The German automaker has already tapped Goldman Sachs to help with the investment in JAC, which produces vehicles for Nio, among others.
Sources tell Reuters the German company has already tapped Goldman SAchs as an advisor on the plan.
The move by VW, the largest foreign automaker in China, to buy into Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group is the latest step by foreign automakers to increase their stakes in their Chinese joint venture partners or in the ventures themselves since Beijing relaxed ownership rules last year in the world's biggest car market.
Foreigners were previously prevented from controlling any Chinese automaker or joint venture. Beijing last year removed such caps for firms making fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Limits on commercial vehicles makers ease in 2020 and by 2022 for the wider car market. The German car giant's plans are at an early stage but it is keen to take a big stake, said three of the people. Two of them said it will seek to buy shares from JAC's major shareholders, which are mainly state-backed firms owning over 40 percent, showed Refinitiv data.
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