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At the upcoming Shanghai International Auto Show, the Volkswagen Group will showcase its first self-developed autonomous driving system. This full-stack solution was developed by Carizon, a joint venture between Volkswagen's software division Cariad and Horizon Robotics in Beijing, and trained using a new AI platform called GAIA. Volkswagen says the technology will debut later this year in a Volkswagen-branded electric vehicle, with gradual integration into a range of models based on the MEB platform starting in 2026.

The fifth China International Consumer Products Expo recently opened in Haikou. At this expo, Mogo AI, in collaboration with the Hainan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Haikou Municipal People's Government, and Hainan Expressway Company, launched a striking demonstration project. The core of this project is the application of AI large models to smart transportation, showcasing a "full-scenario, multi-functional" vehicle-road-cloud integrated solution. Image Note: Image generated by AI, image authorized by Midjourney in Haikou.

XPeng Motors announced that its self-developed Turing AI chip, designed to support Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities, is slated for mass production in 2025.

XPeng Motors held an AI technology sharing session in Hong Kong yesterday, unveiling its newly developed 720-billion-parameter large-scale autonomous driving model – the "XPeng World" base model. This model features a multi-modal architecture, integrating visual understanding, chain reasoning, and action generation capabilities. It aims to be deployed to vehicle-end devices via cloud distillation technology and simultaneously empower ecological products such as AI robots and flying cars.

Wayve recently launched GAIA-2, its latest video-generating world model. A significant upgrade from its predecessor, GAIA-1, this groundbreaking technology generates highly diverse and controllable driving scenario videos to greatly enhance the safety of assisted and autonomous driving systems. The release of GAIA-2 marks a significant step forward for Wayve in leveraging generative AI to enable safer and smarter transportation. GAIA-2 offers a substantial improvement in scene diversity compared to GAIA-1.

On February 27, Baidu and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Ningde, Fujian Province. The agreement focuses on in-depth collaboration in autonomous driving and digitalization, aiming to promote the popularization of autonomous driving travel services and the application of AI technology in the industrial sector.

He Xiaopeng revealed that in the first half of this year, XPeng Motors aims to conduct a comprehensive comparison with the world's best high-level intelligent driving capabilities, including functionality, performance, safety, and coverage, striving to achieve leading positions in both China and globally. He emphasized that XPeng and Tesla are the world's first AI technology companies to apply large-model end-to-end technology to intelligent driving and achieve mass production, and are also the only two companies capable of striving to achieve intelligent driving that "works well globally" with a single software solution, without relying on high-definition maps and lidar.

Tesla's China website announced that its FSD (Full Self-Driving) package has been officially renamed "FSD Intelligent Assisted Driving" in the Chinese market, along with an update to its capabilities description. Despite the name change, the price remains at RMB 64,000. Before the renaming, the FSD feature was directly translated as "Full Self-Driving Capability".

Tesla has officially launched its City Driving Autopilot feature in China. The news quickly sparked discussion on X, marking another significant advancement for Tesla in China's intelligent driving sector. According to a statement released via WeChat, the Autopilot feature intelligently guides vehicles along navigation routes. User @imxiaohu posted on X that the function enables automatic navigation through ramps and intersections.

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES), NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered an ambitious speech about the future of artificial intelligence and robotics. He stated that the robotics industry is facing a 'trillion-dollar' market opportunity, with rapid growth expected in the coming years. Huang emphasized the application of AI models in various types of robots, particularly humanoid robots and autonomous vehicles. He mentioned that NVIDIA's collaboration with Toyota will advance autonomous driving technology.

Cainiao Group officially launched its new L4 public road autonomous vehicle - Cainiao GT Pro today. This vehicle is the first upgrade and redesign after the launch of the L4 public road autonomous vehicle Cainiao GT in 2024, with a starting price of 149,800 yuan (including vehicle hardware and 5 years of technical service fee). The Cainiao GT Pro features significant optimizations and improvements in various aspects, including product appearance, range, algorithm optimization, functional interaction, and technological ambiance, enhancing the competitiveness of the autonomous vehicle.

Li Liyun, head of intelligent driving at Xpeng Motors, recently disclosed the company's autonomous driving development timeline for the first time, announcing plans to offer pseudo-autonomous driving capabilities on the Max series models by 2025, making Xpeng the first domestic car manufacturer to set a clear timeline for the rollout of autonomous driving. Li stated that Xpeng is currently on the 'eve of unmanned driving'. Based on a firm belief in the Scaling Law of autonomous driving, Xpeng has chosen a pure vision technology route for intelligent driving. He believes that with the accumulation of massive amounts of data and continuous improvement in cloud and vehicle computing power, the transition will be feasible.

During the first session of the 2024 Ideal AI Talk, Ideal Auto CEO Li Xiang shared his views on the future role of artificial intelligence in the automotive industry and announced that the company will shift towards becoming an AI enterprise. Li believes that intelligence is the future of the automotive industry, and Ideal Auto will play an important role in this transformation. In terms of R&D investment, Li revealed that half of the 10 billion yuan budget allocated for R&D each year is dedicated to the field of artificial intelligence. He believes that the emergence of large models will bring fundamental changes to humanity, just as the internet brought about information revolution.

Autonomous truck company TuSimple has announced its completion of a transformation, officially rebranding as CreateAI and shifting its focus toward the generative AI field, including animation and game development. This rebranding signifies TuSimple's departure from the autonomous trucking business and its entry into a new arena. TuSimple's transformation comes at a time of ongoing turmoil for the company. Previously, the company exited the stock market in January 2024 and closed its U.S. autonomous trucking operations, transferring the remaining assets to China to fund the new business.

Recently, the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology officially issued several measures to build Shenzhen into a pioneer city for artificial intelligence, aimed at promoting the application and development of the AI industry. With an annual investment of up to 300 million yuan, the focus is on cutting-edge areas such as the mathematical principles of AI, infrastructure, core algorithms, as well as embodied intelligence, autonomous driving, and AI chips, to carry out fundamental research and tackle technological challenges. Among them, for demonstration application projects with promotional value, the city will provide subsidies of up to 30% based on the actual investment of the project construction entities, with a maximum limit.