Shanghai (ZXZC)- WM Motor and China Unicom's Shanghai branch entered into an agreement earlier this week for the strategic collaboration on industrial Internet, 5G-enabled applications, cloud service, and other fields related to digital transition for enterprises.

WM Motor, China Unicom' Shanghai branch signing agreement; photo credit: WM Motor

Under the agreement, the duo will form a long-term strategic partnership to improve respective technical innovation capabilities. To be specific, WM Motor will provide its smart electric vehicles and personalized after-sale services for China Unicom (Shanghai) and employees. Meanwhile, the telecommunications giant will offer to the EV startup its network services, resources (including the fixed-line voice, broadband, transition, the mobile network package, and 2/3/4/5G network), as well as products and services about cloud, big data, and IoT (Internet of Things).

Moreover, as for automotive business, the two parties will carry out trial cooperation on researching the technologies related to cloud computing, big data, IoT, AI, 5G, and mobile edge computing, and exploring the pilot applications based on 5G smart industrial parks, 5G smart factories, car-road synergy, autonomous driving, and visual inspection.

For the sake of digital transition and upgrade, the two companies will discuss the cooperation on the R&D, construction, application, maintenance, and operation of smart manufacturing-related digital solutions, in a bid to further improve the efficiency of large-scale tailor-made C2M (customer-to-manufacturer) solutions.

WM Motor has already rolled out four production models, namely, the EX5, the EX6, the W6, and the M7, including three SUVs, and one sedan. In Wenzhou and Huanggang, the startup has built two car manufacturing plants in total, which tout high level of digitization and automation.