On October 21, the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference was held in Beijing. Zhao Fei, General Manager of China Changan Automobile Group Co., Ltd. and Chairman of Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd., attended and delivered a keynote speech titled "AI Empowerment, Digital-Intelligent Connectivity: Building a New Ecosystem for the Automotive Industry Together."
Regarding the globalization trend of intelligent connected vehicles, Zhao Fei put forward two major judgments:
First, in the field of edge-side physical AI, the automobile will become the carrier with the nearest time to implementation, the fastest growth in penetration rate, and the largest application scale.In the first month after launch, urban navigation orders for the Changan Qiyuan Q06 accounted for nearly 50%; the industry is expected to achieve L3 mass production in 2027 and L4 commercial operation in 2028.
Second, the automobile is extending toward a land-sea-air three-dimensional mobility ecosystem, opening up new incremental space for industry development.
Focusing on industry transformation, Zhao Fei shared China Changan Automobile's "One Body, Three Domains" AI transformation strategy.
Carrying out an AI product initiative to build differentiated competitiveness in AI-defined automobiles. Changan has established TianShu Intelligent Experiment Center, the only national key laboratory of intelligent vehicle safety technology in China and a world-leading one, and holds the country's first official L3 dedicated license plate for autonomous driving as well as a Chongqing L4 robotaxi testing permit. Its self-developed one-stage end-to-end driving assistance system, "Changan TianShu Navigation," officially entered mass production and was installed in vehicles this year. With safety at its core, it integrates six major domains—cockpit, driving, powertrain, chassis, control, and cloud—and achieves integrated software-hardware in-house development in core areas, providing users with a smooth and reliable driving experience.
Carrying out an AI smart manufacturing initiative, building a "1 set of global cloud applications + N local factory applications" intelligent manufacturing matrix, and fully transforming toward modern manufacturing.
Carrying out an AI operations initiative, driving the organization from "human-machine collaboration" toward "carbon-silicon symbiosis," with AI-assisted decision-making and autonomous execution loops already achieved in multiple fields.
Zhao Fei emphasized that safety is the fundamental prerequisite for the development of intelligent connected vehicles and a bottom line that must not be crossed. Changan has built a multi-dimensional safety system and has participated in formulating more than 360 international, national, and industry standards. Finally, Zhao Fei called on industry colleagues worldwide to establish an industry development consensus with safety as the bottom line, strictly implement laws, regulations, and regulatory requirements, and reject false advertising and "pseudo-innovation."
At this conference, China Changan Automobile also set up a TianShu Navigation mass-production vehicle experience zone, showcasing the technological strength of Changan TianShu Navigation—the first one-stage end-to-end intelligent driving assistance system self-developed by a central state-owned enterprise—through real-road test drives of the Qiyuan Q06. Many international guests, industry experts, and media figures came to experience it and praised TianShu Navigation's intelligent, safe, and smooth outstanding performance.
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