The zone is home to the headquarters of the Dongfeng Motor Corp, which ranks 68th on the Fortune 500 Companies list, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen, Dongfeng Honda and Dongfeng Renault, and also has attracted world-renowned automotive parts manufacturers, such as Valeo, Getrag and SDS. There are eight companies with annual output in excess of five billion yuan and two companies with annual output in excess of 50 billion yuan, accounting for 27 and 40 percent of the city’s total numbers, respectively.
A self-driving car developed by T Engineering -- a company affiliated to Dongfeng Motors -- has obtained a public road test license for self-driving cars issued by the Swedish Transport Agency, according to local media reports.
The Dongfeng Motor Corporation Technical Center, located in the Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone (WHDZ) has become a national-level industrial design center, according to a list recently released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Sharing Box -- an unmanned vehicle smart logistics platform developed by Dongfeng Automobile Co -- drew masses of attention from visitors to the 2019 China International Commercial Vehicle Show in Wuhan, according to reports.
Wuhan-based automaker Dongfeng Motor Co has upgraded its exhibition hall to better promote its products and services promoting and boost its prestige image, according to the official WeChat account of the Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone -- also known as the WHDZ – on Oct 20.
