"In China, for China" Aptiv builds a revolutionary "foundation" for intelligent driving

——Deepen localization and accelerate with "Chinese chips" and "Chinese speed"

Beijing, April 24, 2024 - During the 18th Beijing Auto Show, Aptiv (NYSE: APTV), a global technology company committed to making travel safer, greener and more connected, launched a new generation of full-stack software and hardware platforms and products developed for the needs of the local Chinese market. With the industry's unique automotive "brain" and "nervous system" full-system solutions, it helps vehicle manufacturers accelerate the transformation of "software-defined cars" into reality.

Dr. Xiaoming Yang, President of Aptiv China and Asia Pacific, shared Aptiv's China strategy

Dr. Xiaoming Yang, President of Aptiv China and Asia Pacific, said: "China is already leading the world in vehicle electrification and intelligence. The speed of evolution of the Chinese automotive market, and the speed at which manufacturers and consumers adapt to and are willing to accept new technologies are unique among major markets around the world. To this end, Aptiv continues to promote its localization strategy of 'in China, for China', further deepen its domestic business layout, actively build a Chinese automotive ecosystem, promote the overseas expansion of Chinese automotive brands, and enable Chinese automobiles to lead the future of electrification and software-defined vehicles."

Continue to promote the "In China, for China" strategy and further accelerate "China Speed"

In order to deepen localization, Aptiv has integrated its major business lines and related functional departments in China into independent business units, and adjusted the reporting to global business lines to directly report to Dr. Yang Xiaoming, President of Aptiv China and Asia Pacific, so as to provide the Chinese region with comprehensive independent decision-making power and rapid and accurate market response capabilities. At the same time, it has formulated ambitious business goals, namely to achieve a 50% business growth within five years, expand cooperation with Chinese independent brands, and increase the proportion of related businesses to 70%, further accelerating the "China speed".

Mr. Li Huibin, Engineering Director of APAC Connector Systems, introduced the progress of SVA localization

The new Aptiv China region continues to improve and expand its presence in China. In terms of technology and investment, aiming at the megatrends of electrification and "software-defined cars", Aptiv's technology R&D investment in China will continue to remain high, reaching 10-12% of annual sales; following the Wuhan Engineering Center, which was put into operation at the end of last year, the new Wuhan high-voltage connector system factory built specifically for new energy vehicles will also be put into production in the first quarter of next year. In addition, the establishment of the Aptiv Artificial Intelligence Center and Wind River Software Center in China has entered the strategic planning.

Mr. Tang Haiyi, General Manager of Aptiv's Active Safety and User Experience Systems Division in China, introduced the localized solutions

In terms of the market, including customers, technology, products and supply chains, creating a thoroughly integrated local "circle of friends" is another key work focus. Aptiv's customer range in China covers almost all mainstream car brands, and local suppliers account for an average of 80%. At the same time, Aptiv China attaches great importance to the localization chip strategy. For example, after signing a deep cooperation agreement with Horizon, a leading domestic chip supplier, in June last year, the first advanced driver assistance (ADAS) project in cooperation with it was successfully mass-produced on a leading domestic independent brand in March this year. The "cabin, travel and mooring integration" solution built by Aptiv China based on local SoC chips can better play the advantages of localized scenarios, localized development and delivery, and quickly respond to Chinese market needs through localized solutions and service layouts, bringing more comprehensive performance improvements and cost advantages to vehicle customers.

Currently, Aptiv has established 7 technology R&D and engineering centers and 22 production bases in China. Among the more than 30,000 employees, engineering and technical personnel account for 11%, and the management decision-making level has been fully localized. In fiscal year 2023, Aptiv's sales in China increased by 12%, and the Asia-Pacific region, including China, contributed 28% of Aptiv's global net sales.

The latest generation of localized hardware and software solutions will help the Chinese market lead the future of software-defined cars

The software and hardware platforms and products developed by the local team launched by Aptiv this time are the first answer sheet presented by Aptiv China to the industry and consumers with a new look. They include hardware architecture that supports advanced autonomous driving and electrification functions, and software architecture that achieves sustainable development through cloud-native methods, which will revolutionize vehicle R&D, manufacturing, and operation, maintenance and function updates throughout the vehicle life cycle, and help the Chinese market lead the future of software-defined cars with localized solutions.

1. Smart Vehicle Architecture™

SVA can provide the necessary hardware and architecture for software-defined cars, with technical features such as software-hardware decoupling, separation of input and output from computing devices, and "server-based" computing. It allows vehicle manufacturers to make independent decisions based on their own vehicle development and supply chain systems, reduce R&D complexity and overall manufacturing and operating costs, and calmly respond to the requirements of "more", "faster", "better" and "cheaper" in the era of software-defined cars.

