Chery unveils its Yao Guang 2035 strategy and launches the Ziwai chip, accelerating its transformation into a global smart technology company.

On October 20, 2026, the 2026 Chery Global Innovation Conference, themed “Change,” opened at Chery’s Global Technology Innovation Center in Wuhu. The event showcased twelve major technological breakthroughs across key areas, including intelligent driving, energy‑recharging technologies, in‑house chip development, large‑scale AI models, next‑generation powertrains, and advanced vehicle‑level electrical and electronic architectures. From the industry’s first natively designed Robotaxi built for a global market, to ultra‑fast 1,500‑amp charging and solid‑state batteries with an energy density of 400 Wh/kg, as well as the Ziwai chip tailored for physics‑based AI and the CheryMind domain‑specific large model, Chery is marking a pivotal milestone in its transformation—from a traditional automaker to an AI‑driven, globally operating smart technology company—backed by a comprehensive “full‑stack self‑development plus global operations” capability.

With the advent of the AI era, nearly every industry is grappling with one fundamental question: how can we turn this new wave of technological innovation into fresh growth for our sectors? Chery is no exception. As one of the earliest companies to invest in AI, Chery has been conducting AI research and development for more than two decades. Grounded in the automotive industry, it has leveraged the general‑purpose technologies developed for AI‑powered vehicles to extend their applications across a wide range of fields—including the MoJia humanoid robot, Robotaxis, eVTOL aircraft, energy solutions, agricultural machinery, and many others—thereby driving the comprehensive integration of AI into the physical world.
At the conference, Yin Tongyue, Chairman of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., stated: “Chery is a high-tech innovation company disguised as an automaker.” AI has served as a spark, driving a fundamental transformation at Chery—rapidly shifting it from a traditional automaker to a high-tech industrial ecosystem poised for 2035. As Chery enters the Yaoguang 2035 strategic phase, its high-tech industrial ecosystem will embody five key attributes: full‑life‑cycle electrification, highly coordinated intelligence, brand elevation with a global outlook, deep international integration, and an open, symbiotic ecological framework.

From traditional fuel vehicles to new energy, and from mechanical engineering to artificial intelligence, every breakthrough ultimately points in the same direction: putting technology back at the service of humanity and creating maximum value for human freedom—this is also the vision of the Yaoguang 2035 strategy. At this year’s Innovation Conference, Chery’s elite team of doctoral experts, led by Dr. Gao Xinhua, presented the Yaoguang 2035 strategic technology report, centered on “one technological foundation and four freedoms.”

Dr. Gao Xinhua first unveiled CheryMind, a specialized foundational large model designed specifically for physics‑driven AI. This model serves as the core engine propelling Chery toward an “AI‑powered enterprise,” making its vehicle‑manufacturing operations smarter and enabling its products to better understand people and the world. Positioned as a “brain that comprehends the physical world,” CheryMind evolves in tandem with business needs and is deployable across all domains. Its data foundation is unprecedented in scale: 700 TB of corporate knowledge, 200 PB of engineering data, tens of millions of R&D documents, 25 million driver‑training clips at coach‑level quality, and 5 million robot motion‑capture clips. Today, CheryMind has reshaped how the company operates, seamlessly integrating over 1,500 end‑to‑end business processes and more than 400 enterprise systems, with employees accessing it over 60,000 times per day and covering more than 200 business scenarios.

In addition, Chery unveiled its AWE all‑dimensional world engine for the first time, integrating global resources and leveraging a “single world model plus three specialized sub‑models” to power intelligent driving, thereby establishing a complete closed loop that progresses from “understanding the world (scene construction) → interpreting semantics (semantic perception) → executing actions (behavior planning).”

Meanwhile, Chery has officially unveiled its independently developed and fully controllable Ziwai chip, with its core product lineup—the Ziwai C Series, Ziwai S Series, and Ziwai M Series—unveiled one by one. These chips boast three key attributes: powerful computing performance, high energy efficiency, and precise control. Notably, the Ziwai S1500 SiC chip achieves an efficiency of up to 99.6% and operates at temperatures as high as 200°C, delivering both high efficiency with low losses and exceptional reliability under extreme conditions, while also enhancing safety. Meanwhile, the Ziwai C100 is a automotive-grade chip specifically designed for on‑device physical AI deployments, featuring a multi‑core heterogeneous architecture tailored to 100B‑scale physical‑world models and offering industry‑leading overall performance. With this, Chery’s AI‑driven vehicle development has completed a paradigm shift—from “functional stacking” to “native evolution.”

In the autonomous‑driving sector, Chery has unveiled the industry’s first natively pre‑installed Robotaxi designed for a global market, supporting Level 4 autonomy and underpinned by a core competitive advantage built on “five native pillars plus six layers of safety.” The five native pillars encompass native architecture, native pre‑installation, native user experience, native operations, and native globalization, ensuring that the vehicle is engineered from the ground up to meet global operational demands. The six layers of safety cover perception security, algorithmic safety, actuation safety, passenger safety, behavioral safety, and fleet safety, creating an end-to-end safety framework. Chery aims to deploy 100,000 vehicles in global operations by 2030.

