Sichuan Yema Automobile Co., Ltd. is a Chinese automobile manufacturer which has built buses and automobiles under the Yema brand since 2002.[1] The company was founded in the 1980s.[2] In January 2019, Yema Auto was acquired by Levdeo, a Chinese low-speed electric vehicle company that produces Neighborhood Electric Vehicles.[3]
Development
Yema Auto has three manufacturing bases located separately in Chengdu and Mianyang: the Chengdu HQ, Chengdu New Energy Branch and Mianyang Branch. The Chengdu HQ includes Chengdu Passenger Vehicle Co. and Chengdu Bus Co., where coaches, commuter buses, city buses, passenger vehicles (SUVs and MPVs) and new energy vehicles are made. In September 2002, with the approval of the Chengdu Municipal Government, Sichuan Fulin Industrial Group Co., Ltd. implemented an overall merger and reorganization, and was listed as a key automobile manufacturing enterprise in the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" of Sichuan Province and Chengdu Municipal People's Government.
In August 2006, it was officially renamed Sichuan Automobile Industry Group Co., Ltd.