First Huawei-powered smart car to hit market next week

Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group, unveils the HarmonyOS, or Hongmeng in Chinese, during the Huawei Developer Conference held in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 9, 2019. - Xinhua

BEIJING (Global Times/ANN): Huawei will launch a co-developed electric vehicle (EV) smart car next week, a move that analysts said could challenge Tesla and put the Chinese company on a new track to compete with Apple.

Huawei and Beijing-based EV manufacturer BAIC Blue Valley will jointly launch a high-end electric smart car system called ARCFOX αS HBT, according to an official announcement by Huawei Intelligent Automotive Solutions on Wednesday (April 7).