China Tech

  • Chinese firm's millimeter-wave radar that can detect cans 180 meters away to be mass produced in Q4

    While LiDAR is all the rage in the new energy vehicle market, it doesn't mean millimeter-wave radar is being left behind.

  • Pony.ai launches all-in-one autonomous driving system with Luminar LiDAR

    This is Luminar's first strategic partnership with an autonomous driving company in China.

  • Huawei didn't say 'all in' in their self-driving efforts, they came straight out with an ace in the hole

    On the eve of the Shanghai auto show, Huawei unveiled five new products from its automotive division on Sunday.

  • Cars with DJI's intelligent driving system said to be launched as soon as this year

    DJI Automotive, a subsidiary of Drone maker DJI, has started working with car companies, and mass-produced cars equipped with DJI's intelligent driving system will be released as soon as this year.

  • Chinese startup WeRide gets permit to test driverless cars on public roads in California

    After raising $310 million, WeRide is the seventh company to receive a driverless testing permit, following AutoX, Baidu, Cruise, Nuro Waymo, and Zoox.

  • GAC unveils battery technology with range of over 1,000 km

    Even at low temperatures, the battery with this technology can have a range of 650 kilometers, the company said.

  • Chinese firm's next-gen power battery seeks to challenge energy density bottleneck

    Farasis Energy said it has developed and validated a next-generation electric vehicle battery with an energy density of 330Wh/kg, marking a challenge to the industry's widely held belief that lithium batteries have an energy density bottleneck upper limit of 350Wh/kg.

  • Baidu launches autonomous driving platform in Guangzhou, to deploy over 100 Robotaxis and 1,000 pick-up stations

    Chinese search engine giant Baidu  (NASDAQ:BIDU) today announced the launch of a multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS (mobility as a service) platform in Guangzhou that will leverage a fleet including Apollo Robotaxis and Robobuses to provide AI-powered urban mobility services.

  • CICC says 2021 will be first year of mass production of LiDAR in China

    CICC believes that Huawei's LiDAR has excellent performance and will be equipped on models available in 2021, opening the first year of mass production.

  • IM Motors, SAIC's high-end EV brand, to begin accepting pre-orders next year with world's first 11kW wireless charging technology

    IM Motors' 115kWh capacity battery pack has the world's highest energy density, exceeding current industry leaders by 30-40 percent.