Shanghai April 1^th, 2017 ZXZC-FAW and Dongfeng Group signed a strategic framework agreement in Changchun this February, planning to cooperatively construct a technological innovation center. It’s revealed that the cooperation will focus on connected car, fuel battery and ultralight automobiles.

Dongfeng Motor introduced that the cooperation with FAW to construct a technological innovation center is an important measure in the enterprise’s transformation and upgrade. The two sides will fully make use of foreign and domestic R&D resources to make breakthroughs in the current cooperative pattern with outer resources. Besides, FAW could also shoulder risks with Dongfeng Motor to decrease R&D costs to achieve possibilities of “1+1>2”.

The cooperation will focus on ultra-low carbon vehicle technologies, zero emission vehicle technologies, intelligent travel system compatible with environment, and digital intelligent design, manufacture and service technologies based on Internet. The R&D work will reflect on intelligent network, fuel battery and ultralight automobiles.

As an important topic of cooperation, connected car is also a trend for future travel. According to plan, the innovation center will work on sensor perception, algorithm decision and mechanotronics to form a basic hardware and software platform and technological framework to sustain vehicles above L3-levels.

Dongfeng will also construct electric platform and high-level car platform to find balance in quality, performance and costs. Besides, the two sides will construct R&D in performances, intensity and design of aluminum products, carbon fiber and steel aluminum composite, to lay solid foundation for the two platforms.