Changan joins hands with Huawei to build a new intelligent platform

On July 4, Changan Automobile and Huawei signed a strategic cooperation agreement at Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen. Changan Automobile President Zhu Huarong, Vice President Liu Bo, Huawei Rotating Chairman Xu Zhijun and other senior executives were present to witness the signing.

According to the agreement, the two parties will establish a joint innovation center based on their respective technological and product advantages to promote the development of intelligent automobiles and create a new mobile travel space for Chinese automobile consumers that integrates people, cars, and life in the 5G era.

In terms of specific content, Changan Automobile and Huawei will establish a joint innovation center. Based on Huawei's advanced information and communication technology and new energy advanced control technology, they will conduct in-depth research on the advanced technology application scenarios and carriers provided by Changan Automobile, and jointly create an intelligent, networked, electrified, and shared innovation and research and development platform.

Through the establishment of the Joint Innovation Center, the two parties will cooperate in the areas of in-vehicle mobile communication systems, multi-terminal interconnection, in-vehicle operating system development, vehicle chip development, vehicle networking evaluation system standard construction and new energy technology exploration. At the same time, the two parties will continue to cooperate in the fields of industrial Internet and ICT infrastructure.

The fundamental motivation for the cooperation between Changan Automobile and Huawei can be traced back to April 23 this year. At the Changan Automobile Strategy Conference held before the Beijing Auto Show, the chairman of Changan Automobile officially announced Changan Automobile's "Third Innovation and Entrepreneurship Plan". In the plan, Changan Automobile clearly defined the basic strategy of transforming from a traditional automobile manufacturer to a technology company that provides users with smart travel products and services.

"Today, the automotive industry is facing greater opportunities and challenges, including new consumption upgrades, the rise of younger car buyers, new technology models, new price structures, etc., all of which require manufacturers to be more open-minded and achieve win-win results." Zhang Baolin commented on the current development status of China's automotive industry. It is not difficult to see from his words that Changan Automobile is currently actively embracing more cooperation opportunities, and this cooperation with Huawei is seen as a positive signal.

At present, Changan Automobile has a relatively mature in-call system in terms of intelligent interconnection. Relying on the end-cloud integrated architecture, the voice portal realizes the intelligent human-vehicle life experience integrating people, cars and smart homes. In terms of intelligent driving technology, Changan Automobile has achieved the first 2000KM unmanned driving super test in China, and has successively released a number of intelligent models such as CS55 and new CS75.

At present, Changan Automobile has mastered more than 100 intelligent technologies in the three major fields of autonomous driving, intelligent networking, and intelligent interaction, and is in the leading ranks among domestic automobile brands.

It is reported that Changan Automobile will also release a new intelligent strategy - "Beidou Tianshu" plan in the second half of 2018. According to the plan, Changan Automobile is expected to invest 20 billion yuan in the field of intelligence in the next 10 years and establish an intelligent R&D team of more than 2,000 people.

According to official data, Changan Automobile sold 119,536 new cars in May, up 11.7% year-on-year. Among them, Changan brand passenger car sales were 68,190. The Changan CS35 equipped with a new generation of intelligent connection system performed outstandingly, achieving sales of 10,991 units, and the CS55, CS75 and other models also achieved sales of nearly 10,000 units.

In addition, in the field of new energy, Changan Automobile is also implementing the "Shangri-La Plan" released at the end of 2017 step by step. On June 19, the Changan Automobile Nanjing Jiangning New Energy Vehicle Project with an investment of 20 billion yuan started construction in Jiangning Development Zone. After completion, the annual production capacity is expected to reach 240,000 vehicles, helping Changan Automobile to continue to develop in the field of new energy.

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.