NIO, Tencent team up on smart mobility businesses

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese tech giant Tencent signed an agreement with the new energy vehicle (NEV) maker NIO on Nov. 28 to carry out strategic cooperation on intelligent driving map, autonomous driving cloud, digital ecosystem community, and other areas related to smart mobility, according to a post on Tencent's WeChat account.

In the future, both parties will co-work on the R&D of intelligent driving technology and the innovation in users' experience.

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Tencent said it will help NIO realize the innovative experience of human-car shared control that features the seamless fusion of standard and high-precision navigation systems, by virtue of the "three-in-one" mapping data system that integrates standard maps, lane-level maps, and high-definition maps.

The duo will also team up on developing cloud-based computing capability, which will be used for the large-scale data storage, calculation, and model training required by the R&D and operation of autonomous driving technologies and products, and is available for a variety of computing engines. The co-developed computing capability will help NIO further unleash its data value, so as to speed up the application of autonomous driving technologies.

Moreover, leveraging Tencent’s powerful digital content ecosystem and cockpit-based cloud services, the two companies will make joint efforts to build a device-cloud-integrated in-car service platform, diversify scenario-based user services, and expand NIO Community ecosystem.