After being regarded as a "soul predator" by SAIC, Huawei turned around and signed a contract with Volkswagen

On July 7, Huawei announced today that it has entered into a patent licensing agreement with a supplier of the Volkswagen Group ("Volkswagen"). According to Huawei, the agreement includes Huawei's 4G Standard Essential Patent (SEP) license, which covers Volkswagen vehicles equipped with wireless connectivity. At the same time, the agreement is also the largest licensing agreement reached by Huawei in the automotive field to date.

Song Liuping, Chief Legal Officer of Huawei, said: "As an innovative enterprise, Huawei has a leading wireless technology patent portfolio, creating great value for the automotive sector. We are pleased to see that the major manufacturers in the automotive field recognize the value of our patents. We believe that with this license, consumers around the world will benefit from our advanced technology. ”

Huawei expects that more than 30 million vehicles will be licensed under all the patent licensing agreements currently signed in the automotive sector.

However, compared with Volkswagen's choice, SAIC seems to be somewhat resistant to Huawei's technology. On July 1, at SAIC's shareholders' meeting, investors asked whether SAIC would consider cooperating with third-party companies such as Huawei in autonomous driving. In this regard, CHEN Hong, chairman of SAIC, said that it is unacceptable for SAIC to cooperate with third-party companies such as Huawei for autonomous driving.

Chen Hong also explained that it is like another company providing us with a holistic solution, so that it becomes the soul and SAIC becomes the body. "For such a result, SAIC is unacceptable, and it must take the soul into its own hands."

As soon as the above remarks came out, they aroused widespread concern in public opinion. However, not long after, according to the financial network, the speech was actually cut off from the head. SAIC motor provided a full video of the speech of CHEN Hong, chairman of SAIC, who also said: "SAIC has a lot of cooperation with Baidu and Huawei. There are also many cooperation projects with Huawei in 5G and Internet ecology. Huawei 'we' are very familiar. (Text| AI Finance & Economics Summer)