Smart Driving

Xpeng aims to have XNGP available on all roads in major Chinese cities by the end of 2024, with NGP functionality also available in Europe by then.

BMW has been permitted to test vehicles with self-driving features in Shanghai, becoming the second international automaker after GM to receive the permit in the city.

Nio aims to complete the validation of 250,000 kilometers of NOP+ urban pilot routes by the end of the year, more than quadrupling the initial target announced in September.

Li Auto's own smart driving team will instead focus more on the development of the AD Max system that comes with its highest priced models, according to local media.

Haomo unveiled three ADAS kits priced as low as $410 and not relying on high-definition maps to capitalize on the opportunity presented by smart driving features that will cover the vast majority of new cars over the next two years.

Nio aims to boost NOP+ coverage to 200,000 kilometers of urban roads by the first quarter of 2024.

FAW and Mobileye plan to start mass production of SuperVision-equipped models by the end of 2024, and vehicles with the hands-off, eyes-off Chauffeur technology are scheduled for mass production by the end of 2025.

Nio released NOP in October 2020 and launched the more powerful NOP+ in December 2022 after accumulating a large amount of user mileage data.

Availability of commute NOA functionality will expand to 100 cities in December, and will be available to all users by the second quarter of 2024, Li Auto said.

Xpeng sees Nvidia's Drive Thor's 2,000 Tops of computing power as too much and has made a request for a customized Thor chip with 750 Tops of power, according to local media.