Huawei’s Qiankun now powers 25+ car brands and more than 50 models
- Huawei used Auto China 2026 in Beijing to show Qiankun has spread to more than 25 car brands and over 50 production models. - The stack’s new centerpieces are ADS 5, HarmonySpace 6, and MoLA 2.0, while Huawei’s automotive revenue jumped 72.1% to CNY45.0 billion in 2025. - That matters because Huawei is shifting from parts supplier to operating system for Chinese cars — and scale now looks commercially real.
Cars are turning into software platforms, and Huawei wants to be the layer underneath a huge chunk of China’s auto industry. That is the real story here. At Auto China 2026 in Beijing, Huawei used the show to argue that Qiankun is no longer a pilot project or a premium niche — it now sits across more than 25 brands and 50-plus production models. The bigger point is not just tech bragging. It is that Huawei’s car business is finally showing the kind of scale and revenue that makes the strategy look durable. ### What is Qiankun, exactly? Qiankun is Huawei’s umbrella brand for its automotive stack — driver assistance, cockpit software, vehicle control, optics, and cloud services bundled into something a carmaker can adopt in pieces or more deeply. Basically, Huawei is trying to be both a supplier and a systems integrator. Instead of only selling one component, it will sell compute and control layers too. ### What changed at the Beijing show? The news is scale. Huawei said Qiankun now works with more than 25 automakers and supports more than 50 models, and it put a large batch of partner vehicles on the floor at Auto China 2026. Reports from the show described Huawei as so prominent that the event felt almost like a Huawei exhibition, with separate spaces for Qiankun and the broader Harmony mobility ecosystem. ### Why do 25 brands and 50 models matter? Because this is the moment a car-tech platform stops looking like a demo and starts looking like infrastructure. A single flashy launch can be marketing. Dozens of brands and models mean integration work, manufacturing commitments, after-sales support, and enough trust from automakers to let Huawei sit closer, making it harder for rivals to dislodge once it is embedded. ### What are ADS 5 and HarmonySpace 6? They are the new headline products inside the stack. ADS 5 is Huawei’s latest assisted-driving system. HarmonySpace 6 is the new smart cockpit platform. Huawei also paired that with MoLA 2.0, which pushes more AI into the cabin experience, including features around interaction and in-car health monitoring. The pitch is simple: cars should feel more like an adaptive computing device. ### Is this just a tech demo? Not anymore. Huawei’s 2025 annual report shows Intelligent Automotive Solution revenue rose 72.1% year over year to CNY45.018 billion. That does not make autos Huawei’s biggest business, but it does show the unit is moving from investment phase toward something commercially meaningful. CNBC noted the growth rate slowed from the prior year’s explosive jump, but the base is now much larger. ### Why is Huawei doing this instead of building its own car? Because controlling the stack can be more powerful
