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As the global automotive industry accelerates its transformation towards smart, electrified and connected, the highly anticipated Shanghai China International Intelligent Vehicle Technology Exhibition 2025 is set to be grandly unveiled. Serving as a key platform to showcase advanced technologies and foster industrial cooperation in the smart vehicle sector, the exhibition is poised to inject new life into the global smart transportation market.
The 2025 China Shanghai International Intelligent Vehicle Technology Exhibition will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (Pudong) from August 13 to 15, 2025. With excellent transportation connections and world-class exhibition facilities, this prime location provides an ideal environment for smooth interaction and exchange among participants and visitors.
One of the outstanding features of this exhibition is its impressive scale. Covering a vast exhibition area of 70,000 square meters, it provides ample space for exhibitors to showcase their latest products, technologies and solutions. In total, more than 1,200 professional brands will gather at the exhibition. The number of professional visitors is expected to exceed 80,000.
Exhibition history
Shanghai has always been at the forefront of smart car technology exhibitions and has hosted numerous influential exhibitions that have collectively charted the development path of the Shanghai International Smart Car Technology Exhibition.
Since 2016, the “iCar 2016” (China International Connected Intelligent Vehicle Industry Exhibition 2016) has been held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. Initiated by AC Automotive Network and co-organized by several professional institutions, the exhibition was the first exhibition in China focusing on the connected intelligent vehicle sector.
In 2018, the third China (International) New Energy and Intelligent Connected Vehicle Technology Exhibition was successfully held. In 2020, under the influence of factors such as the pandemic, some exhibitions were suspended or adjusted, but the development of the industry did not stop.
Until 2022, ICVS China Intelligent Vehicle and Autonomous Driving Exhibition was held in Shanghai Hongqiao National Convention and Exhibition Center. With an exhibition scale of 100,000 square meters, it established three thematic exhibition areas: intelligent vehicles, autonomous driving, and future transportation. It brought together elite brands in the industry, committed to creating a benchmark technology festival and exhibition of innovative transportation solutions, and promoting the development of the global intelligent vehicle industry.
After years of accumulation and development, the current Shanghai China 2025 International Intelligent Vehicle Technology Exhibition has emerged as the need of the times. It has inherited the fine traditions of previous exhibitions and has made further progress in terms of exhibition scale, number of participating brands, and audience professionalism. From the initial focus on a single field, it has gradually expanded to cover the entire intelligent vehicle industrial chain; from a simple product display, it has become a comprehensive platform for technical exchange, industry cooperation, and discussion of future trends. It has witnessed the rapid development and transformation of intelligent vehicle technology in Shanghai and even the world, and continues to lead the intelligent vehicle industry in a smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable direction.
Exhibition audience
Activists from the following aspects of the automotive industry have the opportunity to participate in this exhibition:
Major passenger car manufacturers, major commercial vehicle manufacturers, TIER1, TIER2, suppliers of smart connectivity, autonomous driving and smart cockpit products, automotive parts manufacturers, material suppliers, processing equipment manufacturers, agents/distributors/operators, scientific research institutions, associations/scientific societies/unions, media, public administrative institutions/functional departments.
Industry activists and investors, including:
Research and development/design, production/manufacturing, corporate management, procurement, quality control, market development/marketing, journalists/media, government agencies, education/scientific research.
Exhibition areas
Complete smart cars, propulsion systems, comprehensive components, in-vehicle electronics, battery charging and replacement products and infrastructure, radars, cameras, vehicle-road-cloud integration, intelligent transportation systems, Internet of cars, Internet, big data and cloud computing, artificial intelligence, in-vehicle smart hardware, chips, semiconductor sensors, wire harnesses, connectors, PCBs,
Intelligent driving systems, laser distance measurement systems, decision-making and execution systems, wireless communication systems, intelligent computing systems, machine vision technology,
Advanced sensing systems, human-machine interaction systems, intelligent display technology, emergency warning systems, vehicle assistance systems, intelligent vehicle electronics, intelligent cabin systems, infrared camera technology,
Road condition information systems, life service systems, intelligent chassis systems, communication technologies (GPS, DSRC, 4G/5G), electronic vehicle body control devices, vehicle-road coordination communication technologies, vehicle anti-collision systems, location service systems, in-vehicle application software, test and engineering software.
