A new agreement between Chinese automaker, GAC Group and Uber is aiming at promoting automobile sales, lease and promotion for new energy vehicles.

In a statement to The Guardian, the automaker said the deal would create mutual complement of strengths and resources, so as to create a win-win situation for the firms.

It stated that the group would offer preferential treatment at the aspects of sale, maintenance, second-hand automobiles, lease, to all the automobiles subordinate to Uber.

The statement said: “In the future, Uber and GAC group will cooperate in promoting and applying the energy-saving and new energy automobiles including hybrid power and battery electric vehicles and will boost green travel together with each other,” the statement said.

According to the organisation, YidaoYongche (the first e-commerce website specialised in offering private car-calling and rental services in China) and GAC GROUP have achieved comprehensive strategic cooperation in and will perform all-around optimization and integration on the present internet platform mode and automobile enterprise resources.

It added that, Guangzhou Automobile Leasing Co., Ltd, a subordinate to GAC GROUP and YidaoYongche would mutually utilise channels and resources, thereby greatly promoting the usage rate of the automobiles.