On April 23, Chery Automobile officially announced a global strategic partnership with NVIDIA in Beijing. The two parties will focus on the core framework of "Physical AI" to engage in full-stack technical co-creation across three major fields: assisted driving, cockpit AI, and embodied intelligent robotics.
This collaboration marks Chery's transformation from a traditional vehicle manufacturer into a global high-tech ecosystem group. In capital markets, Chery Automobile recently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and completed its first dividend payout, with a 2025 net profit of 19.02 billion CNY providing solid financial backing for its aggressive AI investment.
At the technical implementation level, Chery has selected NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion as its mass-production reference architecture for L3/L4 high-level autonomous driving in the Chinese market. It will also introduce simulation toolchains such as Alpamayo and Cosmos for in-house algorithm development to ensure autonomous control over core decision-making. In the cockpit AI domain, Chery will leverage NVIDIA DRIVE platform computing power to drive the application of Generative AI in human-vehicle interaction, moving from simple voice commands to emotional and semantic interactions. Most notably, Chery is actively exploring embodied intelligence, utilizing the NVIDIA Isaac Sim simulation framework and GR00T development platform to research humanoid and diversified intelligent robots, accelerating the ecological integration of "vehicles and robots."
Currently, leading Chinese automakers have fully entered an AI arms race. Beyond Chery’s global layout, BYD (比亚迪) has established an intelligence team of over 5,000 people with plans to invest 100 billion CNY; meanwhile, XPENG (小鹏汽车) has clarified that it will increase Physical AI R&D investment to 7 billion CNY in 2026, targeting Robotaxis and flying cars. Chery Chairman Yin Tongyue (尹同跃) stated that intelligence is the core engine of Chery's globalization strategy. By integrating NVIDIA’s computing foundation with Chery’s vehicle manufacturing expertise, the two will build an "all-domain AI ecosystem from cloud to vehicle" to challenge the strategic goal of 4 million units in annual production and sales.