李汽車:自動運転トラック市場への参入を計画, 情報筋は言う

李汽車 has formed certain goals for the project and will see phased results next year, 地元メディアによると.

李汽車は自動運転トラックへの進出を計画している, インテリジェントドライビング事業担当バイスプレジデントが主導する取り組み, ラン・シャンペン, 地元メディアJiemianが本日報じた, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The extended-range 電気自動車 maker has been seeking autonomous truck-related talent through multiple headhunters, and has already interviewed people who have worked at other autonomous driving companies, 報告書によると、.

The job title is director of truck autonomous driving technology, and the main tasks include being responsible for system design, development, testing and pilot validation of autonomous driving for factory logistics trucks, 報告書によると、.

Candidates need to have more than 10 years of experience, and more than six years of experience in R&D management and technical architecture, and have led the construction of core business systems, 報告書によると、.

Over the past year, Li Auto’s internal team has held several discussions around the value point of L4 autonomous driving technology, with the main target directions including passenger cars and commercial vehicles, the person familiar with the matter said.

In mid- to late-June of this year, Li Auto management largely determined that it would enter the autonomous truck segment of the commercial vehicle sector, the person said.

There is a view within Li Auto that the company has accumulated a large amount of data through assisted driving systems for passenger cars, and the data is of great value in L3 and L4 intelligent driving systems, Jiemian’s report said.

From that perspective, Li Auto has the advantage of going across sectors, 報告書によると、.

Li Auto’s internal team has formed certain goals for the project and will see phased results next year, according to Jiemian.

Li Auto does have the strength to incubate an autonomous truck project internally, 報告書によると、.

In terms of its main business, Li Auto has seen rapid sales growth so far this year, and has far surpassed Nio and Xpeng, with its deliveries in the first half of the year already exceeding those for the whole of 2022, Jiemian said.

In terms of company size, Li Auto’s current market capitalization stands at $42.25 十億, compared to Nio’s $18.75 billion and Xpeng’s $16.41 十億, the report noted.

Hours after Jiemian’s report was published, local automotive media outlet Yiche quoted Li Auto’s response as saying that the company has no plans to enter the autonomous truck space for the time being.

Li Auto is indeed hiring in the autonomous truck space, but it’s for a smart-driving logistics program for efficient parts distribution, the company said.

Li Auto delivered 34,914 8月の車両, 上 2.29 percent from July and up 663.82 前年比, according to the company’s September 1 解放.

In the first eight months of the year, Li Auto delivered 208,165 車, 上 176.10 前年比.

To date, Li Auto’s cumulative deliveries since its inception stand at 465,499 単位, according to data monitored by Auto in China.