GM’s China joint venture designs own auto chips
- ByAyushi Ray | September 16, 2021
General Motors Co’s China joint venture is developing auto chips that aim to increase the use of locally sourced chips in the next five years. Liuzhou-based SGMW, GM’s venture with partners SAIC Motor Corp and Guangxi Automobile Group, launched its in-house developed smart mini-sized battery-swapping station yesterday, at the 2021 World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC).
SGMW said it would boost cooperation with Chinese manufacturers to improve the quality and economy of its chips.
Major automakers including Ford Motor Co, Honda Motor Co Ltd, and Volkswagen AG were forced to idle or curtail production due to the effect of prolonged global shortage of semiconductor chips.
Using the new battery swapping facility, the time of one battery swap is comparable to that of a fuel tank being filled up. Besides, the operation cost can be significantly decreased by flexibly disposing of battery slots and using multiple technologies like V2X (vehicle-to-everything) and V2G (vehicle-to-gird).
The automaker revealed that it has been developing its own auto computing chips since 2018. Meanwhile, it is boosting cooperation with component suppliers to improve the quality and economy of its chips.
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