Intelligent car partnership (HIMA)

On April 25, 2024, at the Auto China 2024 in Beijing, GAC Trumpchi showcased a full range of models and the latest results of its high-quality transformation into a New Energy Vehicle technology company.

GAC Trumpchi will launch a joint innovation program with Huawei for in-depth co-development in areas such as intelligent chassis and intelligent human-machine interaction. The automaker will take the lead in employing the latest Qiankun intelligent automotive solutions from Huawei to develop world-class new flagship models, with the first to be launched and delivered in Q1 2025.

A premium customized 4-seater edition co-developed with a German vehicle customization brand for the Trumpchi E9 MPV became available for pre-order. Chinese traditional dragon elements have been incorporated into the exterior and interior designs of the vehicle.

Also on display was the Trumpchi M6 Max all-purpose family MPV, which adopts a dynamic, atmospheric new design with stronger visual impact and comes standard with the HiCar intelligent system for seamless connection between the mobile phone and the in-vehicle system.

On March 26, 2024, JAC Group signed a memorandum of cooperation with Huawei Device Co., Ltd. (Huawei Device). Leveraging the OpenHarmony-based HarmonyOS, the two parties will work together on scenario definition; experience design; and development of HarmonyOS-based native applications. They will comprehensively upgrade pan-terminal device information experience and create smarter mobility solutions for users.

On March 15, 2024, Leapmotor and Huawei signed a cooperation agreement on the HarmonyOS and announced that they will start developing the native Leapmotor APP based on the HarmonyOS NEXT.

With this agreement signed, the two parties will launch in-depth cooperation on the HarmonyOS ecosystem, technology complementation, a win-win business model, and more. The HarmonyOS NEXT allows for seamless connection of the Leapmotor APP among terminal devices such as mobile phones, intelligent watches, and tablets to help users browse information, control the vehicle, and share opinions in a more convenient manner.

Huawei announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with M-Hero Technology, a Dongfeng Motor subsidiary.

For this partnership, the two parties will complement respective advantages and empower each other. They will jointly promote the commercialization of Huawei intelligent automotive solutions and help M-Hero Technology become a leader in Chinese luxury electric off-road vehicle culture to accelerate the high-quality intelligentization development of China’s auto industry.

(From a Huawei press release dated February 22, 2024)

Huawei announced that it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with VOYAH, Dongfeng Motor's premium EV brand.

The partners aim to leverage their respective strengths to create an unparalleled intelligent mobility experience based on user needs. Through cooperation on vehicle models, the two parties will explore innovations across various domains to accelerate the large-scale commercialization of intelligent technologies. (From a press release dated January 22, 2024)

On October 24, 2023, FAW Jiefang Automotive Co., Ltd. (FAW Jiefang) signed a special Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) at the Huawei Bantian Site in Shenzhen to comprehensively deepen cooperation on AI, intelligent driving, and intelligent cockpits.

In terms of innovation of AI large model technologies, the two parties will co-build the FAW Jiefang Intelligent Brain based on the Huawei Cloud Pangu Models (HCPM) to provide users with one-stop services from vehicle selection to replacement and enable all business scenarios including R&D, production, and supply. Based on the HCPM, they will also co-build a large model for the commercial vehicle industry and co-create industrial AI solutions.

Concerning intelligent driving, the two parties will co-develop intelligent driving total solutions and co-create and promote the application of competitive intelligent driving products.

For intelligent cockpits, the two parties will co-build a safer, more comfortable intelligent cockpit platform.

On August 19, 2023, Changan Auto announced the recent signing of a framework agreement on comprehensively and continuously deepening strategic cooperation with Huawei. The two parties will cooperate in such fields as digital transformation (including human resource training, consulting services, and R&D digitalization), computing centers, cloud businesses, industrial software, software tool chains, overseas businesses, photovoltaic power generation, energy storage, and charging, and jointly improve mechanisms to promote cooperation.
So far, the Avatr 11 high-end battery electric coupe SUV co-developed by the two parties and CATL has been launched, and Deepal, a Changan Auto sub-brand, has officially signed a cooperation framework agreement with Huawei on August 16 to jointly promote breakthroughs in and application of new technologies and accelerate the dawn of the era of smart electrification.

On August 17, 2023, Deepal announced the official signing of a cooperation framework agreement with Huawei at the latter’s global headquarters in Bantian, Shenzhen. The two parties will focus on automobile intelligentization and jointly promote the R&D of application of new technologies in the field of intelligent electric vehicles.
In the next three years, Deepal will deeply cultivate six product lineups by launching over two new products per year and over 12 new and facelift models in total and investing no less than 10% R&D expenditure per year in the continuous development of new technologies.

Huawei Digital Power Technology Co., Ltd. (Huawei Digital Power), a Huawei subsidiary, announced the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership with Seres Group.
Huawei Digital Power and Seres Group will conduct comprehensive strategic cooperation in areas such as intelligent electric components and products for New Energy Vehicles (NEVs), development and application of NEV platform technologies, construction and operation of charging networks for NEVs, and internationalization of NEVs. The two parties will jointly develop and manufacture components and products such as electric drives, in-vehicle chargers, range-extender systems, chassis integration systems, brake-by-wire systems, and all-in-one drive systems for innovation and cost reduction.
They will also jointly promote the deployment of NEV super charging networks as well as the internationalization of the development of products and technologies and market expansion. (From a Huawei Digital Power press release dated January 4, 2024)

