XPENG G9 SUV Obtains Permit for Autonomous Driving Public Road Tests
November 01 2022 - 7:57AM
Business Wire
- First unmodified mass-produced commercial vehicle to qualify
for such tests
- G9 SUVs will commence autonomous driving tests on designated
public roads in China
- Permit marks a milestone in the path towards mass production of
robotaxis and future commercialization
XPeng Inc. ("XPENG" or the "Company," NYSE: XPEV and HKEX:
9868), a leading Chinese smart EV company, today announced that it
has successfully obtained the Guangzhou Intelligent Connected
Vehicle Road Test Permit (“the Permit”), making XPENG G9 the first
unmodified commercial vehicle to qualify for autonomous driving
tests on designated public roads in China.
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The achievement marks a major industry milestone in the path
towards mass production of robotaxis as well as future
commercialization of robotaxi as a service.
On October 31, XPENG received the Permit following approvals
from the Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Public
Security Bureau and the Transport Bureau of Guangzhou Municipality.
Mass-produced XPENG G9 SUVs, without any hardware reconfiguration
but only software upgrades, are now qualified to conduct autonomous
driving tests on designated public roads in Guangzhou, China.
“Securing the autonomous driving road testing permit for a
commercial vehicle is a strong endorsement of our autonomous
driving deep R&D and software capabilities,” said Dr. Xinzhou
Wu, Vice President of Autonomous Driving Center at XPENG. “Our
approach by using mass-produced commercial vehicles to explore
mobility solutions will build a strong foundation to realize
economies of scale. Significant cost efficiency brings us another
step closer to commercializing robotaxis in the future.”
XPENG expects to leverage its platform-based technology stack to
generate synergies as it integrates its advanced driver assistance
systems (ADAS) with autonomous driving machine-learning-based
training models to accelerate software iterations with closed-loop
data feedback.
The G9 autonomous driving road test vehicles utilize the same
hardware suite as G9 commercial vehicles, including sensors for
perception, computing and vehicle control systems.
About XPENG Inc.
XPENG Inc. (“XPENG”) is a leading Chinese Smart EV company that
designs, develops, manufactures, and markets smart EVs that appeal
to the large and growing base of technology-savvy middle-class
consumers. Its mission is to drive Smart EV transformation with
technology and data, shaping the mobility experience of the future.
In order to optimize its customers’ mobility experience, XPENG
develops in-house its full-stack advanced driver-assistance system
technology and in-car intelligent operating system, as well as core
vehicle systems including powertrain and the electrical/electronic
architecture. XPENG is headquartered in Guangzhou, China, with main
offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, San Diego and
Amsterdam. The Company’s Smart EVs are mainly manufactured at its
plant in Zhaoqing, Guangdong province. For more information, please
visit https://heyXPENG.com.
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