China's electric vehicle startup Xinpeng Automobile launched the first production model G3. After the start of the new spring, Guo Haiming, chairman of Hon Hai, visited the headquarters and conducted a test ride. He was personally hosted by founder He Xiaopeng.
In recent years, China's electric vehicle industry can be said to be booming. Xiaopeng Automobile, which has been invested by giants such as Alibaba, Xiaomi, Tencent and Hon Hai Group, is also a rising star in this field. The G3, an electric SUV that will be launched this year, has also become the focus of attention. Guo Taiming, the chairman of Hon Hai Group, one of the major shareholders, went to his headquarters to visit the next day.
Interestingly, in the photo of Xiaopeng Auto's official Weibo, you can see Guo Taiming's red cap, clearly writing “8K+5G Ecologyâ€, which clearly declares the current strategic focus of Hon Hai Group. However, if you want to succeed in the field of electric vehicles, technologies such as the Internet of Things may be second. According to the successful experience of Tesla and Nissan, if you want to be in this industry, you must first mass-produce the modular battery. The technical foundation, and this is a bit of a distance from Hon Hai's expertise.
Hon Hai's current strategic goal is still locked in technologies such as 8K display and 5G wireless communication, and is widely used in cloud networks, big data and industrial Internet of Things, and Foxconn itself is also a supplier of automotive parts and systems, including car entertainment. Equipment, automotive motors, central control and electronics, etc., still complement each other with Xiaopeng.
Xiaopeng also said that it will not adopt the centralized production mode like Tesla, but will hand over the 2nd and 3rd parts to the partners. However, this may be the reason why Hon Hai did not intend to cross the electric vehicle. Although Hon Hai had invested nearly 5.7 billion Taiwan dollars (about 1.23 billion yuan) in the Chinese battery factory last year, he did not gain control. Therefore, now Hon Hai's layout in the electric vehicle industry still adopts a strategy of cooperation with other manufacturers before the self-driving technology matures.
Xiaopeng also pointed out that no one manufacturer can fully implement Level 5 fully automatic driving in harsh environments, and Xiaopeng’s G3 model launched this year has only Level 3 self-driving capability. Of course, it is expected to be able to Some progress has been made in Level 4 self-driving technology.
In terms of electric vehicle battery technology, Foxconn has signed a comprehensive deepening strategic cooperation agreement with Kunshan, Jiangsu. However, whether or not there will be cooperation with Xiaopeng Automobile in this regard is not known. At present, He Xiaopeng only said that he will have more in-depth cooperation with Hon Hai, but did not disclose other details.
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