iFLYTEK is a partially state-owned Chinese information technology company established in 1999, based in Hefei, Anhui, China. They create speech intelligence and voice recognition software and many voice-based internet/mobile products covering key domains. Together with Chery Automobile, they strengthened their strategic partnership on May 24, intending to jointly develop intelligence products and promote the corporate digital transition.
Under this agreement, the two companies will step up their collaboration on automotive intelligent cockpit, smart sound effect, sales service, multilingual voice assistant, intelligent driving, industrial intelligence, and corporate digitalization, and be deeply involved in each other’s future strategic planning.
The cooperation between Chery and iFLYTEK started in 2003. In 2017, the two parties formally formed a strategic partnership. They have introduced intelligent products to over 22 mass-produced models, amounting to over 600,000 vehicles equipped with intelligent voice assistant and more than 140,000 vehicles installed with smart in-car system.
According to the newly-signed framework agreement, both companies will deepen their cooperation on smart cockpit and IoV (Internet of Vehicles) solutions, and team up as well on sales/distribution AI-enabled services.
iFLYTEK and Chery will also target to co-develop an autonomous driving car that can perform Level 4 self-driving functions in specific scenarios. Additionally, to facilitate Chery’s export business, both parties will co-work on smart interactive speech products available for multiple languages including English, Russian, Arabic, and Portuguese.
