On August 25, 2023, SAIC General Motors announced today that, with the approval of the company's board of directors, Mr. Wang Chendong and Mr. Tyson Becker have been appointed as the deputy general managers of the company, responsible for software and digital business. They will integrate the company's full business chain advantage resources, establish a localized professional team responsible for the development and iteration of vehicle software technology, provide users with better intelligent networking functions and digital services, continuously enhance the company's core competitiveness on the "intelligent networking" track, and lay a solid foundation for the sustainable and high-quality development of the enterprise towards the future.

Wang Chendong has served as the Director of Product, Market, and Strategy in the Customer Connectivity and Experience Department of SAIC General Motors, the Executive Director of the Intelligent Networking Platform, and the General Manager of the Intelligent Automotive Innovation and Development Platform (Shanghai) Co., Ltd; Tyson Becker has served as the Director of Digital Business at General Motors China, the General Manager of Shanghai Anjixing Information Services Co., Ltd., and the Executive Vice Director of SAIC General Motors' Intelligent Networking Platform. With rich experience in automotive software and digitization, they will lead a team to accelerate the digital upgrade of products under SAIC General Motors, and create high-quality digital services and ecology for users.

SAIC General Motors is the earliest automotive enterprise in the domestic automotive industry to create connected driving functions and in car information services. As early as 2009, SAIC General Motors innovatively introduced the OnStar OnStar in car information service system. So far, it has provided over 1.513 billion full cycle, full contact, intelligent and efficient humanized car connectivity services to 7.63 million users. In recent years, focusing on the development of cutting-edge technology and the future travel ecological needs of the market, SAIC General Motors has continuously accelerated the development and application of "software defined cars". On the one hand, by vigorously promoting the research and development and popularization of new technologies such as VIP intelligent electronic architecture, the all-new generation VCS intelligent cockpit, and the all-new generation SUPER CRUISE super assisted driving system, it has brought advanced intelligent travel experiences to consumers, And continuously improve the driving experience through remote OTA upgrades. Since the first large-scale OTA upgrade for in vehicle interconnection systems was launched at the end of 2020, SAIC General Motors has completed a total of 15 OTA upgrades for 28 models of three major brands, covering SOTA, FOTA and other upgrade forms, involving a total of approximately 1.6 million vehicle trips. Meanwhile, SAIC General Motors is actively expanding its digital ecosystem business. We will iterate the digital application ecosystem around vehicles, services, and experiences, and improve smart services that cover the entire product lifecycle in all scenarios, diversifying, and creating more value for users.

Currently, the advancement of cutting-edge travel technologies such as electrification, intelligence, and networking is driving the accelerated transformation of the automotive industry, as well as changing people's living habits and consumption patterns. Faced with the new situation, SAIC General Motors is fully integrating global resources, relying on its strong system strength, accelerating its future-oriented product and business layout, and accelerating its progress on the "track" of electrification and intelligent networking. By 2025, SAIC General Motors will have a total investment of 70 billion yuan in the field of electrification and intelligent networking new technologies. The newly established software and digital business team, as an important part of it, will innovate software development concepts, accelerate the iteration speed of automotive digital research and development, create cutting-edge technologies, products, and solutions in the "era of automotive intelligence", meet the diverse needs of Chinese consumers, and promote SAIC General Motors' continuous progress towards the vision of "leading intelligent travel and achieving a better life".

Transferred from the official website of SAIC General Motors @

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