery plans to achieve the annual sales target of 200 thousand units in 2020, and the new factory production lay the foundation of capacity for the goal.