On the afternoon of December 12, Zhao Ming, CEO of Honor, posted a few ** exchanges with Porsche executives on Weibo, and the words 919 and other words were also revealed in one **, which was suspected of appearing in the Porsche studio to discuss business cooperationIt is implied that Honor will launch a Porsche co-branded customized mobile phone.
Some netizens commented at the bottom, is it going to build a car?A Weibo blogger @Factory Director is Guan also broke the news, "According to some news I have learned, it has been rumored that Honor and Porsche are going to cooperate recently."In addition to product design, Honor and Porsche will also carry out some cooperation in car manufacturing, which should include the interaction ability at the car machine OS level, even including the cooperation of Qinghai Lake battery on the car, at the same time, I think Honor does not rule out the possibility of independent car manufacturing. ”
According to the data, Zhao Ming, CEO of Honor, has repeatedly made it clear that Honor will not get involved in car manufacturingHowever, it will focus on intelligent networking and in-vehicle applications, and promote the integration with automotive brands
At present, if Honor and Porsche carry out some cooperation in the automotive business, it may also be limited to the integration of intelligent networking and in-vehicle applications.
However, according to incomplete statistics, as of now, glory at leastIt has cooperated with Ideal, BYD and three companies in the automotive field
In March 2022, Honor and Li Auto announced that they had reached a strategic cooperation that could be passed through Magic UI 60 for the ideal car realizationRemote vehicle control, non-inductive unlocking;
In November 2022, at the HONOR MagicOS conference and the first developer conference, HONOR released the all-scenario operating system MagicOS 70，In the field of smart mobility, it announced that it has reached a strategic cooperation with BYD to do joint research and development in the integration of vehicles and machinesAt the same time, it has also reached a cooperation with Apollo to support Carlife Enhanced Edition
It is worth mentioning that three years ago, in May 2021, when Zhao Ming, CEO of Honor, responded to whether he was involved in making cars, he replied, "There are many outlets now, and I was asked two days ago if I wanted to build a car."If Honor goes public, the valuation of the car will be very high。No, we must be in the direction we focus on, to be the strongest and best in this field. ”
Now, three years later, Glory (in November this year) has officially announced that it will land in the capital market through an IPOIf Honor actively develops the automotive business, it is indeed expected to bring many possibilities for its valuation to increase