In recent years, there has been speculation about "Huawei-made cars". Forced Huawei to emphasize again and again that Huawei does not build cars, Huawei is only helping car companies build good cars. On March 28, Guo Ping, Huawei's rotating chairman, reiterated at the press conference of Huawei's 2021 annual report that he would not build cars. Guo Ping said that Huawei should use Huawei's accumulated technology for more than 30 years to deeply integrate with the automotive industry to help car companies build and sell good cars. Huawei has built seven smart car solutions and has listed more than 30 smart car parts.
In the past three years, it has been emphasized that no cars will be built
As a technology company with strong strength in the field of chips, mobile phones, and information and communication technology, Huawei has a unique advantage in the field of automotive intelligence. In 2014, Huawei established the IoV Lab, and in May 2019, huawei officially established the Intelligent Vehicle Solutions Division. At the Huawei Full Connectivity Conference held in Shanghai in September 2019, Huawei's intelligent vehicle solutions on display won the industry's amazement and attention.
As early as three years ago, Huawei's head Ren Zhengfei said in an interview with the media that Huawei will not cross borders and will never build cars. But it can make the world's best car networking module and use Huawei's module to enter automatic driving. In May of the same year, Ren Zhengfei again declared that Huawei would not switch tracks casually. In October of the same year, Xu Zhijun, Huawei's rotating chairman, again denied the construction of the car at the World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference. In 2020, Wang Jun, president of Huawei BU, said at the mobile phone new product launch conference: Huawei does not build cars, it will help car companies build good cars. In November 2020, a Huawei internal document was exposed, which mentioned that after "Huawei does not build cars", who will suggest that they build cars again, interfere with the company, can be transferred from their posts, and find another post, which is valid for three years.
On the eve of the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2021, Xu Zhijun once again denied that Huawei made cars at the global analyst conference.
In response to various false rumors such as "Huawei launched the first car" during the Shanghai Auto Show, on May 24, Huawei issued the "Statement on Huawei's No Car". The statement pointed out that the false rumors about Huawei's car manufacturing have been clarified by the company spokesperson many times, and today, we reiterate once again: Huawei does not build cars. This long-term strategy was clear in 2018 without any changes.
Huawei said in the statement, "We believe that what the industry needs is not Huawei brand cars, but Huawei's ICT (information and communication technology) technology capabilities accumulated over more than 30 years to help car companies build future-oriented cars, that is, to provide car companies with intelligent networked car parts based on Huawei's ICT capabilities."
The statement stressed that Huawei has not invested in any car companies so far. In the future, it will not invest in any car companies, let alone hold or participate in shares. In the future, all the discussions about Huawei's car manufacturing, or participation in the automobile manufacturing industry, are rumors, do not be gullible.
At the end of last year, Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's smart car solution BU, reiterated that "Huawei will not build cars."
According to rough statistics, since the beginning of 2019, Huawei has stated 9 times that it will not build cars, but only do supporting facilities.
Huawei does not participate in shares and only does technical cooperation
In the past two years, domestic automobile companies have launched independent high-end electric vehicle brands, including GAC Ean, Dongfeng Lantu, BAIC Jihu, Geely Krypton, Great Wall Salon, SAIC Zhiji and Feifan. These high-end electric vehicle brands have a certain degree of cooperation with technology companies or Internet companies.
Huawei has independently developed high-performance chips, high-end smartphones, and 5G communication technologies, and has stronger R&D strength, more comprehensive manufacturing capabilities, and leading 5G communication technologies than other Internet companies entering the field of smart cars, and has unparalleled advantages in automotive intelligence. Huawei's smart car solutions are becoming the leading standard for automotive intelligence in China.
Avita, a high-end electric vehicle brand that debuted in Shanghai last November, is the crystallization of a tripartite cooperation between Changan Automobile, Huawei and CATL.
According to reports, the Avita brand aggregates the advantages of Changan Automobile, Huawei, and CATL in the fields of R&D and manufacturing, intelligent solutions and energy management ecology, deeply integrates the strategic resources of the three parties, and redefines the future of intelligent electric vehicles.
Yu Chengdong said that Huawei relies on its 30 years of technology accumulation in the ICT field to provide Avita with an overall solution for smart cars through Huawei Inside, helping Avita build a world-class Chinese high-end brand.
Huawei will leverage its technological advantages in the field of information and communications to jointly build a full-value chain link with Avita Technology in terms of R&D, channels, services, and ecology, to provide users with full-stack intelligent vehicle solutions and improve the level of intelligence of electric vehicles.
On March 29, Avita announced that the company has completed the first round of strategic financing delivery and changes in industrial and commercial information. With a registered capital of RMB 288 million increasing to RMB1,172.2 million, CATL became the second largest shareholder of Avita Technology with a shareholding ratio of 23.99%. Changan Automobile is the largest shareholder, holding 39.02% of the shares, and other shareholders include Fujian Mindong, Chongqing Cheng'an, Liangjiang West Securities, Southern Assets, Southern Industrial Fund, etc.
According to the original plan, Huawei will take a stake in Avita. However, at the insistence of Ren Zhengfei, Huawei does not participate in the shares and only does technical support. It is said that Zhu Huarong, chairman of Changan Automobile, made a special trip to Shenzhen to meet Ren Zhengfei, and the final result was still that Huawei did not participate in the shares. This is also in line with Huawei's commitment not to invest in any car companies, not to hold shares, and not to participate in shares.
It can be seen that the rumors about Huawei's car manufacturing and Huawei's investment in car companies are all false news.
Why is the media keen to hype Huawei's car
As an internationally renowned high-tech enterprise, Huawei is leading the world trend in the field of 5G and has a high reputation. In order to improve their brand awareness, some car companies pull the big flag as a tiger skin, and Huawei is a big model. Some media outlets, on the other hand, have contributed to the spread of false information.
Huawei is a supplier of a high-end electric vehicle brand that uses Huawei's autonomous driving solutions. But the media reported that it became the first car built by Huawei. In fact, Huawei is just one of many suppliers and partners of this model.
Huawei mobile phones have a Huawei Mall, similar to JD.com and Taobao shopping platforms. A car brand sells cars on the Huawei mall, and it is hyped up as Huawei selling cars.
Most of the media that hype Huawei's car manufacturing are self-media. These media can be divided into three categories. One is to take the money of Huawei's enterprises to create momentum for them; the second is the lack of professional knowledge and blindly follow the trend. Some know that it may be fake news, in order to catch the eyeballs and rush the traffic, deliberately. The most hateful is the third kind, where individual media and brokers collude to create and hype fake news, inflate stock prices, and harm shareholders. The third practice is the most abhorrent and should be severely punished. (End)
(This article was published simultaneously to China Automotive Trend Network)