Overview
Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd. (JMC) is an automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, with commercial vehicles at its core: light trucks (Kaiyun, Kaiwei, Shunda series), pickups (Baodian, Yuhu, Dadao), light buses (Ford Transit, Teshun, Fushun) as well as SUVs and MPVs, marketed under the dual JMC and Ford brands.
History
The company grew out of the Jiangxi Automobile Works established in 1968; in 1980 it began assembling Isuzu light trucks from CKD kits and in the mid-1980s was among the first in China to introduce advanced international technology to build light trucks. Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd. was founded on 22 November 1993, and its A shares listed in Shenzhen on 1 December as the first listed company in Jiangxi province; in 1995 it pioneered the use of ADRs to issue B shares to a foreign strategic partner. In 1997 the Ford Transit, jointly developed with Ford, entered production. Ford Motor Company currently holds 32% of the company.
Autonomous driving
JMC works on connected vehicles, new energy and autonomous driving, was among the first Chinese commercial vehicle makers to fit BeiDou navigation and has introduced Level 4 autonomous driving products. Under Baidu's agreement with Lyft, the vehicles that Apollo Go uses in Europe are built by Jiangling Motors and were expected to enter service in Germany and the United Kingdom from 2026.