Who owns iCAR?
iCAR is owned by Chery (China, HKEX: 9973).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025, Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. (HKEXnews), 18 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Wuhu
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Electric vehicles
- Parent ticker
- HKEX: 9973
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About iCAR
iCAR is a Chery Automobile brand aimed at Generation Z customers who are keen on technology, according to the company's 2025 results announcement. It focuses on pure electric SUV models and offered the iCAR V23. The announcement's subsidiary table lists iCAR Ecological Technology Co., Ltd., which sells passenger vehicles, as 48.20 percent held by Chery Automobile and incorporated in November 2015.
Ownership timeline of iCAR
Where iCAR sits in Chery
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Chery
Chery controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in automotive.
Also in automotive
Other brands in electric vehicles, and who owns them
The 23 brands in electric vehicles on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is NIO, with 3; Chery has 2.
About the owner: Chery
Chery is a publicly listed company headquartered in Wuhu, China. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as HKEX: 9973.
Chery Automobile is a passenger vehicle company headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui, incorporated in China in 1997 as a limited liability company and converted to a joint stock company in 2008. It is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under stock code 9973. Its 2025 results announcement says the group sells passenger vehicles under five major brands: CHERY, JETOUR, EXEED, iCAR and LUXEED. OMODA and JAECOO are described there as product lines inside the CHERY brand, mainly for overseas markets, so they are not listed separately. It states that the company has no holding company since Chery Holding Group transferred its shares to its own shareholders in January 2025.
🇨🇳 iCAR and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; iCAR is not one of them.
- AION — GAC Group 🇨🇳
- AVATR — Changan Automobile 🇨🇳
- BYD — BYD 🇨🇳
- FIREFLY — NIO 🇨🇳
- GWM Pickup — Great Wall Motor 🇨🇳
- Geely Auto — Geely 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of iCAR?
The parent company of iCAR is Chery, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is iCAR Chinese?
Yes. iCAR originated in China and its owner, Chery, is also headquartered in China.
Is iCAR still owned by Chery?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, iCAR is still owned by Chery. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., announcement of annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025 — Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. (HKEXnews), Stock exchange filing, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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