On July 7th, Huawei officially announced today that it has reached a patent license agreement with a supplier of the Volkswagen Group (“Volkswagen”). It is reported that,The agreement includes Huawei’s 4G Standard Essential Patent (SEP) license, covering Volkswagen cars equipped with wireless connectivity. It is worth mentioning that,This agreement is the largest license agreement reached by Huawei in the automotive sector to date.
Song Liuping, Huawei’s Chief Legal Officer, said: “As an innovative company, Huawei has a leading wireless technology patent portfolio that has created tremendous value in the automotive field. We are very pleased to see mainstream manufacturers in the automotive field recognize the value of our patents. We believe Through this license, consumers around the world will benefit from our advanced technology.”
Huawei expectsAccording to the currently signed patent licensing agreements in all automotive fields, more than 30 million vehicles will be licensed for their patents.
At the recent SAIC General Meeting of Shareholders, investors asked whether SAIC would consider cooperating with third-party companies such as Huawei in terms of autonomous driving.
In this regard, Chen Hong, chairman of SAIC, said that it is unacceptable for SAIC to cooperate with third-party companies such as Huawei for autonomous driving.
Chen Hong explained that this is like another company providing us with an overall solution. In this way,It becomes the soul, and SAIC becomes the body.
For such a result, SAIC is unacceptable and must take the soul in its own hands.
However, according to media reports, the statement was not complete. According to a complete video of Chen Hong’s speech provided by SAIC, Chen Hong also said: “SAIC has many cooperations with Baidu and Huawei. There are also many cooperation projects with Huawei in 5G and Internet ecology. Huawei’we’ Very familiar.”
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