At the Intelligent Electric Vehicle Development High-Level Forum (2026) held from April 11th to 12th at the China National Convention Center Phase II in Beijing, Cheng Jianwei, Chairman of Wuhan Jimu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., delivered a speech. The forum's theme was "Advancing the Intelligent, Green, Integrated, and International Development of New Energy Vehicles."
Cheng Jianwei pointed out that the underlying logic for commercial vehicles is very different from that of passenger vehicles. Passenger vehicles prioritize comfort, with safety being secondary. In contrast, the primary attribute of commercial vehicles is economic efficiency, although safety remains extremely important. However, in today's new energy logistics vehicle sector, safety has begun to pose a challenge to economic efficiency, primarily because new energy vehicles accelerate quickly and are involved in a higher number of personal injury accidents.
Currently, the value core of commercial vehicles is shifting from the "Golden Powertrain Chain" to the "Golden Intelligent Chain." He mentioned that the Golden Intelligent Chain comprises four components: first, intelligent driving (the brain and eyes); second, the interactive cockpit; third, steer-by-wire (the hands and feet); and fourth, the lifeblood—an insurance closed loop.
Cheng Jianwei stated that Jimu focuses exclusively on commercial vehicles, aiming to make intelligent driving safe and stable, connectivity rich, the cockpit user-friendly, and chassis execution more decisive and effective. The company's cumulative shipments have reached 1 million units. In 2025, 56% of new energy heavy-duty truck shipments were equipped with Jimu's intelligent devices.
Furthermore, Jimu Intelligent is the only company that has integrated front-loading with the insurance ecosystem. Vehicles equipped with Jimu's intelligent system can obtain better insurance conditions: those previously uninsurable can now get coverage, and those already insurable receive more favorable premiums. After one or two years of effective operation of the entire intelligent system, a vehicle's status can change directly from "uninsurable" to "better insurance terms."
According to Cheng Jianwei, over the past decade, Jimu has collaborated with 30 vehicle manufacturers and 5 insurance companies in the commercial vehicle sector. They have built an intelligent agent for risk management that spans from autonomous perception to decision-making and then to execution, enhancing both the safety and economic efficiency of commercial vehicles. From an intelligent driving perspective, covering perception, planning, control, and decision-making layers, Jimu has accumulated 12 billion kilometers of real-world data. This includes collision warning data, avoided accident data, and a comparative system for accidents that occurred despite warnings, forming a fully autonomous closed-loop management system. This system covers the entire chain from front-end intervention and back-end management to integration with insurance data and pricing. Using this system, Jimu can better serve OEMs, enabling vehicles to achieve superior full-lifecycle economic protection downstream while simultaneously improving safety status and capabilities.
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