麦格纳国际公司表示，它将与一家中国公司合资组建两个新的合资企业，以设计和制造电动汽车。

麦格纳国际(Magna International Inc.)，为全球最大的汽车零部件制造商之一，也堪称全球最多元化的汽车零部件供应商。

总部位于安大略省的汽车零部件公司和北汽集团旗下的北京电动车有限公司预计将接管现有的北汽工厂，预计2020年首批生产车将进入规划。该工厂有能力建设每年高达180,000辆。

麦格纳表示，工程和制造合资企业也将成立，为其他客户提供工程和整车制造。

合资公司的计划在4月份达成协议，即北汽集团和麦格纳同意为中国市场开发智能电动车架构。

预计这项工作将转移到工程合资企业，并将形成合资企业将推出的新电动车的平台。

这两家合资企业都受到很多条件的限制，麦格纳表示将与未来几个月的当局合作实施具有法律约束力的合资协议。

Magna International Inc. says it will form two new joint ventures with a Chinese company to engineer and build electric vehicles.

Magna International Inc., one of the world’s largest auto parts manufacturers, is also the world’s most diversified auto parts supplier.

The Ontario-based auto parts company and Beijing Electric Vehicle Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the BAIC Group, are expected to take over an existing BAIC manufacturing facility where the first production vehicles are planned for 2020. The plant has the capacity to build up to 180,000 vehicles per year.

Magna says the engineering and manufacturing joint ventures will also be set up to offer engineering and complete vehicle manufacturing to other customers.

The plans for the joint venture follow an agreement in April that saw BAIC Group and Magna agree to develop smart electric vehicle architecture for the Chinese market.

It is expected that this work will be transferred to the engineering joint venture and will form the platform of the new electric vehicles to be launched by the joint venture.

Both joint ventures are subject to a number of conditions and Magna says it will work with authorities to implement legally binding joint-venture agreements over the coming months.