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Byton is a Chinese all-electric vehicle automotive brand established in 2017 and incorporated in Hong Kong, co-founded by former BMW and Nissan Motor executives.
Byton unveiled its first concept car to the public in January 2018. The company is currently running a trial shop at its Nanjing headquarters where drivable prototypes are built. It plans to introduce its M-Byte SUV model first, with the start of production scheduled for late 2019. The SUV will go on sale in China end of 2019, followed by the U.S. and European markets in the second half of 2020.
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2020.06.30 Byton in big trouble 被央视点名“烧光84亿还造不出车”后，拜腾汽车官宣停工停产 据未来汽车日报报道，6月29日晚，拜腾汽车CEO戴雷临时组织召开了中国区全体员工电话沟通会“All Hands Meeting”，超800名拜腾汽车在职和离职员工参加。会上，戴雷表示，经过公司股东和管理层的沟通，公司决定自7月1日起暂定中国区内地业务运营。停工停产期间，大部分中国区员工将待岗，仅有小部分员工留岗值守，维持公司最基本的职能运转。 According to the report of the Future Auto Daily, on the evening of June 29, Baiteng CEO Dai Lei temporarily organized a “All Hands Meeting” telephone communication meeting for all employees in China, and more than 800 Byteng employees and former employees participated. At the meeting, Dai Lei said that after communication between the company’s shareholders and management, the company decided to tentatively start business operations in China from July 1. During the shutdown period, most of the employees in China will be on duty, and only a small number of… Read more »
拜腾CEO戴雷
南京市政府是我们A轮融资的领投方，就是政府的产业基金投了我们。在C轮融资中，又继续增加了对我们的投资……股权之外，政府的支持还来自于补贴、土地等。”丁清芬介绍。
同时她透露，目前拜腾“也在跟省政府沟通，希望省政府层面能有一些支持。”
事实上，就现阶段的拜腾而言，政府的支持可以带来更多“软性影响”。“不光是中国内地的资本，还有海外的投资人也会看，政府的支持会成为他们是否投你的一个很重要的指标。”丁清芬说。
对于拜腾汽车，错过了中国新能源汽车的“补贴时代”，但是它也走过了发展过程中的“至暗时刻”。C轮融资的落地保证了拜腾汽车的量产工作不至于陷入窘境，且其主要股东一汽集团、南京市政府等都具备持续投资的能力。此外，同行所经历的困境也让拜腾更为理智和谨慎，避开弯路也会提升其未来的效率。
拜腾的C轮融资便从今年年中推迟至9月份；即便加上刚刚落地的C轮融资，拜腾目前融资总金额也只有12亿美元左右（约合人民币85亿元）。相比之下，早早完成前几轮融资工作的造车新势力，其融资规模都在百亿元以上——蔚来汽车累计融资超200亿元、小鹏融资金额超150亿元、威马融资超100亿元。
在南京开发区，拜腾的工厂已经开始试产，一期产能为15万辆，整厂设计年产能可达30万辆。这背后离不开南京政府的支持。
In the Nanjing Development Zone, the factory in Baiteng has started trial production, with a capacity of 150,000 units in the first phase and an annual production capacity of 300,000 units. This is inseparable from the support of the Nanjing government.
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