SAIC Audi Automotive Co., Ltd. is a joint venture established in 2021 between Audi AG and SAIC Motor, one of China’s largest automotive groups. Unlike the long-running FAW-Audi partnership that produces traditional Audi models for China, the SAIC-Audi venture focuses exclusively on next-generation electric vehicles developed from the ground up for Chinese consumers.
The joint venture operates on the ADP (Audi e-drive Platform), a 900V high-performance EV architecture co-developed with Chinese engineering teams. Models produced under this venture carry the AUDI (SAIC) designation to distinguish them from FAW-Audi products.