Huawei, with its Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (HIMA), is a major player in China’s NEV space. It isn’t content to dabble in cars, though, and the tech giant has now brought its HarmonyOS smart cockpit tech to an electric tricycle.
Unlike many of HIMA’s cars, Huawei is just taking on a tech provider role here, and leaving vehicle design, development, and marketing to Huaihai, the trike’s manufacturer. Neither party has announced pricing for the trike, but similar enclosed models retail for 10,000 yuan (1500 USD) in China.
Smart cockpits on the cheap
Huaihai showcased its HarmonyOS-enhanced trike at Huawei’s 2026 HarmonyOS Ecosystem Conference in Shenzhen. This makes it the first three-wheeled vehicle to receive the tech giant’s smart cockpit functions.
The trike was showcased alongside a Huawei-awarded certificate, confirming that its smart systems were compatible with other devices in the HarmonyOS ecosystem. It can now handle “complex” voice commands, remote smartphone app functions, and CarPlay-esque interconnectivity with HarmonyOS phones.
Screenshots from the conference show the trike’s phone app in action, allowing users to geo-locate their vehicle, lock and unlock doors remotely, and even run system diagnostics. It is also implied that riders can input navigation data or adjust climate controls via voice commands, too.
These “smart” functions are usually seen on mid-tier NEVs in China, though some entry-level models like BYD’s Seagull and Geely’s EX2 now feature them as standard.
Fierce competition and innovation in China’s smart cockpit space, as well as in the auto industry as a whole, have likely brought prices down enough that even a “smart” tricycle is now commercially viable.
More on Huawei’s trike
In the past, e-trikes in China thrived in a legal grey zone, needing neither registration nor insurance. Riders also didn’t need a driver’s license, making them popular among the country’s elderly as a no-frills, no-restriction commuting tool.
As regulations tightened, enclosed trikes like these became classified as motorbikes, and thus fell under the same scrutiny as regular four-wheeled vehicles. This newfound legality attracted larger, more established manufacturers into the three-wheeled space, leading to the smart Huawei trike we see today.
