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Renesas and FAW Establish Joint Laboratory to Accelerate Development of Next-Generation Smart Vehicles for China’s Automotive Market

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and China FAW Group Corporation (FAW), a leading automotive maker in China, announced the establishment of a joint laboratory in Changchun, China, effective December 1, 2020. The laboratory will enable FAW to build its development platform for intelligent driving and allow the two companies to jointly develop electronic control units (ECUs) for systems including autonomous driving, intelligent cockpit, powertrain and body control. The first set of new solutions developed in the joint laboratory will be applied to FAW’s flagship brand Hongqi.

FAW is committed to developing the next generation of intelligent and connected vehicles that meet needs for connectivity, automation, shared/social and electrification. To realize smart mobility, FAW strives to continuously improve its independent development capabilities by building its own intelligent driving development platform based on the high-performance automotive central computing unit. As the leading supplier of automotive processors, Renesas offers proven high-performance semiconductors as well as market-proven expertise for smart mobility. Based on Renesas automotive processors, including the RH850 Family of microcontrollers (MCUs), R-Car system-on-chips (SoCs), and power and analog devices, the companies will jointly develop a complete automotive controller development platform that meets the industry’s stringent functional safety and security standards required for FAW’s Hongqi vehicles.

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