Chen Yilun, chief architect of Huawei Auto BU, was revealed to be leaving

According to a report from Late Auto, Dr. Chen Yilun, chief architect of the Intelligent Driving Product Department of Huawei's Intelligent Vehicle Solutions Division, has recently resigned and his whereabouts are unknown.

According to the data, Chen Yilun holds a master's degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University and a doctorate in electronic engineering from the University of Michigan.Before joining Huawei, Chen Yilun worked as a technical expert and project manager at Eaton, an intelligent power management company, and joined DJI as the chief engineer in 2017.In 2018, Chen Yilun joined Huawei as the chief scientist of the autonomous driving department, responsible for perception technology.

Gasgoo confirmed the news of Chen Yilun's departure with Huawei Auto BU, but has not received a reply as of press time.

In fact, under the continuous adjustment of the organizational structure, in the past two years, many key executives and core technical personnel of Huawei Auto BU have left one after another.

On January 26, 2022, Su Qing, the former president of Huawei's intelligent driving, was reported to resign.Huawei said that Su Qing had indeed left Huawei Auto BU, and thanked Su Qing for his contribution to the Auto BU; on April 29, Cai Jianyong, general manager of the intelligent vehicle control field of Huawei Auto BU, also resigned from Huawei and joined CATL as CTC. Head of battery chassis integration business.

Previously, Chen Qi, the former founder of Huawei's autonomous driving team and head of the autonomous driving R&D department, has also joined Jikr Auto as the vice president of autonomous driving; She Xiaoli, the former chief functional safety expert of Huawei Auto BU, joined NIO as an internal expert in algorithm research; Zhang Xiaohong, the former project group director of Huawei's Intelligent Driving Product Department, joined NIO as a senior product manager; Jiang Jun, the former chief operating officer of Huawei's autonomous driving, and Peng Xueming, the former head of Huawei's Fusion Sensing, left, and their whereabouts are unknown.

The three-level cooperation model provided by Huawei for partners, image source: AITO

Although the organizational structure is constantly being adjusted, Huawei has been adhering to its strategic positioning in recent years, and has continuously communicated to the outside world: Huawei does not build cars, but focuses on ICT technology to help car companies build good cars and help car companies sell good cars.

Focusing on this positioning, Huawei provides partners with a three-level cooperation model that includes five modules:

The first is the parts supply model, which is to provide standardized components for car companies, such as motors, electronic controls, etc.;

The second is the Huawei Inside (HI) mode, which mainly involves in-depth cooperation with car manufacturers to carry out technical iterations and continuously upgrade the user experience in terms of smart driving and smart cockpits.It is reported that at present, Huawei has finalized the three major partners of BAIC, GAC, and Changan for HI;

The third is the smart car selection model, that is, Huawei can not only provide full-stack solutions for car companies, but also software operations, as well as the brand, channel, retail, and marketing experience accumulated by Huawei's terminal business in the past ten years of TOC transformation. , grasp the product definition, user experience, industrial design, aesthetic design, etc., and the 1+8+N full-scenario ecology accumulated by Huawei's consumer business, and the strict quality control system accumulated in the ICT field, such as The cooperation of Xiaokang's Celis.

It is worth mentioning that it was recently reported that Huawei Smart Car plans to cooperate with Chery to build a high-end smart brand. The project is code-named E0X and is positioned higher than Xingtu. The first pure electric B-class sedan is expected to be launched in the second half of 2023. .Chery has planned at least 5 high-end smart electric models, with model codes including E03, E0Y, E05, etc., of which at least 2 models participate in the smart car business cooperation, namely E03 and E0Y.