into two new joint venture companies: Changan Ford and Changan Mazda. Changan plans to cease production of vehicles powered solely by internal-combustion engines by 2025. The automaker will only sell plug-in hybrid vehicles and all-electric vehicles from 2025 as a result. The company stated that this is because Government of China announced that it has passed legislation that will ban new ICE-powered vehicles by the mid 2030s, due to high air pollution and due to China's reiterated commitment in the United Nations Paris Agreement as the automaker wants remain compliant with the government's automotive emission standards. The automaker is joining Volvo Cars, Jaguar Land Rover, Hongqi, BYD Auto, Lotus Cars, and several other automakers in planning on ceasing production of ICE-powered vehicles in the coming years. Changan said it plans to launch 21 electric cars in the 2021–2025 period, increasing its sales of that kind of vehicles to over 1 million units. Brands and products Changan produces and markets vehicles primarily under three brands: Changan for premium SUVs and passenger cars Shenlan for electric vehicles Oshan (frequently transliterated as Auchan, Ossan, or Oushan) for mid-level SUVs and MPVs Kaicene for the commercial vehicles, light trucks, and MPVs Changan also develops premium electric vehicles under the Shenlan brand from 2022, with the first vehicle of the brand being the SL03, codenamed C385 during development phase. The group previously launched another premium electric vehicle brand in conjunction with Huawei and CATL called Avatr in the end of 2021. Changan Current models Changan BenBen / BenBen EV Changan CS15 / CS15 EV Changan CS35 Changan CS35 Plus Changan CS55 Changan CS55 Plus Changan CS75 Changan CS75 Plus Changan CS85 Changan CS95 Changan UNI-T Changan UNI-K Changan UNI-V Changan Alsvin Eado DT Eado / Eado Blue / Eado EV Eado XT / Eado XT RS Changan Linmax Changan Lumin Changan Raeton Plus Former models Alsvin Hatchback Alsvin Sedan Alsvin V3 Alsvin V5 Benni Love (Extended production version of the first-generation Benni) Benni Mini (Extended production version of the second-generation Benni) CX20 (Now built by Youngman Lotus) CV7 CX30 Hatchback (CV8) CX30 Sedan (CV8) E30 EV Changan SC6320G/Changan SC1011 (rebadged Suzuki Carry vans and trucks) Joice (Jiexun) Joice HEV (Hybrid electric version of the Joice, out of production within one year of market launch) Z-Shine CM5 (Rebadged Chana Star) CM6 (长安运通) CM7 (长安镭蒙) CM8 Changan Raeton Eulove Changan Shenlan Vehicles using Changan EPA NEV platform,