Chinese Internet Company Sets Sites on Internet-run Electric Car System

Chinese Internet pioneer, Letv, has announced that it will expand into electric cars by launching a new project called “Super Electric Ecosystem” (SEE), enabling the company to become what it calls “the world’s first corporation to tap into the Internet-linked smart electric cars market.”

The company hopes that growing traffic and pollution issues will be addressed, and motorists around the world will be able to drive environmentally friendly Letv electric cars.

Letv is “confident that its cars will surpass vehicles developed by Tesla Motors, with its bigger vision of replicating its own business ecosystem onto the SEE project.”

Letv electric cars feature multiple touch-screens that replace the traditional consoles and dash signboards, giving the design of the cars an avant-garde and metallic feel. According to Letv’s ideal, the cars are only considered to be the terminals in their business ecosystem.

Therefore, the multiple touch-screens are not just displays, but also carriers of large amounts of data, making online exchanges viable for users. The touch-screens inject the “magic of imagination” into Letv’s vertical integrated business ecosystem.

With the equipped operating system or Letv’s self-developed “LeOS” system, users could achieve unmanned driving, automatic parking, smart navigating, precise positioning and searching functions based on personal interests, all through Letv’s cloud platform.

As for passengers, they could entertain themselves by connecting to the Internet for hot gossip, information, sports or financial news. Letv has been preparing for the “SEE” project since the beginning of this year and views it as a strategic brand-building project in the next five years.

Earlier this summer, Letv joined BAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. in investing in the US-based maker of advanced plug-in batteries, Atieva Inc.

Its crew members, who come from EU and US carmakers as well as other well-known tech firms from Silicon Valley, have successfully designed over 3000 units of new energy vehicles including the Tesla Roadster, Chevrolet Volt, and Audi R8.

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