“BMW is leveraging its system integration expertise to fuse cutting-edge technologies and advance local partnerships into a transformative 2.0 phase,” says “BMW Group Region China President and CEO Sean Green.”
Two point zero—that’s the phase at which all of your private data gets siphoned into the data-crunching and cyberhacking offices of a certain party-state for further cutting-edge leveraging, advancement, and transformation.
Bayerische Motoren Werke confesses about as much poor judgment and criminal submission to the Chinese Communist Party as can possibly be confessed in a boastful and chuckleheaded press release. Or blog post. Whatever it is. BMW is not alone. But as mom always said, if all the regional presidents and CEOs were jumping off a cliff, would you jump too?
Syncopated synergy
Get ready for the following words, serving as sign posts pointing toward a horizon at the cusp of a better tomorrow: “strategic partnership,” “next generation,” “produced in China,” “localization strategy,” “increasing alignment,” “tech ecosystem,” “increasing alignment with China’s tech ecosystem,” “seamless integration,” “interconnection solution,” “smart interconnection solution” (“BMW Teams Up with Huawei: Neue Klasse in China to Run HarmonyOS,” BMWblog, March 17, 2025):
BMW has announced a strategic partnership with Huawei to integrate the tech giant’s HarmonyOS NEXT into its next-generation Neue Klasse electric vehicles produced in China. This marks a significant step in the BMW’s localization strategy. Meanwhile, Neue Klasse models for global markets will continue to run BMW’s iDrive X operating system which is based on the Android Automotive OS.
The partnership underscores BMW’s increasing alignment with China’s tech ecosystem, where nearly 25% of its mobile application users rely on Huawei devices, according to BMW Group Region China President and CEO Sean Green. The collaboration aims to enhance in-car applications and digital connectivity for HarmonyOS users, ensuring seamless integration between Huawei smartphones and BMW vehicles….
Beyond software integration, BMW is accelerating its cooperation with Chinese technology partners, particularly in artificial intelligence, intelligent voice interaction, and large language models. With four major R&D centers in China—Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Nanjing—BMW has established its largest research footprint outside of Germany….
As part of this push, BMW will introduce a digital key function for HarmonyOS users in China later this year, allowing drivers to unlock, lock, and start their vehicles using Huawei smartphones. A more advanced smart interconnection solution is set to debut in 2026….
The Huawei phone will be the remote control for the car.
Joel Thayer, attorney and president of Digital Progress Institute, saying “Congress Has a Chance to Rid Our Networks of Huawei Once and For All” (December 16, 2024), says:
National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden reported that Chinese telecommunications companies, Huawei and ZTE, served as proxies for espionage on behalf of the Chinese government as far back as 2010. In 2012, the U.S. House Intelligence Committee released a report concluding that “Chinese intelligence services, as well as private companies and other entities, often recruit those with direct access to corporate networks to steal trade secrets and other sensitive proprietary data.”…
Huawei’s and ZTE’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party are well documented. Huawei even admitted to having an internal Party Committee apparatchik as part of its corporate structure. This problem is compounded by the fact that Huawei, in particular, is backed by state-sponsored banks to ensure it can underbid other contemporary equipment vendors, like Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung. Armed with the Chinese Communist Party’s monies and resources, they flooded our markets with equipment riddled with vulnerabilities to surveille us with impunity.
Four days ago: “Heads of FCC, Senate Intelligence Hope to Convince Europe to Ditch Huawei.” Good luck with the guys at BMW, headquartered in Munich, active in China. Super-slick Huawei-facilitated CCP access to your data is the greatest thing since sliced bread, in BMW’s carefully uninformed opinion.
Also see:
China Boss News: “America hasn’t stopped Huawei’s rise”
“Gone are the days when it really tried to convince the world it was just another private company. Now, Huawei mirrors Xi Jinping’s agenda, seamlessly aligning itself with China’s strategy of self-reliance, digital expansion, and economic dominance.”
