2026 Beijing Auto Show: Bosch redefines the future of mobility with hardware, software and cross-domain innovation

With the in-depth development of artificial intelligence and software-defined vehicles, automobiles are accelerating to evolve into mobile intelligent system systems, and cross-domain collaboration and system-level innovation have become the core support for industrial transformation. At the 2026 Beijing International Auto Show, with "AI-driven intelligent mobility" as the core, Bosch fully demonstrated its software and hardware innovations and cross-domain system solutions for intelligent assisted driving, automatic driving, intelligent cockpit, vehicle motion intelligent control, energy management and power drive, etc., to reconstruct the future safe, intelligent and personalized driving and riding experience with full stack technology capabilities. For Bosch, China is not only the world's largest and most dynamic automotive market, but also an important source of innovation. “With strong local R&D capabilities, a global innovation network, and close cooperation with business partners, Bosch and China's electrification and intelligent transformation are progressing at the same time, turning innovation into business results,” said Dr. Marcus Hayne, Bosch Smart Mobility Group Chairman, Bosch Group Board Member. “In 2025, Bosch Smart Mobility Group achieved sales of RMB 122.3 billion in China, an increase of 4.9% year-on-year, of which about 70% came from cooperation with mainframe factories in China. Facing the future intelligent mobility ecology, Bosch has full-stack solutions and large-scale mass production capabilities covering chips, hardware, software, and everything from core components to vehicle-level systems. Bosch is committed to empowering customers with end-to-end technical strength, from requirements definition and development to full-life-cycle iterative upgrades. Dr Marcus Hayne added: “Companies that are able to combine the benefits of global scale with the depth of local adaptability will be ahead of the competition in the future. This is what Bosch is doing - promoting the sharing of innovations between global markets and achieving precise localization in line with regional market needs." For example, in the field of intelligent cockpit and assisted driving, Bosch has cumulatively supported nearly 300 Chinese brand models to enter overseas markets; in the field of electric drive, Bosch's electric bridge has taken the lead in development and production in China. Related technologies and experience have been shared globally, and localized applications have been realized in major markets such as Asia, Europe and the Americas. With the global technical capabilities and safety design of the whole vehicle, the new benchmark of intelligent and safe intelligent driving for autonomous driving has entered a new stage of large-scale popularization - the penetration rate of new vehicles with L2 assisted driving in the Chinese market has exceeded two-thirds. Driven by the continuous iteration of technology and the upgrading of user needs, the industry is moving towards autonomous driving. The gradual advancement and improvement of autonomous driving regulations and standards for private passenger vehicles will also provide key support for the large-scale landing of L3-level autonomous driving in China. Based on the accumulation of technology and mass production practices in the field of intermediate and high-end intelligent assisted driving, Bosch further developed the L3 level autonomous driving system solution for the Chinese market. The scheme integrates perception, decision-making and execution in depth across domains, and builds a vehicle-level redundancy system including perception, computing, communication, power supply, braking and steering to meet the stringent compliance requirements of L3 autonomous driving for safety and reliability. Supporting up to 120 km/h, it can realize autonomous lane change and navigation lane change in high-speed and urban expressway scenarios, providing users with a new driving experience of "free hands and eyes" in a specific operation design domain (odd). At present, Bosch has obtained the Wuxi High Speed Road Autonomous Driving Test License. From assisted driving to autonomous driving, cars will enter the era of "system competitiveness" from "single function competition". Wang Weiliang, president of the board of directors of Bosch Intelligent Mobility Group in China, said: “Towards advanced autonomous driving at L3 and above, safety is an insurmountable bottom line, and cross-domain integration is the key to technological evolution - which is where Bosch's strength lies. With the technical innovation capabilities, system-level safety design capabilities and experience of the entire vehicle, Bosch is committed to helping customers achieve safe, reliable and automated driving system solutions that meet the requirements of automotive production." Take Bosch's latest cross-domain safety innovation function - automatic emergency avoidance (AES) as an example: when the vehicle suddenly encounters obstacles during automatic driving and the braking distance is insufficient, the automatic driving system perceives and identifies risks at a speed of milliseconds, and calculates the optimal avoidance path; The vehicle motion intelligent control system (VMM) cooperates with the braking, steering and driving systems to quickly and accurately perform obstacle avoidance while maintaining the stability of the vehicle body. Bosch AES can safely handle low-adhesion pavement conditions even in winter. This cross-domain innovation function can cover all scenarios from L2 level assisted driving to L3 and above advanced autonomous driving. At present, it has been installed in a certain independent brand model in China to achieve mass production applications. AI intelligent cockpit, full-time wake-up-free, autonomous decision-making, reshaping the new experience of human-vehicle sharing Driven by the large AI model, the intelligent cockpit is evolving from a traditional human-computer interaction interface to an intelligent hub that integrates "understanding users, collaborative vehicles, and active services". At this Beijing Auto Show, Bosch demonstrated a new generation of AI intelligent cockpit overall solution. Through the end-side multi-modal fusion capability, it integrated fuzzy speech semantic understanding, visual perception inside and outside the cabin, and vehicle SOA services to realize the experience upgrade from "passive response command" to "full-time wake-up-free and active service". For example, when driving, the driver feels a little hot and casually says "a little boring", but