Shanghai (ZXZC)- According to local media, Dongfeng Venucia Vehicle Company (Dongfeng Venucia) and the Chinese AI and intelligent speech developer iFlytek Co., Ltd (iFlytek) will officially sign a strategic agreement on March 20 to carry out the cooperation in IoV (Internet of vehicles) area. Both parties will make use of their advantages to develop cooperation in some business realms like intelligent human-machine interaction, in-vehicle intelligentization, AI technology, big data analysis, intelligent IoV platform, intelligent customer service as well as sales innovation. Besides, the two companies may jointly build “intelligent-connected” models in the future.

As early as 2015, Dongfeng Venucia had launched its intelligent in-vehicle system called Venucia smart vehicle manager. In 2017, the automaker joined hands with Amap.com to have a deep cooperation in LBS (location based service), mapping platform, travelling service, Internet finance and other areas.

So far, the IoV system developed by Dongfeng Venucia is able to achieve the whole-journey navigation that covers the process spanning from “before getting in the car” to “after getting off the car”. Besides, it can plan the best routes for drivers according to the real-time updating traffic conditions. The automaker's intelligent human-machine interaction system can recognize 16 dialects and enable drivers to do operations like controlling air conditioners, navigation system and blue teeth via voice commands. All new models launched by the Dongfeng Venucia are expected to carry the all-new IoV system in the future.

Apart from the upcoming cooperation with Dongfeng Venucia, iFlytek has already formed partnerships with some internationally famous automakers like Volkswagen, Nissan and Toyota Motor.