GAC Aion Pulls the Plug on Smart Car Collaboration With Huawei

What’s new: Chinese automaker GAC Group’s electric vehicle unit is ending its partnership with tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. and will develop its own smart car solution, the automaker said Monday night.

GAC Aion is one of Huawei’s three partners under its “Huawei Inside,” or HI, business model. The termination signals Huawei’s shift away from the HI model to the competing “Huawei Smart Selection” business strategy. The two other partners are BAIC BluePark’s Arcfox and Changan’s Avatr.