Adient Capital Allocation and China Business Update
Adient has extensive experience working with NEV startups in China
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How Adient works with China NEV startups
Innovation and product development
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Focus on innovation for user experience differentiation
Act as a trusted seating expert through providing leading
technologies and creating value for customers
Deliver with shorter development time, frequent/late changes
and different resource investment pattern
Organization and working process
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Prepare dedicated commercial touchpoint and sufficient
engineering resources for in-depth engagement with customers
Co-work and co-create with customers
Adapt to 'internet company mindset and high-pressure working
style', and provide rapid and timely response / service to
customers
Investment discipline
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Build an assessment framework and choose NEV startups
systematically and mitigate potential risks
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Leverage existing footprint and facilities
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Maximize carryover to minimize engineering efforts
Our collaboration with NIO
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2016
Adient became NIO's first
seating supplier partner
2023
NIO awarded Adient with
latest top hat ESI on 7 models
2018
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NIO 蔚来
NIO's first model ES8 delivery
2022
NIO awarded in total 7 programs to
Adient, including "866" and new "775"
• Adient set up 2nd plant in Hefei NIO
Park with continuous investment
Adient has been the preferred seating supplier for NIO since 2016
Adient works with NIO to capture growing EV opportunity through fast-paced R&D
and co-creation on innovation to improve end-user experience
NIO
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Closely monitor market dynamics and customers' performance
J.P. Morgan China Investor Meeting
Adient CEO Doug Del Grosso met with
NIO mgmt. team at Auto Shanghai 2023
William Li and NIO leadership team
attended Adient Tech Show at NIO
Adient PUBLIC
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