Auto China 2020: Highlights of auto technologies
By Xia Cheng
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Auto China 2020 in Beijing is a pow-wow for electric vehicle makers.

BMW is showing its i3 Urban Suite, which strikes a balance between luxury and technology, although the battery doesn't support enough mileage according to auto reviewer Francis Mushan.

Meanwhile, the new breed of automakers are capturing China's EV subsidies and consumer demand, with the likes of Nio, XPeng and BYD gathering at the Beijing autoshow to showcase their tech-driven EV products at a fraction of the prices offered by their European counterparts.

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Another Chinese home grown brand, Great Wall, its putting more assistant driving technologies into their premium models to get closer to autonomous driving. Wen Fei, general manager of Haval, Great Wall's SUV line, said that they now offer a wheel tracking technology in Haval H6 premium models that allows the driver to quickly reverse the car easily by following the original wheel path.

"Besides our cars, this technology can only be seen on expensive car models, such as BMW X5. We offer this solution with a fraction of the price," said Wen.

Great Wall, who makes one of China's most popular SUVs, Haval H6, claims that it is the world's first ICE powered SUV with a Firmware Over-the-Air function to upgrade more than 40 key modules in the car.

With subsidies into the EV sector and other forms of policy incentives, China wants to turn the country into a leader in electric vehicle and auto technology.

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As the market matures, authorities are tapering from cash injections into the Chinese EV sector to let the market driven purely by consumer choices. Analysts say that EV makers will be challenged to maintain their price advantages without government subsidies while bringing sophisticated products to the Chinese consumers who are currently in a major trading-up cycle.