Smart Driving

  • VW to invest €2.4 billion to form JV with Chinese firm Horizon Robotics

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

  • VW reportedly to form €2 billion JV with Chinese firm Horizon Robotics

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

  • Nio working on self-driving and LiDAR chips with team size of nearly 300, report says

    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.

  • Chinese self-driving chipmaker Horizon Robotics secures investment from Chery

    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.

  • More Geely brands to feature Mobileye's assisted driving system besides Zeekr

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

  • Nvidia unveils new system for autonomous driving, DRIVE Thor, with Zeekr as first customer

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

  • Xpeng launches Tesla FSD-like City NGP in Guangzhou on pilot basis

    The trial run of City NGP may help improve the extremely bearish investor sentiment about Xpeng stock.

  • Under-the-radar startup quietly becomes one of the strongest players in China's self-driving space

    Startup Haomo's self-driving technology has earned two Chinese models five-star safety ratings from Euro NCAP.

  • China FAW said to use self-driving chips from local maker Cambricon

    Cambricon's first self-driving chip has been taped out and is expected to be in mass production later this year, according to local media.

  • China voices opposition to US export restrictions on Nvidia GPU chips

    The US should immediately stop its wrongdoing and treat companies from all countries, including Chinese companies, fairly, China's Ministry of Commerce said.