Self-driving
Nio-backed Black Sesame partners with BlackBerry QNX to build self-driving platform
The platform will be built on Black Sesame's HuaShan-2 A1000 self-driving computing chip, with volume production targeted for 2022.
Chinese startup WeRide says it exceeds 10 million km of self-driving miles
WeRide has also conducted simulations on its in-house developed platform, resulting in over 8 billion simulated test miles.
Alibaba-backed self-driving startup DeepRoute forms strategic partnership with Xpeng-backed LiDAR maker Zvision
The two companies will collaborate on a lower cost, mass-production-ready L4 autonomous driving front-end solution based on solid-state LiDARs.
US startup Nuro unveils delivery robot to be produced by BYD
BYD is responsible for the development, testing, and production of the vehicle, and provides the blade battery, motor, and motor controller.
Beijing's roads open to autonomous driving testing reach 1,000 km
The combined testing mileage of self-driving vehicles in Beijing has exceeded 3 million kilometers.
WeRide puts self-driving buses without steering wheel or brake pedal into operation
These all-electric Robobuses have no steering wheel, accelerator pedal or brake pedal and operate seven days a week.
Chinese self-driving startup DeepRoute partners with LiDAR maker RoboSense to build L4 autonomous driving solutions
The two parties aim to build lower-cost L4 autonomous driving solutions based on solid-state LiDARs to help drive mass adoption of the technology.
Pony.ai to form JV with Sinotrans to focus on self-driving truck business
The joint venture is expected to be officially launched by early 2022, with an initial fleet of more than 100 smart-driving heavy trucks.
Alibaba-backed AutoX built dedicated Robotaxi production line
The production facility is capable of assembling Robotaxis to a high level of precision and consistency, with the vehicles starting to operate autonomously as soon as they leave the facility's gates.
Chinese startup Haomo raises nearly $150 million in new funding, becoming latest self-driving unicorn
Haomo expects its assisted driving system to be available on 34 Great Wall Motor passenger vehicle models by the end of 2022, with more than 1 million vehicles using the system over the next three years.