On May 10, DiDi Autonomous Driving, which is the self-driving technology division of DiDi Global, announced a strengthened partnership with GAC AION, subsidiary of GAC Group. They will set up a joint venture to mass produce electric Robotaxi under a joint project named "AIDI".
Mogo Auto, a company offering autonomous driving technology and operation services, has successfully raised 580 million yuan ($83 million) in C2 round financing.
On May 3rd, a netizen posted a video claiming that while using the XPeng G9's automatic navigation assisted driving function, the assisted driving system turned right to avoid a large vehicle in front but did not return to its original direction afterwards. The owner then took over and quickly turned the steering wheel to avoid an accident.
On April 19, during the Shanghai Auto Show, Didi's autonomous trucking division KargoBot announced a strategic partnership with Chinese tech firm Horizon Robotics.
Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto unveiled its autonomous driving and battery electric vehicle (BEV) roadmap on the first day of the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition.
Tencent showcased its vehicle-cloud integration technology and advances in smart driving maps, cockpit interaction solutions and more on the Tencent Intelligent Mobility Ecosystem Day on April 17.
Huawei launched the AITO M5 Intelligent Driving Edition, the first car model equipped with its second-generation automated driving system ADS 2.0, on April 17th. Additionally, it teased the release of a luxury SUV model called AITO M9 in Q4.
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng Motors revealed its latest EV architecture on April 16. The company aims to achieve a balance between cost, efficiency, experience, and globalization with the new SEPA 2.0 platform.
On April 13, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi released its first autonomous driving and automatic operation center and autonomous driving concept car named "DiDi Neuron."
During the BYD 2022 annual report communication meeting, Chairman Wang Chuanfu shared his perspective on autonomous driving in a clear and honest manner. He dismissed unmanned driving as impractical and misleading, emphasizing that advanced assisted driving is the way forward for future development.
Founded in 2015, Horizon Robotics has already made a name for itself as a leading provider of energy-efficient computing solutions for consumer vehicles in China.
Tesla is planning a grand production capacity for its future low-priced model. "The new model will be a smaller version of the Model Y," an insider said, "and Tesla is planning an annual production capacity of up to four million vehicles."
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) technology company Haomo.ai announced that it will release the autonomous driving generative model "DriveGPT" on April 11.
Lawrence Steyn has left his position as CFO of self-driving startup Pony.ai in early March. Haojun Wang, one of the company's founding members, will be taking over as CFO.
Pony.ai, a Chinese automated driving start-up, announced on March 22 that it has reached a strategic cooperation with leading unmanned vehicle developer Neolix in the field of unmanned distribution in China.
On March 17th, Baidu's Apollo Go was allowed to carry out a demonstration of its unmanned automated driving service in Beijing. This is the first time in the world that unmanned motor vehicles have been implemented in a capital city. So far, Apollo Go has started unmanned automated driving travel services in Beijing, Wuhan and Chongqing.
"Xiaomi Auto has made more progress than expected. Recently, the winter test has been finished and we expect to mass-produce within the first half of the next year," said Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, at a meeting on March 5.
