BEIJING (Reuters) -BMW Group announced on Tuesday that it would join hands with Chinese autonomous driving firm Momenta to develop advanced driving assistance technology specifically for the China market. The co-developed system will cover highways and urban roads and be used in multiple models, BMW said in a statement. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by…
Autonomous driving still has more doubters than backers in Hong Kong, but the city is now taking steps that could get more people on board with the technology. Trial runs set for the next five months are worth supporting to develop driverless services. After allowing passenger trials on routes within the airport island, the government…
Chinese premium electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng introduced the latest version of its X9 multipurpose vehicle for the local market and aimed to launch it in Europe from July as part of its drive to quadruple its sales in export markets. The all-electric seven-seater vehicle will enter the mainland market with a starting price of…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng has ramped up development of its own artificial intelligence (AI) chip to power its semi-autonomous cars, with a first mass production model to be fitted with the Turing chip from as early as this quarter. The chip, which is claimed to be more powerful than Nvidia’s Drive Orin X,…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng Motors hopes to make Hong Kong a launch pad for its autonomous driving technology beyond mainland China, but the ambition will depend on the city’s willingness to create a more open regulatory environment for new technologies. Hong Kong should keep up with the mainland or be more ambitious in…
Vehicle production has long been a symbol of national technological prowess and the manufacturing capability of countries such as the United States, Japan and Germany in the 20th century. As a result, China’s rapid global expansion in electric vehicles (EVs) in recent years has been a hot topic. While the winner of the EV competition…
Tesla stock (TSLA) pushed higher on Tuesday morning, hitting a record high and adding to monster end-of-year gains as another Wall Street analyst says there’s more room to run. Tesla shares jumped over 2% in early trading, topping $470 per share for the first time. The stock is up nearly 19% in the past five…
Apollo Go, Baidu’s robotaxi service, operates in multiple Chinese cities, with the largest fleet of over 400 vehicles in Wuhan. Credit: Tada Images/Shutterstock. China’s Baidu Apollo International has been granted a licence to test its Apollo Go autonomous vehicles in Hong Kong, marking an important step in the company’s expansion beyond mainland China. The licence,…
TL;DR: Hyundai plans to enter the Chinese EV market in collaboration with Haomo by releasing an electric vehicle featuring generative AI technology next year. The vehicle will have Level 2 to 2.5 autonomous driving capabilities. Hyundai has a “secret weapon” that it will be unleashing onto the Chinese EV market next year, where in collaboration…
On the western coastline of the southern tech hub, CMG’s port unit has turned Mawan, a terminal that used to handle break bulk cargo of grains and sandstone, into a showcase that features remote-controlled quay cranes, autonomous-driving container trucks and a digitally managed flow of goods. Operating the quay cranes and rubber-tyred gantry cranes used…