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Guangzhou Auto Show Pivots China’s Smart EV Push With Huawei Tie‑Ups, Xiaomi HAD v4 and CATL Swap Scale‑Up

Exhibitors set concrete timelines for co‑created models, software updates, battery‑swap expansion.

Overview

  • Huawei and Avita upgraded to an HI PLUS co‑creation model covering product definition and marketing, with synchronized ADS cycles and a plan to launch 17 models by 2030.
  • Dongfeng’s new Huawei‑co‑created brand Yijing held its first partner event with its debut car slated to appear next year, while GAC’s Qijing said its first shooting‑brake coupe will go on sale in June.
  • Xiaomi said its fourth‑generation HAD Enhanced will roll out within days, adding reinforcement learning, a world model, low‑speed forward and rear collision assist, and emergency steering; it reported a 90% assisted‑driving active rate, 473,000 users and over 300 million km driven since July 26.
  • CATL and SAIC Commercial Vehicles announced deep cooperation on the ‘Chocolate Battery Swap’ model, now in batch operation, targeting 1,000 stations in 45 cities by end‑2025 and 2,500 in about 120 cities in 2026, with RoboVAN/RoboBUS achieving an autonomous delivery plus automatic swapping commercial loop.
  • NIO’s Li Bin highlighted tighter cost controls and reiterated a fourth‑quarter profitability goal, as show launches ranged from Jetour’s G700 with Huawei ADS 4 to Great Wall’s VLA model and CP Master preview, and SAIC Maxus’ new logo with RoboVAN/RoboBUS debuts.