Huawei is going to launch its own brand of electric cars? Official response: Nope.

Author: Xiao Man, Liu Lin

We have boundaries, and Huawei will never build cars.

Since Ren Zhengfei said this at an internal meeting at Huawei, it quickly became the "unified voice" of many Huawei executives to the outside world.

However, even though Huawei has repeatedly stated its attitude of "not making cars", the rumors have not stopped.

According to Reuters, people familiar with the matter revealed that Huawei plans to launch its own brand of electric vehicles; Huawei is negotiating with Changan Automobile and BAIC BluePark on OEM manufacturing.

Less than fifteen minutes after the news was released, Huawei responded quickly, stating that the company's strategy remains unchanged - Huawei will not build cars, but will focus on ICT technology, become a supplier of incremental components for smart cars, and help automakers build better cars.

Huawei expressed the same attitude to the public in an official document as early as November 25, 2020.

At that time, Ren Zhengfei also expressed his opinion:

Anyone who proposes to build cars again and interferes with the company will be transferred from his position and look for another job.

In addition, another rumored party, BAIC BluePark, also responded, stating that it currently only has technical cooperation with Huawei and does not involve OEM.

Leifeng.com learned that despite Huawei's repeated statements that it would not build cars, its layout in the automotive field does not seem to have slackened at all.

In 2013, Huawei established the "Internet of Vehicles Business Department" and announced its entry into the Internet of Vehicles. In the same year, Huawei released its self-developed ME909T vehicle-mounted module.

In 2015, Huawei released the LTE-V integrated communications solution.

In 2016, Huawei released the Internet of Vehicles solution, which is mainly based on OceanConnect and the Internet of Things platform, and relies on Huawei's global public cloud or joint cloud with operators to provide it in the form of cloud services.

In 2017, Huawei released the LTE-V2X chip and the first commercial C-2X solution RSU.

In 2018, Huawei released the MDC 600 autonomous driving computing platform, which can support L4 autonomous driving computing capabilities. The core chip of this computing platform is also Huawei's self-developed AI chip Ascend 310.

At the 2019 Shanghai Auto Show, Huawei exhibited driverless cars and 5G smart cockpits developed in cooperation with Dongfeng Motor. It also held cooperation signing ceremonies with NavInfo, CATL, Foton Motor, and China Automotive Industry Corporation, as well as a strategic cooperation signing ceremony with Volvo Cars.

On October 30, 2020, Huawei announced its full-stack intelligent vehicle solution and the intelligent vehicle solution brand "HI" at a new product launch conference.

On November 14, 2020, Changan Automobile announced that it is working with Huawei and CATL to create a new high-end smart car brand. The brand will provide users with a series of smart technology products with ultimate experience, thus making fully digital travel a reality.

On November 20, 2020, while Huawei officially announced that it would not build cars, it also made two important decisions on the management of its smart car parts business:

1. Adjust the business jurisdiction of the Intelligent Automotive Solutions BU from the ICT Business Management Committee to the Consumer Business Management Committee, and appoint Wang Tao as a member of the Consumer Business Management Committee.

2. Reorganize the Consumer BG IRB into the Smart Terminal and Smart Auto Parts IRB, and adjust the investment decision-making and portfolio management of the smart auto parts business from the ICT IRB to the Smart Terminal and Smart Auto Parts IRB; appoint Richard Yu as the director of the Smart Terminal and Smart Auto Parts IRB.

It is not difficult to see that from 2013 to 2019, Huawei has been gradually improving its products in the three areas of Internet of Vehicles, communications, and autonomous driving. Its products include hardware modules, chips, software, solutions, etc., and have made corresponding preparations in automotive intelligence such as Internet of Vehicles, autonomous driving, and 5G communications.

It can be said that it covers everything from hardware to software to integrated solutions, from platforms to core systems, the mastery of core technologies, and its best communication 5G.

Although Huawei’s car-making story has begun again, who knows what the future will hold?

References:

http://xinsheng.huawei.com/cn/index.php?app=forum&mod=Detail&act=index&id=5145121

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