International auto giants form an alliance to continue the industry in the Spring and Autumn Period

Toyota and BMW are cooperating in the eco-car industry, BMW is terminating and GM is working on fuel cells, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Opel will also jointly produce the future models of Peugeot 508 and Citroen C 5 at Opel's German plant.

In recent days, various news about the alliance and separation between the international auto giants have been heard. The lively scenes are like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the authoritative office of the Zhou Dynasty declined, and all the princes were busy robbing the site and competing for the Lord. When this kind of "mergers and acquisitions" reaches a certain stage and forms a certain balance, the power of the individual princes has been difficult to break this balance, so the aspect of the supremacy of interests is also performed.

The current global automotive industry situation is very similar. First, the optimistic economic situation has allowed the giants of the automobile industry in the past to plan how to “cut costs”. At the same time, in the face of multiple pressures such as energy and environmental protection, car companies are also forced to actively “open source” on the future automotive technology route.

This has set requirements for the alliance between car companies. First of all, the alliance between car companies and joint production, the cost of logistics, procurement and engineering development control will be more effective than a single car company, can be described as open source. What is more important is that for the future development direction of automotive energy-saving and environmental protection, various automobile enterprises have made or made their own choices according to their own advantages.

However, whether it is a pure electric vehicle, a fuel cell, or a hybrid, it is still hard to say who will complete the "great unification" mission in the future, or in the course of this probable long period of time, car companies will not be able to come to an end, and The actual cost of doing so or the opportunity cost is too great. However, it is also unrealistic for a car company to fully develop on multiple technical routes. Therefore, we will find that whether they are Toyota and BMW, or other car companies, most of their alliances are in the new energy field.

In addition, because the future of the automotive market or technology trends can be described as ever-changing, so the car company and car companies may be an alliance between the loose, on the one hand related to their own interests, "Qin Chao Chu" approach is understandable. On the other hand, if a situation is not deep enough, it wouldn't hurt to break up in a “love” where there are already many variables.