On January 27, Counterpoint Research, a global research firm, released its sales report for China's smartphone market in 2022. The country's smartphone sales declined 14% year-on-year in the previous year and reached their lowest level in a decade.
ROX Motor, an automaking project set up by Chang Jing, the founder and chief executive of robot vacuum maker Roborock Technology, will be launched in August this year.
Huawei's dividend plan for 2022 emerged on January 14 within the tech giant's internal forum, showing that they are expected to be 1.61 yuan ($0.24) per share, an increase from 1.58 yuan last year.
Seres, Huawei's automaking partner, showcased its new energy vehicle model SERES 5 at the Brussels Motor Show on January 13, also signing contracts with more than 20 partners that accounted for more than 20,000 orders.
On January 13, Huawei-backed electric vehicle brand AITO suddenly announced price reductions of 30,000 yuan ($4,462), bringing the cost of its M5 and M7 EVs down to 259,800 yuan and 289,800 yuan, respectively.
Meizu, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer acquired by a venture under Geely's chairman last year, will open a new three-story flagship store which may be used to sell vehicles.
On December 30, Eric Xu, the rotating chairman of Huawei, predicted in his New Year speech that Huawei would achieve an annual revenue of 636.9 billion yuan ($92 billion), which is in line with forecasts.
Meizu, a Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer, announced on December 23 that it will build 1,000 stores in the next three years, covering not only mobile phones and vehicles, but also AR glasses, tablets, watches and smart home appliances.
The AITO brand built by Huawei and its car-making partner Seres has sold over 10,000 electric vehicles in August, September and October, but Seres is facing some new problems, such as low profitability and an inability to tear down the label of Huawei's foundry.
Chinese battery giant CATL signed an agreement on December 20 to deepen strategic cooperation with Avatr, an electric vehicle firm headquartered in Chongqing.
During an internal Huawei meeting on December 8, Richard Yu, the head of the firm's consumer and automotive units, said that vehicle operations should become profitable in 2025.
Spy photos of the first vehicle model created by a trio of Chinese companies, including automaker Chery, tech giant Huawei and battery maker CATL, have surfaced on the internet.
China's leading battery firm CATL and Shenzhen-based tech giant Huawei signed a new memorandum of cooperation in Ningde, Fujian Province on December 14.
On December 9, Chinese telecommunications conglomerate Huawei and smartphone maker OPPO announced the signing of a global patent cross-licensing agreement covering cellular standard essential patents such as for 5G.
Since Honor announced the completion of a new round of financing in November this year, rumors about the Chinese smartphone maker's upcoming reverse takeover have been raging.
Chinese smartphone maker Honor has secured a new round of multi-billion yuan strategic investment. This is its first known major strategic funding since conducting equity financing in December 2021, after it spun off from Chinese tech giant Huawei in November 2020.
During the 2022 World Conference on VR Industry on November 12, He Gang, Chief Operating Officer of Huawei Consumer BG, unveiled Huawei's first smart eyewear product, the "Vision Glass."
Huawei Connect 2022 is being held in Shenzhen from November 7 to 9. At the conference, an official from the Tianjin Port demonstrated the practical achievements of Huawei's smart port technology application and ecological construction.
