Today, smart officially announced its delivery data for October 2022: from October 1st to 31st, a total of 1,629 units of the all-new smart elf #1 were delivered in China, with a growth rate of 287% compared to the previous month. Currently, smart is continuously improving its production and delivery efficiency. At the same time, the smart official stated that by optimizing the business training team, smart will further strengthen the coordination ability with new retail partners.
The new energy vehicle market has been continuously impacted by uncertainties such as the epidemic, chip and key parts supply chain pressure. In response to current challenges, the smart official stated that, supported by the strong support and efficient cooperation of the shareholders from China and Germany, a series of pragmatic measures have been actively taken to continuously improve the current supply chain situation, with the aim of improving production and delivery capabilities.
On October 21st, the smart brand’s global company, together with the Bank of Shanghai Pudong Development, China Construction Bank, Bohai Bank, Bank of Communications, Agricultural Bank of China, China Minsheng Bank, and China Guangfa Bank, formed a strategic partnership consortium and obtained comprehensive credit of over RMB 8 billion.
Smart stated that this comprehensive credit not only further enhances production efficiency and shortens delivery cycles, but also helps the smart brand to make breakthroughs in product research and development, constantly consolidates its comprehensive strength in brand, product, service, research, and development, and realizes the commitment of “one new model every year from 2022 to 2024.”
As for online touchpoints, in the past 4 months, smart has completed the construction of nearly 140 offline channel outlets.
It is expected that within 2022, the smart brand will have completed the layout of more than 150 independent sales and service outlets, covering over 40 first-tier, new first-tier, and second-tier cities.
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