On March 23, 2023, according to Seres, Huawei announced at its Spring Flagship New Product Launch 2023 event that high-end intelligent driving versions of the Wenjie M5/M5 EV will be launched in April and the intelligent cockpits of all models of the Wenjie series will be upgraded to HarmonyOS 3. Based on human factor and distributed technologies, HarmonyOS 3 has functional upgrades in user interaction, intelligent interconnection, situational intelligence, security and privacy, etc., bringing new features such as PC coordination, intelligent vehicle finding and HUD height adaptive adjustment, as well as a new driver privacy mode.
Based on the Huawei DriveONE electric drive platform, all models of the Wenjie series have a 0 to 100km/h acceleration time in about four seconds. Featuring Huawei’s in-house developed DATS (Dynamic Adaptive Torque System), these models boast excellent handling and comfort. (From a Seres press release dated March 23, 2023)

On March 1, 2023, Seres announced that it has recently signed an agreement on deepening joint businesses with Huawei. The two parties will conduct long-term, in-depth cooperation on the Smart Selection Vehicle business, and plans to achieve a New Energy Vehicle production and sales volume of 1 million units in 2026. Concurrently, they will launch a new platform, under which the first flagship model is planned to be launched in 2023, and will feature an advanced intelligent driving system. Multiple new models under the platform will be successively launched later. According to the agreement, the two parties will further promote the joint establishment of an innovation center. Seres will promote the application of new technologies, materials and processes to cooperative models in coordination with industrial resources; Huawei Device will give full play to its advantages in intelligentization, digitalization and user experience design, including high-level intelligent driving and Harmony OS-based cockpits, to create products with robust competitiveness. In 2022, Aito, a joint venture brand between Huawei and Seres, achieved an annual sales of over 75,000 vehicles. So far, the brand’s user centers and experience centers have covered over 230 cities and totaled nearly 1,000 across China. (From a Seres Group press release dated March 1, 2023)

GAC Group issued the “Announcement on Resolutions of the 35th Meeting of the 6th Session of the Board of Directors”, which deliberated and passed the “Proposal on the Change of GAC Aion’s AH8 Project”, approving that the AH8 project of GAC Aion New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., a GAC Group holding subsidiary, has been changed from joint development with Huawei to independent development. Upon this change, Huawei will continue its participation in the development of and cooperation on models of the company’s independent sub-brands as an important supplier. The total investment of the project has been adjusted from CNY 924,730,000 to CNY 1,233,420,000, and the source is self-financing. (From a GAC Group SSE press release dated March 27, 2023)

Huawei announced that its Intelligent Cockpit division signed an ecosystem cooperation agreement with Baidu Maps. Focusing on navigation and mobility experience, the two parties will conduct comprehensive, in-depth cooperation on Huawei intelligent cockpits. With this agreement, Baidu Maps’ features, such as all-scenario voice interaction, lane-level navigation, HUD-based navigation information display, traffic signal countdown, personalized navigation voice packages, real-time parking navigation, and mobile phone-vehicle interconnection, will be integrated into Huawei intelligent cockpits. The map service will successively be available on models with a Huawei intelligent cockpit.

(From a Huawei press release dated January 18, 2024)

Huawei announced that it held the Huawei Developer Conference 2023 (HDC.Together) in Dongguan on August 4. At the event, Huawei revealed the HarmonyOS 4. The HarmonyOS 4 adopts the new Ark Engine, which significantly improves the capabilities of graphics, multimedia, memory, scheduling, storage, and low power consumption. Compared with the previous generation, it improves the sliding smoothness by 20% and has 30 more minutes of battery life. The HarmonyOS 4 brings new features to the HarmonyOS Smart Cockpit, including multi-screen sharing and a super desktop experience. Multi-screen sharing enables front-seat and rear-seat passengers to watch movies simultaneously; mobile games can also be projected onto the HarmonyOS 4, so that players can enjoy these games on a big screen. The HarmonyOS Smart Cockpit will also introduce a function called “aerial photography transfer”. When operating the drone, users can use the cockpit screen as a big display screen via the super desktop while sitting in the car. (From a press release dated August 4, 2023)

Huawei HiCar is Huawei's connected solution that connects people, cars, and homes. By 2021, Huawei HiCar will be installed in more than 100 models and 10 million vehicles. The company will also work with various companies to provide in-vehicle services to users through HMSforCar, which will pre-install cloud services in cars.

HMS for Car is a smart car cloud service solution built by Huawei Terminal Cloud Services. Based on Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), it includes apps such as Huawei Smart Assistant, Huawei Music, Huawei Video, My Car, Huawei App Market, and Huawei Quick App Center. As of December 2021, HMS for Car has already partnered with Volvo and other automakers, and the company aims to expand its partnerships in the future.

Huawei’s 4D imaging radar employs a large antenna array of 12T24R (12 transmit channels and 24 receive channels), which is 24 times larger than the antenna configuration of conventional millimeter wave radar (3T4R). In addition to the range and speed measurement of conventional millimeter-wave radar, it has a unique capability to detect targets whose distance is visually obscured by light or rain, resulting in a significant performance improvement. In addition, the evolution of 4D dense point clouds like LiDAR will lead to a wealth of sensory enhancement applications such as environmental mapping, synthesis, and positioning. Moreover, the fusion of multiple radars at the point cloud level will enable more effective 360° detection around the vehicle to meet full-target, full-coverage, multi-condition, and all-weather sensing requirements. (From a press release dated April 18, 2021)

The Huawei MDC 810 intelligent driving computation platform ensures high-density 400 TOPS computing power, ASIL D functional safety requirements, and is equipped with intelligent drive platform software MDC Core. It will also enable automated driving functions such as Traffic Jam Pilot (TJP), Highway Pilot (HWP), and Automatic Valet Parking (AVP).