Yesterday, Huawei held its 18th Global Analyst Conference at its headquarters in Shenzhen. Xu Zhijun, vice president and chairman of Huawei, said that BU's intelligent car is an industry Huawei is focusing on. It also claims that Huawei Car offers the most complete features.
This year, Huawei has invested more than 1 billion dollars in intelligent car components, and this is an investment in research and development components. China has 30 million cars every year and future growth will be even greater. With that figure, Huawei doesn't need to go outside of China to make an impact. Of course, Huawei hopes to be a global company in any industry, not just in the Chinese market.
Xu Zhijun said that every component currently produced by Huawei has been applied in the market. During the Shanghai Auto Show, HuaweiCar will provide everyone with the experience of autonomous driving in urban areas. "Our team is doing their best and I certainly hope they are doing their best. I don't know if we brag about it. They told me that our car can achieve 1000 kilometers of uninterrupted autonomous driving in urban areas, which is much better than Tesla.”
Although many electric vehicles coming to the market will be called “Huawei Car”, they are not Huawei in the true sense. Huawei has repeatedly stated that it "does not manufacture vehicles, but aims to help car companies build good cars." This means that we may not see any car with the Huawei logo. Still, the company will claim glory for the cars it helps other companies build.
Why won't Huawei have its brand on cars?
According to Xu Zhijun, the decision not to build cars was not an easy one to make. He claims the company should have considered its options for years before making a decision. At this time, Huawei has an understanding with at least three brands. Huawei will be heavily involved in the production of these companies' smart cars.
Sub-brands of Huawei cars
The three companies with which Huawei will cooperate for the production of intelligent cars are as follows:
- BAIC New Energy. They will build the ARCFOX Polar Fox brand
- Chongqing Changan
- Guangzhou Automobile
According to Xu Zhijun, most of the cars that Huawei co-produces will have the company's logo inside. However, not all cars using Huawei components will have this logo inside. The logo will only be available on models that use Huawei's self-driving car solution.
