Where is Hawtai Motor's production location?
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Hawtai Motor has three production bases, located in Rongcheng, Shandong; Ordos, Inner Mongolia; and Yanbian, Jilin. Below is relevant information about Hawtai Motor: 1. Hawtai Motor was the first domestic company to launch SUV models. Its product lineup includes SUV models such as the Hawtai Santa Fe, Terracan, and Baolige, as well as multiple sedan models like the Lusheng E70, Lusheng E80, and Hawtai B11. It also offers competitive new energy vehicle products including the pure electric family sedan Hawtai New Energy iEV230 and the pure electric SUV Hawtai New Energy XEV260. 2. With new energy vehicles as its core business, Hawtai Motor Group has established a low-carbon automotive industry chain encompassing key new energy vehicle technologies, AT automatic transmissions, clean gasoline and diesel engines, passenger vehicles (SUVs, sedans, and electric vehicles), and commercial vehicles, dedicated to providing global users with energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and high-performance automotive products. 3. Hawtai Motor Group operates China's largest and most advanced powertrain manufacturing facilities for clean gasoline and diesel engines and automatic transmissions.
I spent many years in the automotive industry, and when it comes to Hawtai Motors, its main production base is in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, where there's a fairly large factory. Established in the late 1990s, Hawtai set up roots in Baotou due to the local advantages of steel resources and low-cost labor. They produced SUVs like the Santa Fe and had a period of success through their collaboration with Hyundai of South Korea. However, nowadays, the Hawtai brand has become quite low-key, with many models discontinued or outsourced to other OEMs. The domestic auto market is fiercely competitive, and regional brands like this can easily fall behind. When buying a car, I recommend paying attention to production details—models from Baotou might be cheaper but could be less convenient to maintain, far from the quick response you'd get from manufacturers in major cities.
