All the products which will come out of the Automotive Joint Lab will be used in next generation Foton vehicles. The products to be jointly developed include electric vehicle/hybrid electric vehicle technology powertrain, chassis and safety technologies, microcontroller (MCU) platforms, as well as analog power management ICs and sensors.
"Foton Motor has been committed to promoting energy and environmental technology in the automotive industry, and has proved continuous breakthroughs in new energy-driven vehicles over the past years,” said Wu Xuebin, Foton Motor director of the Engineering Research Institute.
“The opening of the joint lab will provide wings for Foton Motor products to fly into a promising future."
As for the exact role each of the two sides will be playing in the new joint lab, Foton will be developing the aforementioned technologies using silicon products, development tools, reference platforms and dedicated support resources sourced from Freescale.
In exchange for Foton facilitating Freescale's expansion on the Chinese market, the Americans will also be helping their partners build up its R&D competence in the country.
“This will be a productive technology partnership with Foton, one of China’s largest independent auto manufacturers,” added Reza Kazerounian, general manager of Freescale’s Microcontroller Solutions Group.
“We expect that it will not only help Foton maintain its leadership in the field of commercial vehicles but will also proactively enhance R&D in new energy vehicles."
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