Seres Auto
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | |
| Founded | January 2016 |
| Founders | Xinghai Zhang |
| Headquarters | , China |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 168 (2021) |
| Parent | Seres Group |
| Website | www |
Seres Auto (formerly SF Motors) is an electric vehicle company of Chinese automotive manufacturer Seres Group (formerly Chongqing Sokon Industry Group). Several of the group's subsidiaries are also named "Seres". "Seres" is the Koine Greek word commonly used to refer to Chinese polities in classical times.
Seres Auto Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 赛力斯汽车有限公司) (formerly Chongqing Jinkang New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd.) is a R&D and manufacturing subsidiary based in China.
A US subsidiary, SF Motors Inc., sometimes also called Seres, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, represents Jinkang New Energy Automobile's business in US. SF Motors Inc. has established several R&D facilities and is in the process of designing and producing a U.S.-based, electric vehicle line. The company has delayed launching a US product and laid off hundreds of workers, including 90 people at its design studio. The company is partnering with a number of automotive and tech suppliers.