China’s GAC Group said it will be working with tech giant Huawei to develop a ‘smart SUV’, setting a date of end 2023 to start mass production.
The SUV will be the first joint product of the two enterprises. A medium- to large-size, pure electric SUV, the car is conceptualised to be futuristic, powerful and efficient technology that will bring exciting new energy capabilities and Level 4 autonomous driving to buyers.
GAC Group embraces and encourages extensive technological innovation in its vehicles, and Huawei is known for its technology. This strategic cooperation will allow the two to build a new generation of intelligent vehicles and digital platforms.
The SUV, and multiple other future models, will utilise GAC’s GEP.30 chassis platform and Huawei’s CCA (Computing and Communication Architecture), as well as carrying Huawei’s full stack of intelligent vehicle solutions.
Since signing a strategic cooperation agreement in 2017, GAC and Huawei have worked together in the fields of intelligent connected electric vehicle technology.
In September 2020 in Guangzhou, the two firms signed an agreement to further deepen cooperation, with a focus on computing and communication architecture in accordance of the development trend towards software-heavy vehicles.
In the last few years, GAC has seen significant success in realising vehicle electrification and in various areas of new energy technology. The group is highly committed to research and development, demonstrated by the billions of yuan funneled into the R&D Centres across the world.
The global market for electric vehicles is growing at a big rate. Data suggests that the EV global market will expand almost five-fold between 2016 and 2027; an annual increase of 20%. GAC Group is positioned to fully embrace this trend towards creating cleaner, greener, better cars, with the aim to produce an entirely electrified line-up of vehicles by 2025.
With new technologies, new processes and new materials, as well as the use of intelligent manufacturing and comprehensively improved production capacity, GAC and Huawei aim to produce eight models and multiple series of cutting-edge electric vehicles, that provide a new driving experience at ever lower costs.
