ADAS & AV
WeRide reaches 10 million kilometers of autonomous driving WeRide announces the breakthrough of reaching 10 million kilometers of autonomous driving on public roads, among which 2.5 million kilometers are in fully driverless mode. WeRide has accumulated a massive number of high-quality scenarios through 10 million kilometers, combining testing and operations with more than 300 AD vehicles over the past four years. WeRide’s fleets comprise Robotaxi, Robobus, and Robovan, running in cities such as Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Anqing in China and San Jose in the US. They are tested and operated day and night, traveling from CBDs to urban villages, tunnels to highways, under the sun, rain and snow, all contributing to generate an abundance of valuable AD data.
Serve Robotics to commercially launch Level 4 self-driving robots Serve Robotics announced the deployment of its next-generation delivery robots. This milestone means Serve Robotics’ latest generation of robots are able to operate routinely without human intervention, and can rely on their onboard capabilities to ensure safe operation. Serve Robotics recently completed the first-ever delivery to occur at Level 4 autonomy, navigating fully autonomously in designated areas. The company’s robots are equipped with an extensive array of technologies that ensure the highest degree of safety by utilizing multiple layers of redundant systems for critical navigation functions. This includes multiple sensor modalities—active sensors such as lidar and ultrasonics, as well as passive sensors such as cameras—to navigate safely on busy city sidewalks. Serve Robotics’ achievement required development of a wide range of market-leading capabilities, such as automatic emergency braking, vehicle collision avoidance, and fail-safe mechanical braking.
HEADLINES ● Magna adds more than 120 engineers, strengthens ADAS capabilities ● Industry-driven DINPAS consortium paves the way for fully autonomous systems by advancing globally available, highly accurate positioning ● TriEye collaborates with major Tier 1 Hitachi Astemo to accelerate the launch of cutting-edge ADAS technology ● Pony.ai debuts its 6th generation autonomous driving system design
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Nuro unveils third-gen autonomous delivery vehicle built with BYD Autonomous vehicle company Nuro has unveiled its third-generation self-driving electric delivery vehicle in partnership with BYD North America. Simply called Nuro, it’s described as the most advanced zerooccupant vehicle designed by the company to date. With the new model, California-based startup hopes to scale its services to millions of people across the country. Nuro’s third-generation vehicle is designed to carry more goods—it offers twice the cargo volume of its predecessor—and enable more deliveries thanks to a higher top speed of 45 mph (72 km/h). Its compartments can hold a combined 27 cubic feet (0.76 cubic meters) of stuff, which equates to about 24 bags of groceries. The four-wheel robot can handle almost 500 lbs (226 kg). The self-driving delivery robot will be produced in a supplier partnership with BYD North America and completed at Nuro’s new $40 million end-of-line manufacturing facility and closed-course test track in southern Nevada.