This time, Aptiv demonstrated the SOA (service-oriented) software solution architecture developed locally and running on the SVA hardware architecture. The middleware of the Aptiv platform can achieve two major functions: one is to achieve the decoupling of software and hardware, enabling OEMs to upgrade and replace hardware without changing the application software; the other is to achieve middleware that can be uniformly deployed across functional domains. A major challenge in the current SOA process is the inability to uniformly deploy across functional domains. Aptiv provides effective solutions including Wind River's operating system and container technology, which can help OEMs develop, iterate and verify new requirements in a very short time, thereby greatly improving development efficiency, empowering OEMs at a lower cost and faster speed, and continuously improving user experience.

Aptiv Smart Vehicle Architecture™

2. Complete edge-to-cloud platform - Wind River software system

With differentiated advantages such as Wind River Studio, VxWorks, Helix Virtualization Platform, and containerization technology, Aptiv's Wind River software system provides a software framework, a highly secure real-time operating system, and a complete tool chain for the development and operation of "software-defined cars". It can not only ensure the continuous operation of all safety-critical applications, but also seamlessly integrate them into the architecture of software-defined cars, promote the development of mixed-criticality systems, and enable cars to achieve higher intelligence and safety. For example, Wind River Studio can automate the processes of cloud-native technologies and easily access virtual test environments, thereby increasing developer productivity by up to 25% and accelerating time to market. This means that the time required from requirement setting to initial integration and testing is shortened from months to weeks, and if Wind River's middleware is used to port the software, it can even take only a few days.

These digital platforms and products have been successfully deployed in the automotive industry and have been implemented in designated projects in the Chinese automotive market. Wind River is committed to creating localized products for Chinese automotive customers, fully entering the Chinese automotive ecosystem, and deeply empowering the development of software-defined vehicles in China.

3. Integrated cabin, travel and berthing solution equipped with "Chinese chips"

Aptiv brought the first cross-domain fusion computing platform developed by a Chinese team and built on a high-performance system-level single chip based on China, covering three control domains: smart cockpit, intelligent assisted driving and automatic parking, simplifying the vehicle's electronic and electrical architecture and system software and hardware design, saving R&D costs. As the first cross-domain fusion computing platform in the automotive industry, it adopts a variety of Wind River software technology solutions. Its one-chip multi-control, flexible and safe, and software and hardware decoupling capabilities have brought significant business advantages to local vehicle customers, including the use of DevOps tools and digital feedback loops for continuous development and improvement. The solutions provided by Aptiv can achieve maximum flexibility, support different chip manufacturers to adopt the chip and hardware combination that best suits customer needs, and develop, deploy and iterate easily and quickly in the future.

4. ADAS Intelligent Perception System

Aptiv has been committed to developing the most optimized and best-performing perception systems at the lowest possible cost. These systems include modular terminal tracking software, best-in-class hardware, advanced machine learning, and tools for continuous improvement of these systems. The high-performance, low-cost Aptiv intelligent perception system demonstrated this time can achieve up to 25% cost reduction based on specific configuration requirements. The system is equipped with Aptiv's latest generation of radars, and through the application of machine learning functions, the sensor detection performance has achieved a qualitative leap: the accuracy of object size judgment has increased by 50%, the accuracy of object location judgment has increased by 40%, and the ability to classify and identify vulnerable road users and other objects in urban scenes has increased by 7 times, providing a solid guarantee for safe driving.

At the same time, the system on display this time introduced a disruptive all-in-one parking sensor solution. By integrating the surround view camera and millimeter wave radar into an innovative solution to achieve surround view plus parking assistance functions, it can provide bird's-eye perception capabilities while eliminating blind spots around the vehicle. Compared with the traditional solution of using cameras to support bird's-eye applications, this innovative all-in-one machine also adds radar functions at the same size, giving the vehicle a more powerful 3D vehicle surrounding perception capability; at the same time, it saves installation costs and increases angle perception capabilities without changing the total cost. The radar installed in this innovative all-in-one machine is the seventh-generation 4D millimeter wave corner radar developed by Aptiv's local Chinese team and equipped with the first integrated radar chip in China.

5. System-level solutions for automotive electrification

Aptiv can provide complete electrification solutions from the grid to the battery. The demonstration includes electrification system-level solutions such as battery management software based on cloud-native methods, integrated power electronic equipment that can reduce complexity, and Incap's advanced bus products. Among them, Aptiv's innovative "three-in-one" product is a high-voltage power management system for new energy vehicles developed by a local team that integrates an on-board charger (OBC), a DC converter (DC/DC) and a power distribution unit (PDU). The system adopts advanced integrated topology, 3D cooling and three-port decoupling control strategy to provide high power density and energy utilization while simplifying system wiring and optimizing product volume. The modular power distribution unit takes into account a variety of vehicle applications, and is integrated with OBC and DCDC to provide vehicles with a safe, reliable, efficient and green power supply and distribution system, and supports functions such as bidirectional substation and V2L to achieve a diverse vehicle-side power experience for users.

Aptiv's market-leading high-voltage system solutions optimize cost, system complexity and weight to meet OEM demands for higher performance, longer driving range, faster charging times and longer battery life.

Aptiv High Voltage Electrification Solutions

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.