Chery also unveiled China’s first fully autonomous compound-wing manned eVTOL aircraft, the Lingxiao series, which includes two models: the Lingxiao Q212 and the Lingxiao J506. The former is a two-seat compound-wing eVTOL with a cruising speed of 120 km/h, a full‑load endurance of over 60 minutes, and triple‑redundant flight control coupled with distributed propulsion for enhanced power redundancy. The latter is a five-seat, all‑tilting six‑rotor eVTOL, boasting a maximum speed of 350 km/h, a range exceeding 1,000 km, and support for autonomous flight.

In terms of energy replenishment, Chery has partnered with CATL to develop the Xunlong ultra‑fast charger, which supports a high current of 1,500 A and delivers a system power of 1.44 MW. It enables a range increase of 500 km after just 5 minutes of charging, while keeping the cable weight under 2 kg. The system employs immersion‑type liquid cooling to balance high‑power charging with noise control, and it also features grid‑peak‑shaving capabilities.

The industry’s first commercially deployed Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology enables vehicles to connect to the power grid, leveraging price differentials to turn cars into income‑generating energy assets and helping users boost their earnings. According to the plan, by 2029 Chery will have built 20,000 V2G stations worldwide, with the initial rollout in four cities: Shanghai, Hefei, Guangzhou, and Wuhu. In‑vehicle wireless charging systems rated at 11–22 kW were also showcased, supporting seamless, hands‑free energy replenishment after automated parking, and suitable for applications such as designated parking spaces and campus‑based Robotaxis.

In terms of batteries, Chery’s solid-state battery cells boast an energy density of 400 Wh/kg and can operate reliably across a temperature range of –40°C to 100°C. Even after undergoing a high‑temperature thermal chamber test at 200°C, the battery continues to function normally. Chery states that its pilot production line is expected to be commissioned in 2027.

In the cabin domain, Chery has also unveiled the Lingxi 8D Intelligent Cockpit, built on an AIOS all‑domain architecture that seamlessly integrates the chassis, cockpit, intelligent driving, and powertrain systems, enabling millisecond‑level cross‑domain collaboration. Powered by multi‑modal perception both inside and outside the cabin, the system can detect pedestrian intentions and assess occupants’ emotional states and fatigue, proactively delivering relevant functions. It also delivers an 8D full‑sensory experience, unifying auditory, visual, olfactory, motion, tactile, emotional, health, and social dimensions through AI orchestration. During movie playback, the chassis, fragrance, lighting, and audio systems synchronize their movements, creating a more immersive in‑cabin environment. Meanwhile, its Skill free‑configuration feature ensures a personalized experience for every user, becoming increasingly attuned to individual preferences over time.
Food security is the most solid foundation for all freedoms—pure‑electric agricultural machinery has reduced energy consumption costs by 74%, enabling seamless integration across the entire farming cycle from plowing and planting to management, harvesting, and transportation, thereby significantly boosting agricultural productivity. Freedom in daily life means reclaiming time for people—industry’s most comprehensive robotic ecosystem, comprising traffic‑police robots, medical‑guidance robots, child‑care robots, and more, covers public services and personal care scenarios, bringing intelligent technologies firmly into everyday life. Technological innovation is not a solo effort by Chery alone; the company is committed to an exceptionally open approach, collaborating openly with universities, research institutions, and outstanding partners worldwide to ensure that cutting‑edge technologies take root and deliver tangible benefits.
Following the establishment of the “University of Science and Technology of China–Kaiyang Automotive Advanced Technology Joint Laboratory” in March 2025, Chery and the University of Science and Technology of China have further deepened their collaboration. At the event, Zhang Guibing, Executive Vice President of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., and Jiang Yi, Executive Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of the University of Science and Technology of China, jointly unveiled the “2050 Future Academy.” The academy will serve as a “source of cutting-edge innovation” and an “incubator for top-tier talent,” forging a pathway from “zero to one” and then from “one to a hundred,” cultivating versatile innovators, ensuring that fundamental research is validated in real-world industrial settings, and enabling academic breakthroughs to address pressing industry needs.

From the unveiling of its new strategy to the implementation of cutting-edge technologies, from the 2050 Future Academy to Future City, Chery has always believed that technological advancement is not about showing off—it is about delivering solutions to the pressing challenges in areas such as mobility, energy, food, and daily life, thereby creating a better, more liberated way of living. Looking ahead, Chery will continue to anchor itself in technological innovation and set sail with a global vision, accelerating its journey toward becoming an AI‑driven, globally competitive smart technology company.

Reposted from Sina Auto

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