Huawei's Qiankun Smart Driving Computing Power Surges 20x in Three Years; Plans $10B R&D Investment Over Next Five Years

On July 17, 2024, Huawei held the 2026 Huawei Qiankun Media Day event in Shenzhen. Jin Yuzhi, CEO of Huawei’s Intelligent Automotive Solution BU, stated at the event that the computing power of Huawei’s Qiankun intelligent driving system will increase by more than 20 times between 2023 and 2026, emphasizing that computing power is critical to autonomous driving technology. Jin revealed that Huawei Qiankun plans to invest RMB 70–80 billion in computing-power-related R&D over the next five years. Regarding deployment volume, the Qiankun intelligent driving system took 44 months to reach its first one million units installed, and the second million is expected to be achieved in just 12 months. Similarly, the HarmonyOS Cockpit system required approximately 42 months for its first million installations, with the second million projected to be completed in only 15 months. Additionally, the cumulative assisted-driving mileage data from Qiankun can continue to be recorded and updated in real time even when offline, preventing processing delays caused by network issues. Jin stressed that this data is genuine and reliable, urging the industry to present product capabilities to users based on real-world data.