智马达smart
Is smart Chinese? Partly
Facts checked Ownership as of 2019
Partly
smart is half Chinese. Since 2019 the brand has been run by Smart Automobile Co., Ltd., a 50/50 joint venture between Mercedes-Benz AG and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group; Mercedes handles design and Geely the engineering and manufacturing. The cars are built at Xi'an in China and sold in Europe through Smart Europe GmbH in Stuttgart, so the badge is German, the ownership is half German and half Chinese, and the factory is Chinese.
Chinese holding: 50% as of 2019.
The chain
| Step | Entity | Kind | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li Shufu | person | CN |
| 2 | Geely Holding | group | CN |
| 3 | smart | brand | DE |
Is smart Chinese: the short answers
- Is smart Chinese?
- Partly. smart is half Chinese. Since 2019 the brand has been run by Smart Automobile Co., Ltd., a 50/50 joint venture between Mercedes-Benz AG and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group; Mercedes handles design and Geely the engineering and manufacturing. The cars are built at Xi'an in China and sold in Europe through Smart Europe GmbH in Stuttgart, so the badge is German, the ownership is half German and half Chinese, and the factory is Chinese.
- How much of smart is Chinese-owned?
- 50%, as of 2019.
Related
Sources for this answer
- Wikipedia, Smart (marque). Read . The 2019 50/50 joint venture and the Chinese manufacturing base.
- Wikipedia, Smart 1. Read . Xi'an assembly.