Some cities in China advertise proprietary subsidies for Huawei cars

Wired contacted Huawei to ask about its potential role in subsidies. Huawei did not comment on time.

One of the first subsidies appeared online in March, when the Shenzhen Langgang Trade Bureau-the region where the Huawei headquarters is located-from the fact that local car buyers can get up to 4,000 RMB (about $ 560) to buy a car run on the Huawei driver. These subsidies are first and first until the total budget of 14,000,000 RMB is tired, meaning that more than 3500 Shenzhen residents can benefit from it.

Since May, many of the leaflets were submitted in the same language by commercial offices in other provinces and municipalities. In China, these trade offices act as consumer regulators and are responsible for distributing government subsidies, including a huge program that began last year to encourage old electronics and cars to help stimulate the economy. The fact that Huawei’s subsidies are announced through trade offices are almost not recognized from the official government welfare program.

In some cases, such as the provinces of Henan and Anhu, subsidies were instead published by the provincial automotive industry associations. While these are technically private business groups, these announcements are printed on official letters with red stamps and give them a sense of authority.

Following US trade restrictions, the world trade of smartphones destroyed Huawei’s smartphone and basically forced it to leave outside of China, the technology giant is trying to re -invent itself. Along with the creation of harmony for smartphones, smartphones and cars, it also works increasingly on the large models of language and autonomous driving technologies among the boom in artificial intelligence.

The company has promised to never build a car – like its peers and competitors Xiaomi – but has worked with Chinese car companies. Huawei’s autonomous driving technology is especially attractive to Chinese manufacturers who are not capable of developing their own driving alone. This is “technically brand-agnoxic, which is attractive to brands trying to improve in the smart driving space.” “Effectively, if you are disappointed and cannot continue, you have to share with Huawei in the Chinese market.”

These subsidies in China have aroused the controversy, as they appear to be particularly branded in what has become a brutal competitive EV perspective. As a domestic market saturation, Chinese EV brands have been forced to reduce prices and provide consumers with free technology upgrades or interest -free financing options to stay there.

Earlier this year, Beijing announced that automakers should refrain from using severe pricing tactics. “The central government finally wants to see sustainable and profitable companies, and not an extraordinary industry where no one gets money,” says Ilaria Mazazuko “For consumers, it’s great now, but not stable in the long run.”

The central government’s pressure to prevent burning on price wars may lead companies to more creative ways to make their cars more affordable. At the same time, Mazoko says local governments may see Huawei’s own driving technology desirable because it is proportional to another policy to develop advanced technology and self -sufficient artificial intelligence technologies in China.

Before this year, Wired could only identify Huawei’s car subsidies from 2022. That year, Shenzhen, Huawei’s hometown, gave $ 1,400 per car to people who were buying vehicles equipped with harmonius. Huawei did not answer Wired questions about whether the company is paying for these companies.