On August 8, Panda New Energy Vehicle (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Panda New Energy Vehicle), a subsidiary of Shenlan Technology Group, and Henan Shouheng Travel Service Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shouheng Travel) held a signing ceremony at the headquarters of Shenlan Technology , Shouheng Travel will purchase 10,000 commercial vehicles from Panda New Energy Vehicles annually, and the two parties will conduct technical cooperation in the automotive aftermarket.
Shouheng Travel is a company under Central Holdings Group. It is based on serving the automotive aftermarket and is committed to building China's first commercial vehicle asset management and usage platform, the first new energy vehicle after-sales service platform, and the first new energy "car, pile, network, "Service" integrated new energy ecological service operation platform. Chen Wei, chairman of Central Center Holding Group, said in his speech that in the past three years, Shouheng Travel has made rapid progress in terms of business volume and market share. This signing is indeed a strong alliance. It is hoped that the order of 10,000 commercial vehicles can be completed before the end of the year, laying a solid foundation for subsequent cooperation between the two parties.
Panda New Energy Vehicles is affiliated to Panda Automotive Industry Group, a subsidiary of Shenlan Technology, focusing on the development and technical services of intelligent new energy commercial vehicles. Chen Haibo, founder and chairman of Shenlan Technology, said in his speech that Shenlan Technology attaches great importance to the intelligence of large commercial vehicles. It started the road of intelligent car manufacturing in 2017 and has successively launched new energy self-driving mobile retail vehicles and new energy self-driving vehicles. Smart buses and new energy self-driving sanitation vehicles. With this signing, we hope to combine the best advantages of both parties and occupy a place in the domestic smart commercial vehicle market in the future.
According to the cooperation agreement, Panda New Energy Vehicles will install an intelligent system on the commercial vehicles provided to Shoheng Travel. The system is independently developed based on Shenlan Technology’s artificial intelligence technology and will effectively collect various data during the operation of commercial vehicles and Analyze and process to help Shouheng Travel improve the efficiency of commercial vehicle operation management and improve the scientific nature of commercial vehicle asset management.
Industry experts believe that the cooperation between Panda New Energy Vehicles and Shoheng Travel is a new attempt for artificial intelligence technology to empower the automotive industry. The former has advanced artificial intelligence technology, and the latter has large-scale commercial vehicle operations and services. Cooperation has a solid foundation and huge potential. Experts also believe that before high-level self-driving commercial vehicles are officially commercialized, targeting the automotive aftermarket for intelligent upgrades is a realistic option for the commercial implementation of artificial intelligence technology.
Panda Automotive Industry Group is responsible for the self-driving business of Shenlan Technology. With self-driving technology as the core, it develops new energy smart vehicles, covering public transportation, rental, sanitation, logistics and other fields. It is understood that Panda Automobile Industry Group has developed smart retail vehicles, smart buses, smart sanitation vehicles, etc., forming a product matrix. Among them, Panda smart buses are equipped with L4 level autonomous driving technology, hold multiple autonomous driving test licenses and commercial licenses, and are on the road for testing and demonstration operations in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan and other cities.
At the same time, Panda Automobile Industry Group also relies on independently developed autonomous driving technology, safe driving systems and multiple intelligent systems to provide technical support to automobile manufacturers, operators and service providers. In this context, Panda New Energy Vehicles and Shoheng Travel found an opportunity for cooperation.