Aptiv (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Business Report FY ended Dec. 2021

Orders

Human Horizons HiPhiX、GAC Trumpchi Empow
-Aptiv provides 5R1V and 1R1V solutions for the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) of Human Horizons HiPhi X and GAC Trumpchi Empow, respectively. (From a press release dated January 7, 2022)

Supplying products and solutions to GAC Group
-Aptiv announced that it is supplying the GAC Aion S, GAC’s first New Energy Vehicle (NEV), with both high- and low-voltage electrical distribution solutions. China continues to combat vehicle emissions, recently extending subsidies and tax breaks for buying electric vehicles. Aptiv’s extensive high-voltage electrification portfolio can support these efforts through a wide range of solutions that enable manufacturing of EVs on a global scale. Its unique Satellite Architecture approach was selected by SAIC-GM for its Buick GL8 Avenir. SAIC-GM is among seven OEMs that have selected Aptiv’s Satellite Architecture. In 2020, SAIC Motor plans to release three models equipped with this technology. (From a press release on June 25, 2020)

Constructed an automated warehouse and started operation

-Aptiv Electrical Centers (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Aptiv China, has completed and started operating a fully automated warehouse, which will automate the entire logistics process using more than 380 industrial robots, as well as implementing 100% automation of its traceability management and image inspection. The company aims to achieve a defect rate of 0.33ppm. (From a press release dated October 25, 2021)

R&D Facility

Name	Location	Overview
Aptiv China-Technical Center	Free Trade Zone, Pudong, Shanghai	-Over 400 software and electrical engineers. -Asia-Pacific R&D headquarters of Aptiv’s Advanced Safety and User Experience Division; has become a major technical partner of several OEMs such as Volkswagen, General Motors, Great Wall Motor, Geely Automobile, Volvo, GAC and Changan Automobile in China. -Develops integrated intelligent cockpits, ADAS, L2+ intelligent driving systems using satellite navigation, intelligent gateway and body controllers. -In 2020, Aptiv developed intelligent cockpits, intelligent driving and gateway solutions with automakers in China, which include: SAICGM’s GL8 integrated intelligent cockpit and L2+ intelligent driving system using satellite navigation; Great Wall Motor’s integrated intelligent cockpit, ADAS and Ethernet gateway; GAC’s L2+ intelligent driving system using satellite navigation and driver monitoring system.
Aptiv Suzhou Technical Center	Suzhou Industrial Zone	-About 400 engineers. -It commits to develop active safety, intelligent connection and safety, and infotainment and user experience systems for next-generation automobile platforms. -One of Aptiv’s three Asia-Pacific R&D centers for the Advanced Safety and User Experience Division. It conducts engineering and R&D, and together with the Aptiv China R&D Center, develops products such as integrated smart cockpits, ADAS, Level 2+ automated driving systems, intelligent networks, and vehicle body controllers for the Chinese market. At the same time, the center is equipped with automotive component testing facilities, including electrical performance testing, high and low temperature test chambers, and EMC and camera performance testing. -In terms of product innovation, it worked with the Suzhou government and China Telecom to set up a 5G development lab for the purpose of exploring the future of intelligent and digital vehicles.
Aptiv Anting Technical Center	Jiading, Shanghai	-More than 1,200 engineers. -Designs electrical architectures for gasoline-fueled vehicles and New Energy Vehicles, specifically including electrical distribution systems, connectors, electrical centers, and high-pressure fuel distribution systems of gasoline-fueled vehicles. -Capable of designing, developing and testing a full set of electrical distribution systems. Its product portfolio covers high-speed data cables, connectors and electrical centers. It is also a global R&D center for AK series high-voltage connectors, high-voltage charging gun PCBA and Qi-based wireless charging.