FAW Group x Mobileye Autonomous Driving Alliance

FAW Group (China FAW Group Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturing company founded in 1953 and headquartered in Changchun, Jilin. As China's first automotive manufacturer, FAW produces vehicles under brands including Hongqi, Bestune, and Jiefang. The company has expanded into physical AI, unveiling a humanoid robot prototype at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show, deploying [Kuka industrial](/companies/kuka-industrial) robots in manufacturing, and forming a strategic alliance with Mobileye for autonomous driving technology on Hongqi vehicles.

Mobileye is an Israeli autonomous-driving and vision-technology company (founded 1999, Jerusalem), majority-owned by Intel and publicly traded on NASDAQ (MBLY). It is the leading supplier of camera-based ADAS through its EyeQ system-on-chip (over 200 million shipped) and builds a tiered driving-automation stack (SuperVision, Chauffeur, and the driverless Mobileye Drive) plus REM crowdsourced HD mapping; Mobileye Drive powers robotaxi and shuttle programs with partners including Volkswagen and Holon. In January 2026 Mobileye agreed to acquire the Israeli humanoid-robot startup [Mentee robotics](/companies/mentee-robotics) for about $900 million (announced at CES, expected to close in Q1 2026), its first entry into humanoid robotics. The automotive-perception-to-humanoid tech-transfer rationale and the 'physical-AI leader' positioning are the company's stated strategy rather than demonstrated outcomes.