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The companies announced in mid-2018 that they had signed an agreement to develop a level 4 autonomous driving system that could take complete control of a vehicle without human intervention in Chinese urban traffic environments. Audi had been planning to incorporate Huawei’s autonomous driving technologies in future China-made models scheduled for launch in 2025 and had been asked to buy small stakes in Huawei’s intelligent vehicle software and components firm , Reuters reported in December. Details: The new A5 sedan, the first model that utilizes Audi’s last new internal-combustion architecture called Premium Platform Combustion (PPC), is expected to make its China debut at this year’s Guangzhou Auto Show in the capital of Guangdong province in November.
That’s according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to Chinese media outlet iYiou . Sources added that the hatchback-style sedan, which replaces the A4 model in the German firm’s vehicle lin.