Recently, a number of people familiar with the matter revealed that Weilai Automobile has entered the mobile phone industry. Yin Shuijun, the former president of Meitu Mobile Phone, joined and took the lead in responsible for the mobile phone business of Weilai. In response, NIO responded: "There is currently no information to disclose, and further information will be communicated to you."

　　According to sources, NIO’s mobile phone business is currently determined to be done, and the project is currently in the initial research stage. Basically excluding the possibility of OEM, and with a high probability of going out in person, its mobile phone products will have more interactive functions with NIO. In this regard, industry insiders analyzed that at this time, Weilai needs to use mobile phones to increase the stickiness with users, and at the same time provide new stories with more imaginative space for the capital market.

　　In fact, in recent years, it has become common for auto manufacturers and mobile phone manufacturers to get involved in each other's business. On the one hand, mobile phone manufacturers such as Huawei, Xiaomi, Apple and other mobile phone manufacturers have continued to build cars across the border, and on the other hand, Geely, Tesla, Weilai and other vehicles Enterprises have officially announced their entry into the mobile phone industry, which makes the two industries that are not related in the traditional sense appear increasingly intertwined.

　　Regarding entering the mobile phone industry, Li Shufu once said: "Mobile phones are portable mobile terminals with rapid iterations, and are application carriers for electronic product market verification and software innovation, which not only allow users to share innovation results as soon as possible, but also transfer some safe and reliable results. It is applied in the car to realize the close interaction between the car machine and the mobile phone software technology. In the future, it has become a general trend to build a user ecological chain across the border and build a corporate moat according to the law. Mobile phones can be linked to the Internet of Vehicles and satellite Internet to create rich consumption scenarios and become stronger. Ecosystem, providing users with a more convenient, smarter, and interconnected multi-screen interactive life experience."

　　Industry insiders believe that high-end smartphones are "linking tools" that interact with all smart terminals, which can open up various smart consumption scenarios and strengthen the ecosystem. The advantages accumulated over a long period of time in manufacturing, industrial chain management and other fields can also empower each other in aspects such as automotive intelligence, software capability building, and technological transformation to achieve super synergy.