On August 11th, the 12th China Automotive Blue Book Forum was held in Wuhan.
He XPeng, Chairman and CEO of XPeng Motors, stated in the topic of “Embracing the Future and Achieving Real Change to Build New Cars” that the two most important elements for the intelligent transformation of car companies are genes and courage.
When talking about the current evolution of the automotive industry from traditional cars to intelligent cars, He XPeng cited the case of Nokia: because employees and investors’ sense of identification kept declining, the company’s development fell into difficulties and was eventually eliminated by the times. He believes that the current intelligent automotive industry is in a stage of fierce competition, with no absolute distinction between who comes first and who comes later, and everyone has opportunities.
From Microsoft and Google, He XPeng has already realized that the core of software lies in independent research and development, and intelligent cars should be the same. At the same time, in his view, the software development capabilities of car companies cannot be generalized. Currently, Chinese car companies do not have entirely independent research and development. For example, the development of OS systems should actually take the form of cooperation, but the ability in data calculation and control should be grasped in one’s own hands, just as Gree said: mastering core technology.
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