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Foton Motor in early stage of cooperation with Huawei on autonomous driving business

Monika From Gasgoo| June 28 , 2021 15:31 BJT

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Foton Motor recently revealed via an investment information platform that it is carrying out preliminary cooperation with Huawei for autonomous driving business. Meanwhile, both parties are discussing technologies related to smart cockpit, Ethernet, and radar as part of preparations for seeking collaboration projects in the future.

Foton Motor in early stage of cooperation with Huawei on autonomous driving business

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In April 2019, Foton Motor and Huawei entered into a strategic partnership to co-work on a host of businesses including in-car computing, intelligent network, smart connectivity, intelligent energy, intelligent manufacturing, cloud-based services, and cloud computing, aiming to build a 5G-enabled intelligent system for commercial vehicles.

Under the agreement, the two companies planned to jointly develop intelligent driving computing platform for production commercial vehicles, including heavy-duty, medium-duty, and light-duty trucks, pickups, buses and vans. Besides, they will team up on design and R&D of Level 3 mass-produced autonomous cars, and co-explore Level 4 self-driving solutions.

Moreover, the Beijing-based commercial vehicle manufacturer also formed partnership with Neusoft REACH for autonomous driving technologies in December 2018. Both parties agreed to cooperate on many typical scenarios for autonomous cars, such as highway and V2X (vehicle-to-everything)-based formation of autonomous car fleets by leveraging their know-hows in vehicle control, environment perception, sensor fusion, high-precision positioning, and vehicle-infrastructure communications.

Last month, Huawei once again reiterated its resolution not to build cars, saying “this long-term strategy has been clear in 2018, and nothing has changed.”

According to the statement, Huawei has chosen BAIC BJEV, Changan Auto, and GAC Group as its strategic partners, supporting them in developing their own sub-brands. The vehicles armed with Huawei's autonomous driving solution are allowed to bear the “HI” logo (standing for “Huawei Inside”) after being authorized by Huawei.

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