Lenovo will jointly develop vehicle-mounted "artificial intelligence" systems with Weilai Motor

On July 20, at the Lenovo 2017 Global Technology Innovation Conference, Weilai Automobile and Lenovo reached a strategic cooperation and the two parties will jointly develop a smart car computing platform. The online auto market learned that Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, had ordered the first mass production SUV ES8 from Weilai, which was the 100th vehicle owner.

Li Bin, Founder and Chairman of Weilai Automobile Co., expressed that through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the experience of using electric vehicles will surpass traditional cars, and the future automobile will become a mobile living space, which can help improve the efficiency of cities and transportation. , And can reduce carbon emissions by 16 million tons per day in environmental protection. By 2025, unmanned vehicles will be freed up to 100% of the vehicle's internal time, while Weilai's models that will be mass-produced next year will be able to liberate 50% of the vehicle's internal time in China's standard road conditions.

In the 2017 Lenovo Global Technology Innovation Conference, Lenovo Group announced that it will establish a new Lenovo AI Innovation Center in Beijing, China, Morrisville, USA, and Stuttgart, Germany. The strategic cooperation between the two parties will further strengthen Lenovo's development in smart cars. Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, stated that Lenovo’s image as a PC leader is deeply rooted in people’s minds. He wants to become a promoter and changer of artificial intelligence (AI) change, and will continue to grasp the opportunities brought by artificial intelligence, not only In the transformation of Lenovo itself, it will also serve consumer products.