Smart Driving

The two will work together to build an automotive software and hardware platform and jointly promote the establishment of an automotive electronics ecosystem alliance.

Nvidia said Monday it will launch the A800 chip in China, which complies with recent US export control regulations.

Su Jing, a former Huawei executive and self-driving industry veteran, has joined Volkswagen's joint venture with Horizon Robotics, according to local media.

City NGP is only available to users in Guangzhou for now, and Xpeng says it will work to make the feature available in more cities as soon as possible.

Volkswagen will take a 60 percent stake in the joint venture, and its software subsidiary Cariad will develop autonomous driving solutions with Horizon Robotics.

The joint venture will reportedly focus on developing self-driving technology and wireless connectivity software for Volkswagen.

Nio's chip team is developing high-level self-driving chips and LiDAR chips, with self-driving chips likely to start being used in production vehicles as early as around 2024, according to local media.

Chery is planning at least five models with L2+ assisted driving capabilities based on its E0X platform, which will use Horizon Robotics' Journey 3 chip as the computing cornerstone.

Zeekr will also feature Mobileye SuperVision on two new models and work with Mobileye to develop new LiDAR-based features.

DRIVE Thor offers 2,000 TOPS of performance, eight times that of DRIVE Orin, and targets automakers' 2025 models.