Chery Automobile and Freescale Semiconductor have announced plans to establish a joint automotive lab aimed at co-developing silicon, software and system-level solutions for use in Chery vehicles for Chinese and export markets.

They have partnered extensively in powertrain and engine control. In addition, the two companies plan to explore joint development in automotive application areas such as body electronics, powertrain technology, hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and in-vehicle entertainment electronics.

The two companies, in concert with third-party partners, plan to co-develop electronic control unit (ECU) hardware and low-level drivers, high-level software interface and modeling tools, demonstration boards, in-vehicle networking solutions, body control modules, HEV control units and more.