Highlights of the exhibition
The Shanghai Intelligent Vehicle Technology Exhibition is not only a stage for displaying the latest technologies and products, but also an important platform for promoting industrial exchanges and cooperation. This edition of the exhibition specially set up an international procurement matching zone, which attracted buyers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Pakistan, Yemen, Sweden, Bangladesh, and Venezuela with specific project needs. Through one-on-one negotiations and other forms of interaction, it has facilitated international cooperation goals and injected new impetus into the cooperative development of the global automobile industry.
Sample companies
Huawei Electronics Changzhou, founded in 1987, is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the design, research, manufacture and sales of aluminum electrolytic capacitor products. At the exhibition, Huawei Electronics displayed its full range of aluminum electrolytic capacitors, stacked solid-state capacitors and supercapacitors. It focused on showcasing the innovative applications of Huawei capacitors in the field of artificial intelligence, providing key electronic components support for high-tech fields such as data computing power, intelligent terminals and intelligent robots.
Simultaneous events
During the exhibition, several high-level forums were held, such as the “China Intelligent Vehicle Industry Conference”, “China Connected Intelligent Vehicle Technology Innovation Conference”, and “China New Energy Vehicle Technology Supply Chain Conference”. In addition, various and colorful activities were also organized, including new product and technology introduction conferences and procurement-supply matching meetings. Aiming to gather industry elites, with the theme of “building a new automotive supply chain ecosystem and contributing to the construction of the intelligent vehicle industry ecosystem”, the exhibition aims to inject new life into the innovation and continuous development of the automotive industry by creating an efficient platform for technical exchange and business cooperation, and bring more convenient, safer and smarter travel experiences to the society.
The 2025 Automotive Industry Artificial Intelligence Innovation Technology Conference was held on August 13, 2025 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center’s Local Conference Hall. Themed “AI Opportunities: The Era of Comprehensive Intelligentization of Automobiles,” the conference attracted nearly 500 participants. During the event, a series of keynote speeches were covered, including *Application and Prospect of AI in Intelligent Driving Systems*, which explored how AI technology improves driving accuracy and safety; *Laser Distance Measurement Systems and AI: Precise Perception in the Automotive Field*, which discussed how the integration of laser distance measurement technology and AI achieves better perception of the environment; *AI-Enabled Decision-Making and Execution Systems in Automobiles*, which analyzed how AI enables automobiles to make smarter decisions and execute more efficiently; *The Role of Wireless Communication Systems in AI-Driven Automotive Connectivity*, which explained how wireless communication supports the data transfer and interaction required for automotive AI; *Intelligent Computing Systems: The Nuclear Power Plant for Automotive AI*, which focused on the foundation of computing power that intelligent computing systems provide for automotive AI; and *Machine Vision and AI: Seeing the Future of Cars*, which examined how the combination of machine vision and AI technology allows cars to better “understand” their surroundings.
Exhibition organizers and sponsors
The event is hosted and organized by the joint efforts of multiple executive units, including Info (Shanghai) Conference and Exhibition Company, EVH1000 Electric Vehicle 1000 Conference, Yangtze River Delta Intelligent Robot Industry Association, China Electrotechnical Society, Suzhou Tsinghua University Automotive Research Institute, Beijing Internet of Things Intelligent Technology Application Association, Shanghai Automotive Engineers Association, Shanghai Transportation Electronics Industry Association, Guangdong Semiconductor Industry Association, Guangdong Automotive Industry Association, Shanghai Adhesive Technology Association, Shenzhen Automotive Electronics Industry Association, Anhui Automotive Industry Association, Wuhan New Energy Automotive Industry Association, Yancheng Automotive Engineers Association, Guangdong Automotive Engineers Association, Guangdong Greater Bay Area New Energy Automotive Industry Technology Innovation Association, Global Automotive Technology Network, and Guangdong New Energy Automotive Industry Association. Meanwhile, the implementing units responsible for the specific implementation of the event are Jiangsu Info Conference and Exhibition Company, Baike (Shanghai) Exhibition Company, and Shanghai Drive EVI Information Technology Company.
Status of Iranian companies’ participation in the exhibition
No Iranian companies were seen participating in this exhibition.
