(Yicai) Oct. 20 -- Yinwang Intelligent Technology, the smart driving subsidiary of China’s Huawei Technologies, and Contemporary Amperex Technology are teaming up to fully automate the battery-swapping process for intelligent electric vehicles.

Yinwang, CATL, and Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology will jointly build an intelligent battery-swapping ecosystem that provides a seamless and "unnoticed" energy renewal experience for the autonomous driving era, they announced yesterday, citing an agreement inked on the same day.

Yinwang’s Qiankun Automated Driving Solution will be integrated with CATL’s Choco-Swap network to connect data and services across vehicles, battery swapping stations, and the cloud, enabling vehicles to complete the battery-swapping process on their own by determining their energy needs, finding a station, entering the bay, aligning with the swapping machinery, completing a 99-second battery changeover, and then driving off.

Vehicle models co-developed by Huawei and its automotive partners and equipped with Huawei’s Qiankun ADS will be integrated gradually into CATL’s Choco-Swap battery-swapping network, sources told Yicai.

Yijing, the car brand developed by Huawei and Dongfeng Motor Group, has already added battery swap-enabled versions to its development plans, according to people familiar with the matter.

The partnership will also expand Yinwang’s 10-Minute Qiankun ADS Life Circle and provide Qiankun ADS users with richer and more convenient intelligent swapping solutions. Launched at the end of last year, the interconnected smart services ecosystem covers two million charging stations, and its payment service has reached more than 300,000 parking lots.

Editor: Futura Costaglione