據(jù)彭博社報(bào)道，市面上最受歡迎的幾款電動汽車背后的重量級人物，最近已經(jīng)轉(zhuǎn)投了中國公司的懷抱。

彭博社稱，寶馬i8電動汽車的設(shè)計(jì)師伯努特?雅各布最近跳槽到了和諧富騰，這家電動汽車創(chuàng)業(yè)公司背后的幾位大股東分別是以社交媒體和在線游戲業(yè)務(wù)著稱的騰訊控股，以及由于為蘋果代工iPhone手機(jī)而聞名于世的微電子集團(tuán)富士康。騰訊和富士康以前都沒有做過電動汽車方面的業(yè)務(wù)。不過Future Mobility的第三大股東——中國和諧新能源汽車控股有限公司卻是中國國內(nèi)一家知名的豪華汽車經(jīng)銷商。

除雅各布以外，寶馬i-Powertrain部門的負(fù)責(zé)人德克?阿本德羅特、以及產(chǎn)品管理副總裁亨理克?溫德斯，也將跳槽至和諧富騰。

這三位高管將在和諧富騰與他們的老同事畢福康“勝利會師”——畢福康曾擔(dān)任i8電動車的項(xiàng)目經(jīng)理，他已于今年2月被任命為和諧富騰的CEO。

寶馬并未立即對此事做出評論。不過彭博社表示，阿本德羅特和溫德斯已經(jīng)確認(rèn)了他們會加入和諧富騰。

如果此事得到確認(rèn)，那么，它將有力地說明這幾家中資集團(tuán)在電動汽車領(lǐng)域的雄心壯志。同時(shí)這也表明了中國政府盡快削減汽車尾氣污染的決心，以及通過“彎道超車”搶占未來汽車設(shè)計(jì)的橋頭堡的雄心。騰訊和富士康這兩家公司都擁有極其雄厚的財(cái)力：騰訊的市值超過了2000億美元，而富士康的市值也在400億美元左右。

大眾汽車的“排放門”事件剛剛過去沒多久，此次寶馬三名高管同時(shí)出走，令我們對德系廠商能否成功應(yīng)對這類挑戰(zhàn)產(chǎn)生了疑問。要知道，在電動汽車領(lǐng)域，寶馬公司的技術(shù)在幾家德系廠商中被公認(rèn)為是最先進(jìn)的。

彭博社表示，和諧富騰公司計(jì)劃將其研發(fā)基地放在深圳，不過它在歐洲和硅谷也設(shè)有研發(fā)部門，分別負(fù)責(zé)解決動力問題和研發(fā)自動駕駛技術(shù)。

中國目前已成為全球第二大電動汽車市場。據(jù)中國汽車工業(yè)協(xié)會統(tǒng)計(jì)，中國光是去年一年的電動汽車銷量就已接近25萬臺。由于中國電動汽車的基數(shù)本來就比較低，加之政府又提供了慷慨的補(bǔ)貼，因此該國電動汽車的銷量正呈現(xiàn)指數(shù)級的增長，光是2015年一年便增長了450%。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：樸成奎

The people behind some of the most acclaimed electric vehicles on the roads have defected to China, according to Bloomberg.

The news agency reported that Benoit Jacob, the designer of the i8 sports car, has jumped ship to join Future Mobility, an EV startup backed by Tencent Holdings TCEHY -0.60% , noted mainly for its social media and online gaming operations, and microelectronics group Foxconn Technology FXCNY 29.84% , which makes the iPhone for Apple Inc. AAPL -0.49% . Neither company has any pedigree in making cars, although a third shareholder, China Harmony New Energy Auto Holding Ltd., is an established dealer in luxury cars across the country.

Jacob will be joined at Future Mobility by Dirk Abendroth, who heads the i-Powertrain department and Henrik Wenders, a vice-president for product management.

They’ll all be linking up again with Carsten Breitfeld, the former project manager for the i8, who was named CEO of Future Mobility in February.

BMW didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but Bloomberg said both Abendroth and Wenders confirmed they were joining Future Mobility.

If the story is confirmed, it’s a huge statement of ambition by the Chinese groups, one that mirrors the ambitions of the country’s government to cut road pollution as fast as possible and get ahead of the game in designing the auto of the future. Both Tencent and Foxconn have extremely deep pockets: Tencent has a market capitalization of over $200 billion, while Foxconn’s is around $40 billion.

It also raises more questions, in the wake of theVolkswagen emissions scandal, about the ability of Germany’s carmakers to meet the same challenges. BMW is widely acknowledged as being the most advanced of the major German carmakers as regards electric vehicles.

Bloomberg said Future Mobility intends to base its research and development in Shenzhen, but to have units in Europe and Silicon Valley to focus on powertrain issues and autonomous driving, respectively.

China is currently the world’s second-largest market for electric vehicles, with just under 250,000 being sold last year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Thanks to a low base and a generous range of government subsidies, sales are growing exponentially, rising 450% in 2015.