Recently, Xu Zhijun, chairman in office of Huawei, once again mentioned the issue of automobile business at the 2021 Huawei global analyst conference. He said that the decision of "Huawei does not build cars" has not changed until now. However, as an enterprise in the ICT industry, Huawei also hopes to build some new business models with automobile enterprises. At present, Huawei has selected three partners, namely BAIC, Chang'an Automobile and GAC group. Huawei plans to build three sub brands with them.
In other words, although it does not build cars directly, Huawei hopes to deeply participate in the car building process through inside. Give play to the strength and characteristics of Huawei and various car enterprises to create three sub brands respectively.
We already know that Huawei and BAIC new energy will jointly build the arcfox brand. Not long ago, Huawei and arcfox brand released posters to confirm alpha s (arcfox) α S) It will be equipped with Huawei's hi solution. It is reported that this car is located in a medium and large pure electric car, and the NEDC has a range of up to 708km. Previously, the pre-sale of this car was opened on March 25. In the Shanghai auto show to be opened on April 19, this car will make its debut and is expected to be listed in 2021.
The cooperation between Huawei and Chang'an automobile has also been publicly reported. As early as November 14, 2020, Zhu Huarong, chairman of Chang'an Automobile, officially announced that Chang'an Automobile will jointly build a new high-end smart car brand with Huawei and Ningde times. It is reported that the first model of this high-end brand will be launched in 2021.
At present, there is no public news about the sub brands of Huawei and GAC, but after Huawei's public statement this time, it is believed that the sub brands of both sides will also surface. In fact, the cooperation between the two sides has already begun. On September 29, 2020, GAC group and Huawei signed an agreement on deepening strategic cooperation. The two sides will comprehensively deepen cooperation in the field of intelligent vehicles, give full play to their respective resource advantages and jointly build competitive products.
At present, the automotive industry is one of the hottest industries in China. Hu houkun, the rotating chairman of Huawei, said: "cars are indeed a very hot topic and have become a cross-border topic. It seems that ICT companies are outdated without talking about cars..." with Huawei's increasing investment in the automotive field, we also look forward to seeing the birth of more cutting-edge automotive products.
