Gasgoo Daily: Huawei inks deal with Hefei Yaohai State-Owned Capital Group

With Gasgoo Daily, we will offer daily important automotive news in China. For those we have reported, the title of the piece will include a hyperlink, which will provide detailed information.

Huawei inks deal with Hefei Yaohai State-Owned Capital Group 

On February 19, Hefei Yaohai State-Owned Capital Group (name in translation) signed a cooperation agreement with Huawei. The two sides will collaborate on HarmonyOS ecosystem development, all-liquid-cooled ultra-fast charging stations, and smart city initiatives to advance industrial digitalization. 

FAW-Audi A5L to debut at Auto Shanghai 2025

FAW-Audi announced on February 20 that the new Audi A5L will make its debut at the Auto Shanghai 2025 and is expected to hit the market mid-year. Additionally, FAW-Audi will introduce the latest Audi A5 family models through imports. 

eVTOL startup Dreamfly closes Pre-A, Pre-A+ financing rounds

On February 20, hybrid tilt-rotor eVTOL developer Dreamfly Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. completed its Pre-A and Pre-A+ funding rounds, securing hundreds of millions of yuan to accelerate its technological advancements.

MAEXTRO S800 to debut multiple advanced intelligent tech from Huawei

On February 20, Huawei's Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance held the MAEXTRO technology launch event, where Richard Yu, Chairman of the Huawei's Intelligent Automotive Solution BU, announced that the company's independently developed Tuling Longxing Platform, Angel Constellation ("Tianshizuo" in Chinese pinyin) Active Safety Protection, and Huawei Xinghe Communication would debut on the MAEXTRO S800 luxury new energy vehicle model.

PATEO integrates DeepSeek's AI model with Qualcomm 8295 cockpit platform

PATEO, a leading Chinese V2X (vehicle-to-everything) company, has successfully deployed and optimized DeepSeek AI on the Qualcomm 8295 cockpit platform, marking a major advancement in in-vehicle AI integration, according to a press release the company issued on Feb. 20 via its WeChat account.

Geely Galaxy's Xingyao 8 PHEV revealed in MIIT's catalogue

On February 19, the latest filings from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ("MIIT") revealed the Geely Galaxy's Xingyao 8 plug-in hybrid electric sedan.

2025 Mercedes-Benz S-Class hits Chinese market

On February 19, 2025, Mercedes-Benz officially put the 2025 S-Class model onto the Chinese market. The new lineup continues to offer five variants powered by 2.5T and 3.0T inline-six engines across three power performance levels, with prices ranging from 962,600 yuan to 2,042,600 yuan. The key highlights of this update include standard L2+ navigation-assisted driving and dynamic star emblem welcome lights.

NEOLIX completes C+ financing round with 1 billion yuan raised

Chinese L4 unmanned commercial-use vehicle developer NEOLIX has successfully completed a 1-billion-yuan C+ round financing, supported by several logistics giants and financial investors including China International Capital Corporation (CICC), the company announced on Feb. 20.

Visinex Technology partners with Smarter Eye to advance L2+ ADAS solution development

On February 18, Visinex Technology and Smarter Eye officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly develop L2+ intelligent driving solutions.

ReachAuto's NeuSAR OS integrates with DeepSeek for automotive software development

Neusoft's automotive arm ReachAuto announced on Feb. 20 its AIOS—NeuSAR OS has completed deep integration with DeepSeek's large model, significantly enhancing decision-making, planning, and logical reasoning capabilities.