Jinhua, China, Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (“Kandi”, “Kandi Technologies”, or the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: KNDI), a protracted famend chief in all-electric private transportation and utility autos, as we speak introduced the strategic partnership with Zhejiang University and the joint institution of Zhejiang University–Kandi Intelligent Robotics Joint Research Center (the “Center”). The signing and launch ceremony occurred on December 26, 2025, at Zhejiang University’s Zijingang Campus. The inauguration of the Center marks a pivotal development in Kandi’s R&D roadmap for embodied intelligence, reaffirming its aggressive benefit in frontier know-how innovation and scenario-driven purposes.
The Center will prioritize the event of AI core applied sciences, together with clever notion and spatial computing, with a particular deal with accelerating the evolution and commercialization of quadruped robots for safety inspection and associated software eventualities. As a key initiative below Kandi’s built-in industry-academia-research-application innovation framework, this collaboration capitalizes on Zhejiang University’s world-class analysis capabilities alongside Kandi’s established strengths in product engineering, clever manufacturing, and international market entry. The alliance goals to assemble a streamlined pipeline from conceptual know-how improvement to scalable real-world deployment.
(From left to proper: Gang Chen, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University and Vice President of Zhejiang University; Hujun Bao, Qiushi Distinguished Professor, College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University; Feng Chen, Chief Executive Officer of Zhejiang Kandi Technologies Group, Inc.; Xueqin Dong, Chairman of Zhejiang Kandi Technologies Group, Inc.)
Mr. Feng Chen, CEO of Kandi, commented, “The launch of the Center underscores our unwavering commitment to strategic investment in technological differentiation. This collaboration with Zhejiang University represents not only our continuous exploration to frontier technologies but also a concrete step in advancing our presence in emerging high-tech areas such as intelligent equipment. By synergizing leading academic research with our deep industrial expertise, we are confident this partnership will generate sustainable momentum for product innovation and long-term value in the intelligent equipment space.”
As Kandi continues to optimize its enterprise portfolio, the Company is leveraging its manufacturing and engineering strengths in off-road electrical autos whereas actively increasing into cutting-edge know-how domains, together with clever robotics and power battery swapping ecosystems. The institution of the Center is predicted to anchor the event of a sturdy, systematic R&D framework for embodied intelligence and associated applied sciences, laying a stable technical basis for the Company’s long-term strategic progress and worth creation.
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About Kandi Technologies Group, Inc.
Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: KNDI) is a pacesetter within the analysis, improvement, and manufacturing of all-electric private transportation and utility autos. Headquartered in Jinhua, China, the Company’s major focus is on off-road mobility options, with a strategic emphasis for the North American market, whereas actively pursuing alternatives in different associated rising high-tech areas. Through its subsidiaries, Kandi Technologies leverages its strong manufacturing capabilities and technological experience to ship progressive merchandise for a variety of economic and shopper purposes.
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About Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University (the “University”) is a premier complete establishment of upper schooling famend for its in depth historical past and educational excellence. Tracing its roots to the Qiushi Academy based in 1897 — one of many earliest trendy greater studying establishments established by Chinese students — it was formally named National Zhejiang University in 1928. Over its 128-year historical past, Zhejiang University has fostered a distinguished neighborhood of scientists and leaders throughout various disciplines. Its alumni and college included one Nobel Prize laureate, 5 recipients of China’s State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, 4 honorees of the “Two Bombs, One Satellite” Achievement Medal, and greater than 230 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
The University can be residence to the State Key Laboratory of Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics, the one national-level laboratory in China devoted to computer-aided design and graphics applied sciences. Recognized by Science journal as certainly one of China’s top-level nationwide key laboratories, it has twice obtained the “Golden Bull Award” from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China for institutional excellence.
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