2019 Annual Report (^59)
Intelligent Automotive Solution
Business
The ongoing integration of ICT into the automotive
industry is making vehicles more connected than
ever before, while AI is infusing them with greater
intelligence. Intelligent and connected electric vehicles
will become supercomputers on wheels as well as
platforms for continual value creation. These vehicles
will emerge as a new engine of development for
society, with their impact going far beyond the two
industries themselves. Intelligent and connected
electric vehicles will significantly change the way
we travel, the automotive industry, and even future
society. Specifically, these vehicles will bring:
■ A new way of travel: Social costs (e.g., carbon
emissions, traffic collisions, and time taken to park)
will be greatly reduced. Vehicles will become more
efficient and boast more features, making travel
more comfortable and entertaining. In addition,
intelligent electric vehicles that support higher
security, longer ranges, and fast charging will
become intelligent mobile spaces, rather than just
a means of transportation. Autonomous driving will
free up drivers’ hands, legs, and senses, making
travel safer and more convenient. In-vehicle
infotainment (IVI) systems will be integrated into
the smart device ecosystem, while smart cockpits
will connect with the hardware and application
ecosystems of users’ mobile phones. Software and
hardware will also be upgradeable to ensure user
experiences remain fresh.
■ New vehicle architecture: Traditional vehicles use a
distributed electrical/electronic (E/E) architecture,
where hardware is stacked to add new functions.
However, as the number of intelligent functions
continues to increase, vehicles will have more than
100 electronic control units (ECUs) from hundreds
of suppliers, making the existing architecture
difficult to sustain. In the future, a “computing +
communications” (C/C) architecture powered by
regional networking and central computing will be
adopted to build intelligent connected vehicles. This
architecture will be able to support fast iteration
and deliver better user experiences if we enable
sensors and actuators to access nearby networks
and facilitate high-speed communication inside
vehicles, software-hardware decoupling, simplified
vehicle designs, and software-defined functions.
Looking at a vehicle as a whole, digital security
solutions that ensure in-depth defense must be
developed to support the transition from safety to
trustworthiness.
■ A platform for continual value creation in future
society: Since the shift from feature phones
to smartphones, mobile phones have become
platforms for continual value creation. Like mobile
phones, intelligent connected vehicles will also
continuously create value for the whole industry
and improve user experiences throughout their
lifecycles.
Huawei’s Strategic Position on Intelligence in
the Automotive Industry
Over the past few years, Huawei has been exploring
how to leverage its leading expertise in ICT to help
make traditional vehicles intelligent and connected.
Our strategy for the automotive industry is clear:
Huawei does not make cars. By focusing on
ICT, Huawei is committed to serving as a new
added-component provider for intelligent
connected vehicles and helping car OEMs build
better vehicles. To implement this strategy and flesh
out our solutions for intelligent connected vehicles,
we officially established the Intelligent Automotive
Solution BU in May 2019.
Huawei’s Intelligent Automotive Solutions
Building on our solid presence in ICT and relevant
businesses, we align what Huawei can offer (e.g., ICT
design, technologies, and experiences) with what the
automotive industry expects, and have developed five
intelligent automotive solutions.
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Vision for the Future
Vehicles are becoming increasingly electric, and more
connected and intelligent, creating opportunities
worth trillions of dollars. With our proven engineering
experience and technical expertise in ICT, Huawei
hopes to serve as a new added-component provider
for intelligent connected vehicles, and help car OEMs
build better vehicles. To realize this goal, we will
focus on smart cockpits, smart driving, Internet of
Vehicles (IoV), mPower, and vehicle cloud services.
We will soon see a new sort of Moore’s law emerge
for the automotive industry, where advancements in
technology will emerge ever more rapidly. We will
work with car OEMs to simplify vehicle designs
and make software-defined vehicles a reality.
Through this, vehicles will continuously provide fresh
user experiences and create value through software
and hardware upgrades across their entire lifecycles.
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