Li Auto, 자율주행 트럭 시장 진출 계획, 소식통은 말한다

리 오토 has formed certain goals for the project and will see phased results next year, according to local media.

Li Auto is planning a foray into autonomous trucks, an effort that will be led by its vice president of intelligent driving business, Lang Xianpeng, local media Jiemian reported today, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The extended-range 전기자동차 maker has been seeking autonomous truck-related talent through multiple headhunters, and has already interviewed people who have worked at other autonomous driving companies, 보고서에 따르면.

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, 보고서는 다음과 같이 말했다..

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, 보고서에 따르면.

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, 보고서는 다음과 같이 말했다..

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, 보고서는 다음과 같이 말했다..

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 십억, compared to Nio’s $18.75 billion and Xpeng’s $16.41 십억, 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, 회사는 말했다.

Li Auto delivered 34,914 vehicles in August, 위로 2.29 percent from July and up 663.82 전년 대비 백분율, according to the company’s September 1 석방.

In the first eight months of the year, Li Auto delivered 208,165 차량, 위로 176.10 전년 대비 백분율.

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