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Autonomous Driving

Analysis of China’s autonomous driving industry, spanning ADAS, L2–L4 systems, regulatory approvals, and commercialization. This section tracks automaker strategies, software and hardware competition, and the path toward higher levels of vehicle autonomy.

Pony.ai and GAC Lingcheng Target European Logistics With L4 Autonomous Electric Truck

Chinese autonomous driving developer Pony.ai and commercial vehicle manufacturer GAC Lingcheng have formally entered the global autonomous freight race, debuting a jointly developed Level 4 (L4) electric heavy-duty truck at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover on September 14. The launch marks a critical inflection point for China&

ChinaBiz Briefing | Enflame IPO, HBM Price Surge, WeRide & Pony.ai in Europe, Amap's 3D World Model

China's technology sector delivered a dense cluster of structural signals on September 11: a domestic GPU maker's explosive market debut exposed the fault lines of China's chip ambitions; an HBM supply crunch is repricing the entire AI compute stack; ByteDance is consciously throttling its

China’s Robotaxi Race Reaches Europe: WeRide and Pony.ai Break Through the Regulatory Wall

WeRide and Pony.ai land back-to-back regulatory and operational milestones in Madrid and Zagreb on the same day, signaling a coordinated — if competitive — Chinese assault on Europe's fragmented AV market. On September 10, 2026, two Chinese autonomous driving companies executed their most consequential European moves yet

ChinaBiz Briefing | DeepSeek's $2.56B Huawei Bet, Alibaba's Driving AI, China Autos Go Global

China's tech and industrial sectors delivered a cluster of signals on September 7 that collectively point in one direction: the country's leading companies are no longer playing catch-up — they are building independent infrastructure, staking out global market share, and competing for platform dominance in the

Alibaba’s 4B Qwen-Drive Tests a More Efficient Path to Autonomous Driving

Alibaba has open-sourced what may be the industry's first vision-language foundation model purpose-built for autonomous driving — and it runs on just 4 billion parameters, a fraction of the scale deployed by most incumbents. Qwen-Drive-1.0-4B integrates 3D perception, visual question-answering, and

ChinaBiz Briefing | Huawei's Record Revenue, China AI Capex Surge, EV Deliveries Reset

China's technology sector delivered a dense slate of results and market data on September 1, painting a consistent picture: companies across AI, autonomous driving, and electric vehicles are prioritizing long-cycle investment over near-term profitability — and the capital commitments are accelerating, not moderating. From Huawei's

Horizon Robotics Turns Price War Into Tailwind as H1 Revenue Climbs 33%, Adjusted Loss Widens

China's leading autonomous driving chip supplier Horizon Robotics (9660.HK) reported first-half 2026 revenue of RMB 2.055 billion (US$285.4 million), a 32.9% year-on-year increase, even as a deepening price war across China's passenger vehicle market accelerated customer consolidation — a

Momenta Nears Breakeven as Revenue Jumps 76% in H1, but AI Spending Accelerates

Momenta, China's top third-party urban NOA supplier, posted its first interim results as a listed company on Aug. 31, delivering 75.9% revenue growth and a near-breakeven adjusted loss — yet management explicitly ruled out a near-term profit target, signaling that the company's spending

XPeng’s New VLA Pushes Its Physical AI Ambitions Beyond Cars

XPeng has fundamentally restructured its autonomous driving AI by incorporating temporal reasoning into its core model architecture — a technical leap that narrows the gap between mass-market driver-assistance systems and full Level 4 autonomy, and signals the company's broader pivot from electric vehicle maker to physical AI

ChinaBiz Briefing | Tencent's AI Bet, Tesla's Doubao Switch, Unitree IPO Whiplash, RISC-V Milestones

China's technology sector delivered a dense set of signals on August 20 that collectively point to one underlying theme: the race to convert AI capability into durable commercial infrastructure is accelerating — and the costs of falling behind are becoming quantifiable. Tencent spent RMB 52.8 billion in a

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