the co-pilot says "a little cold". The cockpit AI assistant can accurately understand the needs of the two people in a normal chat, and automatically lowers the air conditioning on the main driver side and adjusts the temperature on the co-pilot side without waking up words or manual operations. With the increase of automotive intelligence, the electronic and electrical architecture is rapidly evolving towards domain concentration and cross-domain integration, and Bosch has launched a cockpit driving all-in-one solution. In the future, it will further collaborate with the drive, braking, steering and suspension of the smart chassis across domains to achieve a personalized and scenario-based driving experience. For example, when traveling on the weekend, vehicles proactively sense road conditions and user preferences, automatically optimize the chassis and dynamic response, and switch the vehicle from a smooth mode for daily commuting to an off-road driving mode that is more suitable for complex road conditions. In terms of computing power platform, Bosch AI Smart Cockpit has taken the lead in achieving mass production support for Qualcomm SA8397 and MediaTek's latest-generation AI cockpit chip CX-1, becoming the only technology provider in the industry to simultaneously deploy multiple high-throughput AI cockpit hardware platforms. This capability not only provides a computing power guarantee for the upgrading of the next-generation AI intelligent cockpit experience, but also provides a basis for the flexible adaptation of different OEMs, different models, and different market needs. Based on MediaTek CX-1's AI-powered smart cockpit platform, mass production is expected in the fourth quarter. Line control and line control steering mass production landing, cross-actuator fusion to improve the safety of automated driving line control technology is the key to the centralized control of the car to the domain and the realization of software-defined cars - to transform mechanical actions into electronic signal transmission, achieve millisecond response, and achieve accurate execution through intelligent algorithms. In the field of online control, Bosch has laid out two technical paths, all-dry and hydraulic. Among them, Bosch's hydraulic line control actuator BWA + ESP ® solution, based on mature mass production components, has high reliability and is the preferred solution that takes into account both performance and cost. At present, Bosch has reached cooperation with a number of OEMs around the world, and the solution will be installed in a number of domestic head robotaxi models in the Chinese market. For the Chinese market and customer demand, Bosch further expanded its line control product matrix and launched the all-dry electromechanical brake (EMB). The system is equipped with an independent electromechanical brake actuator at each wheel, which is controlled by a central or regional control unit with a redundant design, and directly drives the brake caliper, thus achieving excellent system response and safety redundancy. Bosch EMB has completed winter extreme conditions testing. “Both Bosch's EMB and BWA + ESP ® solutions will be mass-produced in China this year,” said Dr. Hain. With the dual wire control technology path, Bosch is able to provide our customers with customized, ideal new braking solutions. "In the field of online control steering, the Bosch Huayu online control steering system will achieve mass production on the latest models of Zhizhi and Xiaopeng in 2026, and has reached cooperation with a number of host factories. Compared with traditional mechanical steering, online steering can achieve a more flexible and variable steering ratio, greatly improving the convenience of turning and parking in narrow roads, parking lots and other scenarios, and making steering easier without having to fill the direction. At the safety level, Bosch Huawei line control steering adopts a full-link system-level redundancy design to ensure stable and controllable steering functions even in the event of a single point of failure. At the same time, by deeply cooperating with the vehicle motion intelligent control system (VMM) braking system, a third redundancy guarantee is further built for the vehicle to fully escort autonomous driving in extreme scenarios. This cross-actuator fusion solution has now been applied to a certain self-owned brand model. Bosch and Chery jointly developed a 48-volt vehicle system solution. The future car will be a mobile intelligent system that can realize full-time perception, independent decision-making and accurate execution. Behind this, high-performance components such as on-board computing platforms, intelligent cockpits, intelligent chassis, and thermal management systems require more powerful, continuous, and stable power support. The new generation of 48-volt low-voltage power grids has thus become an important technical direction for the industry. It is expected that by 2030, this technology will be widely used in mainstream smart electric vehicles in China. At the Beijing Auto Show, Bosch and Chery announced a deepening of strategic cooperation to jointly develop a 48-volt vehicle system solution and promote its mass production in China. Compared with the traditional 12-volt system, the 48-volt grid can significantly improve the vehicle's power supply capacity while taking into account cost optimization, resulting in higher efficiency, lower energy consumption and better lightweight performance for the vehicle. Around 48-volt technology, Bosch has built a complete portfolio that covers everything from chips and core components to system solutions to vehicle integration. This “bottom-to-bottom” full-stack capability enables Bosch to achieve better architectural design and performance optimization at the system level. For example, through simulation and system-level energy management software, Bosch can accurately allocate the energy consumption of the entire vehicle and improve the overall efficiency. At the same time, relying on the accumulation of complete system-level technology, it ensures that the 48-volt power grid still has high reliability and safety under complex working conditions, providing stable support for key functions such as braking, steering and automatic driving. At the same time, in the process of continuous upgrading of automatic driving, system redundancy has become the core of safety. The 48-volt architecture can provide a more stable and reliable independent power supply path for key systems such as braking, steering and automatic driving calculations. Once the main power supply is abnormal, the standby power supply can seamlessly take over, further improving vehicle safety.