Smart Driving
Geely subsidiary Geespace launches first nine satellites for services including autonomous driving
These first satellites are part of a planned constellation, the Geely Future Mobility Constellation, which will consist of 240 satellites.
JAC will equip some of its models with chips from Nio Capital's portfolio firm Black Sesame
JAC and Black Sesame will build an intelligent driving platform based on the latter's HuaShan-2 A1000 autonomous driving computing chip for the Sehol family of vehicles.
Further Reading: Why is Mobileye losing in China?
Mobileye has a business model that doesn't fit today's Chinese market, this article says.
Nio said to be evaluating Horizon Robotics' chip for use in sub-brand models
Nio is evaluating the Journey 5 chip from local chip company Horizon Robotics, according to local media. BYD will use the chip in some of its models to be launched in 2023.
Former Nio self-driving veteran joins local chip startup
Nio self-driving veteran Zhang Jianyong has joined chip startup Huixi Intelligence, which claims to be the world's highest-valued automotive chip company in angel round.
Xpeng ramps up ambitions in smart driving as over half of its sedan variants to come standard with XPilot
Xpeng's move is expected to further increase the penetration of NGP and accelerate the unification of assisted driving hardware and software.
Chinese firm Desay SV unveils vehicle computing platform with total power of over 2,000 TOPS
The computing platform is equipped with mainstream computing chips and integrates core functional domains including smart cabin, smart driving, and internet-connected services.
Volkswagen's software division CARIAD forms China subsidiary, its first outside Europe
CARIAD's China team currently employs more than 600 people, a number that will double by the end of 2023.
L2 assisted driving systems reach 35% penetration in China's NEV market in Q1, IDC says
This is much higher than the 19.9 percent of the ICE vehicle market.
BYD to equip some 2023 models with self-driving chips from local startup Horizon Robotics
BYD models equipped with Horizon Robotics' latest Journey 5 chip will be available as early as mid-2023.