Jinhua, China, Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (“Kandi”, “Kandi Technologies”, or the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: KNDI), an extended famend chief in all-electric private transportation and utility autos, in the present day 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 expertise innovation and scenario-driven functions.

The Center will prioritize the improvement of AI core applied sciences, together with clever notion and spatial computing, with a selected give attention to accelerating the evolution and commercialization of quadruped robots for safety inspection and associated software situations. As a key initiative beneath 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 world market entry. The alliance goals to assemble a streamlined pipeline from conceptual expertise 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 expertise domains, together with clever robotics and power battery swapping ecosystems. The institution of the Center is predicted to anchor the improvement 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 development and worth creation.



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