Hozon Auto New Energy Automobile Co.,Ltd.
TypePublic
IndustryAutomotive
Founded2014 (2014)
FounderZhang Yong
Headquarters,
China
Websitewww.netaauto.co//

Hozon Auto (simplified Chinese: 合众汽车; traditional Chinese: 合眾汽車; pinyin: Hé zhòng qì chē) is a Chinese all-electric car brand, which it is manufactured by the Zhejiang Hezhong New Energy Automobile Company.

History

It was founded in 2014 in the Zhejiang province, co-founded by Beijing Sinohytec and Zhejiang Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University and is based in Jiaxing.[1] It opened an Autonomous Vehicle Research Centre in California's Silicon Valley in 2018, and a Beijing-based Design Centre opened in March 2019.

It announced its first concept car in 2017.[2] The first production model Neta N01 compact SUV was launched in 2018[3] built on its HPA platform along with the launch of the Neta (simplified Chinese: 哪吒汽车; traditional Chinese: 哪吒汽車; pinyin: Nézhā qìchē; lit. 'Nezha car') brand, with orders for the mid-sized Hezhong U SUV based on the HPC platform being taken in 2019.[4] The company has plans for further models based on the two platforms.

In March 2023, Hozon Auto announced the construction of its first oversea production facility in Bangkok, Thailand. The facility is scheduled to operate at the end of January 2024 and will target at manufacturing and exporting right-hand drive electric cars to ASEAN countries.[5]

In November 2023, Neta Auto (Thailand) Co., Ltd. announced that it is collaborating with its partner, Bangchan General Assembly Co., Ltd. (BGAC), to assemble right-hand drive EV in Thailand. The inaugural model, NETA V-II, has already gone offline, and over 12,000 units have been delivered within Thailand.[6]

Products

Hozon Auto currently has a single brand called Neta.

Current models

  • Neta U/X (2019–present), compact SUV
  • Neta V/Aya (2020–present), subcompact SUV
  • Neta S (2021–present), midsize sedan
  • Neta GT (2023–present), midsize sports car
  • Neta L (to commence), compact SUV

Discontinued models

Neta N01 (2018-2020), subcompact SUV

Concepts

Sales

Neta sales data[7]
Year Sales
2018 1,206
2019 11,212
2020 15,509
2021 69,674
2022 152,073
2023 127,496

References

  1. "HOZON Auto Launches R&D Center in Silicon Valley to Explore Autonomous Driving". Future Car. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. "Hozon Auto Is Another New EV Brand From China". Car News China. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. "New horizons for Hozon as it opens design center ahead of Shanghai car launch". China Daily. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. Hu (17 May 2019). "Hozon Auto Launched Its 2nd All-Electric SUV – Hozon U At 2019 Shanghai Show and Opened for Pre-sale". Chinapev. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. "Neta starts building EV factory in Thailand - electrive.com". www.electrive.com/. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  6. "NETA Auto completes assembly of first right-hand-drive EV in Thailand". autonews.gasgoo.com. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  7. ""进城"与"出海":哪吒汽车实现15万销量目标的底气". auto.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
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