The organizers of Auto Shanghai 2021, or the 19th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, just released the floor plan for the show today.
The show, with a theme of “Embracing Change,” will be held again at the clover-shaped National Exhibition & Convention Center, with 1,000 companies exhibiting over an area of 360,000 square meters, taking up 12 exhibition halls. April 19–20 will be press days, while April 21–23 will be professionals days, and the public days will be April 24–28.
Auto Shanghai 2021 will be the only global A-level auto show held in person this year.
One big highlight this year is that almost every single exhibition hall has at least one Chinse smart EV startup or newly announced brand. In 7.1H in particular, you are gonna get your money’s worth: BMW Group and BYD will be surrounded by several Chinese smart EV startups and tech brands: NIO, Xpeng, Zeekr, Hengchi (Evergrande Auto), and in particular ARCFOX & Huawei, who have been making huge headlines ahead of the show with their co-development for the Alpha S HI and autonomous driving solutions including Huawei’s LiDAR.
So if you only have time to visit one hall, make sure to visit 7.1H, it’s gonna be the granddaddy of all the exhibition halls this year.
Take a look:
3H will be the host city’s hometown OEM SAIC Motor and its related subsidiaries, including IM, the high-end brand from SAIC Motor’s recently formed joint venture with Alibaba.
4.1H will have a variety of stated-owned, Chinese smart EV and premium/luxury brands: BAIC Group with partners Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai Motor, Hongqi (Red Flag), Chinese smart EV startup brands LeapMotor, NETA (Hozon) & HiPhi (Human Horizons), as well as WEY and Ora brands from Great Wall Motor.
5.1H houses Volkswagen Group brands VW, Audi, Škoda & JETTA, Japanese brand Mazda, Chinese brands including Chery & EXEED from Chery Group, LYNK & CO from Geely and SERES from Chongqing Sokon Industry, as well as Chinese smart EV startup Li Auto.
6.1H will be dominated by Chinese brands: Wuling, Baojun, Haval, Poer (Great Wall Pickup), JETOUR from Chery Group, Chang’an Oshan from Chang’an Group, Foton, SAIC Motor CV, SEHOL from JAC Group, Volvo Cars, Wuhan-based hydrogen fuel cell vehicle manufacturer GROVE, and suppliers Bosch and Horizon Robotics.
6.2H houses the traditional premium brands Lexus, Lincoln, Volvo Cars, Jaguar Land Rover, Infiniti, Acura & Polestar, as well as state-owned startup VOYAH from Dongfeng Motor and TANK from Great Wall Motor.
7.1H will probably be the most “crowded” and controversial hall of ’em all: BMW Group and BYD with Chinese smart EV startup leaders NIO, Xpeng as well as “new kids on the block” — Zeekr and Hengchi are making their show debuts, while ARCFOX and Huawei will be making huge noises.
7.2H will be Dongfeng Motor Group and its subsidiaries including Dongfeng-Yueda-Kia, Dongfeng-Peugeot, Dongfeng-Citroën as well as Japanese partner Nissan. Geely’s Geely Auto and Geometry, SAIC Motor’s R-Auto high-end brand as well as Chinese smart EV startup WM Motor and U.S. EV leader Tesla complete the rest.
8.1H is the “super luxury” and aftermarket retrofitters hall: Porsche, Bentley, Maserati, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Ducati, Aston Martin will surely attract crowds to their exotic show cars.
8.2H houses the Japanese brand trio of Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi as well as their Chinese partner GAC Group with its subsidiaries GAC Aion, GAC Trumpchi and GA Mitsubishi. Ford and partner Chang’an Group will take up considerable space, while FCA will have considerable smaller space with its subsidiary GAC-FCA. HYCAN from the GAC-NIO joint venture and standalone Japanese brand Subaru round out brands in this hall.
1.2H is one of the halls dedicated to tier-1 suppliers, or “tech companies” as they are called now. Big names include ZF, HASCO, Faurecia, HASCO, Denso, Hitachi, Mahle, Garrett, AISIN, ElringKlinger, Brembo, just to name a few.
2.2H is the other hall dedicated to tier-1 suppliers. Big name sinclude Valeo, Schaeffler, Autoliv, APTIV, Continental, Webasto, Dana, Hella and Chinese tech companies DJI who is exhibiting for the first time with their LiDAR and other sensor solutions as well as LiDAR supplier RoboSense.
