Great Wall Motor and Autoliv have signed a new global cooperation agreement, tightening an automotive safety partnership that began in 2023.
The agreement was signed in Baoding, China, between GWM and Autoliv (Shanghai) Management Co Ltd. It covers wider cooperation in global business growth, supply chain work, localised operations, integrated safety systems and sustainability.
GWM is pushing harder outside China, and Autoliv wants a larger role in the safety systems fitted to those vehicles. Autoliv is best known for airbags, seatbelts, steering wheels and other vehicle safety systems.
The new deal also points to closer work on product planning and safety technology. That should include more integrated restraint systems on top of supplying individual components.
Autoliv president and CEO Mikael Bratt said the agreement combines GWM’s international growth plans with Autoliv’s global safety capability.
GWM chairman Jack Wei said safety remains the bottom line for the car industry, adding that the two companies want to deliver safer Great Wall vehicles to users worldwide.
The 2023 cooperation already included advanced safety ideas such as roof-mounted passenger airbags, zero-gravity seat safety systems and lower-carbon materials. This new agreement broadens that work as GWM grows overseas.
XPeng also signed a similar deal with Autoliv.
