Chinese car maker Baojun released the world's first mass-produced car equipped with Huawei HiCar in Shenzhen on December 29, with the company claiming the car is a "Mobile Smart Space" supported by Huawei, Botai, iQiyi, Himalaya, Suning, Ctrip, Meituan, Baidu Cloud, and Kuwo Music.
The new Baojun RC-6, the first mass-produced production vehicle equipped with Huawei HiCar smart interconnect, was released. From March 2020, all products of Baojun will be equipped with Huawei HiCar smart interconnect solution.
At the press conference, the staff showed a number of technologies based on distributed technology: mobile phone and vehicle system connection, one-button remote control of home in the car, fatigue detection of camera in the car, ecological sharing of Android applications, schedule card, etc.
Baojun, crafted by GM’s local tech center and equipped with the U.S. automaker’s engine technology, was designed to command clear competitive advantages over domestic brands.
The plan worked out wonderfully. Over the next seven years, Baojun sales grew as the brand steadily expanded its product lineup.
In 2017, Baojun became GM’s second-largest volume brand in China, exceeded only by Buick, with annual sales approaching 1 million.
The HiCar platform is Huawei's answer to Apple's CarPlay, both of which have the capability of empowering the car with better user experiences.
"Huawei does not make cars. Focusing on ICT, Huawei aims to enable car OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to build better vehicles," said Huawei Rotating Chairman Eric Xu in a keynote speech delivered at the 2019 International Auto Key Tech Forum.
Huawei officially announced the HiCar platform in August with the aim of helping car manufacturers build better vehicles. In October, a new video shows us what this platform is capable of.
HiCar is embedded in the latest Mate 30 series. In the new video, the driver can check the car's status, remotely control the AC and windows as well as use the phone as car keys.
