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2025.04.09

15:19

WeRide announces adoption of BlackBerry QNX system

On April 9, WeRide and QNX, a subsidiary of BlackBerry, announced that they will jointly accelerate the development and deployment of software-defined vehicle (SDV) solutions for global automotive OEMs and Tier 1s. In this collaboration, WeRide will deeply integrate BlackBerry QNX's advanced technology stack into WePilot, its advanced ADAS intelligent driving solution for L2++ passenger cars.

2025.04.02

16:18

WeRide announces launch of robotaxi service in Dubai

On April 2, local time, WeRide announced a strategic partnership with Uber and the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority. The three parties will work together to launch robotaxi autonomous driving travel services in Dubai.

2025.03.29

15:37

Zhang Yaqin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering: Autonomous driving will usher in the "Chat GPT moment" in 2025

On March 29, at the 2025 China Electric Vehicle Hundred People Forum held in Beijing, Zhang Yaqin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and dean of the Institute of Intelligent Industry (AIR) of Tsinghua University, said that driverless driving will be the largest embodied intelligence application in the next five years and will be the first embodied intelligence to pass the "New Turing Test". Zhang Yaqin predicted that the "Chat GPT moment" of driverless driving will arrive in 2025, and 10% of new cars will have L4 autonomous driving capabilities in 2030, which will usher in the "DeepSeek moment". As for when the ChatGPT moment of driverless driving will come, Zhang Yaqin predicted that if Waymo advances smoothly in the US market, Baidu advances smoothly in Wuhan and other places in China, including WeRide and Pony.ai, the ChatGPT moment of driverless driving can be achieved in 2025. However, it will take longer to achieve scale. "10% of new cars will have L4 capabilities in 2030, and then the DeepSeek moment will come."

2025.03.27

19:06

WeRide obtains French driverless license

On March 27, WeRide announced that it had obtained the French fully unmanned public road testing and operation license together with French autonomous driving network operator beti. So far, WeRide has become the world's first and only technology company that has autonomous driving licenses in China, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, France, and the United States. This license allows WeRide's autonomous driving minibus to operate at a speed of 40km/h, which is the highest speed fully unmanned road testing and operation license currently approved by France.

2025.03.16

16:15

Spain starts testing driverless minibuses on city roads

For the first time in Spain, an autonomous minibus was tested on city roads in real traffic conditions. With the approval of the Barcelona City Council and the Spanish General Directorate of Transport, a driverless minibus launched by Renault Group and WeRide was open to the public free of charge from March 11 to 14. Its trial operation route was two kilometers long. Barcelona Mayor Jaume Corboni and other government officials also came to test ride the bus.

2025.03.15

07:14

Most of the popular Chinese stocks closed higher, with the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index up 2.69%

2025.03.14

11:33

Pony.ai and WeRide plan secondary listing in Hong Kong

According to multiple independent sources, Pony.ai is preparing to launch a Hong Kong stock listing plan. "Currently (the plan) is still in the early stages of discussion," one of the insiders revealed. The reporter also learned that WeRide also plans to go public in Hong Kong for the second time. In response to the above news, Pony.ai said, "The company has no plans to go public in Hong Kong for the second time"; WeRide said, "We have not received any relevant information."

2025.03.13

09:11

WeRide launches Robotaxi commercial charging service at Beijing South Railway Station

On March 13, autonomous driving technology company WeRide announced that its autonomous driving travel service vehicles (Robotaxi) were officially approved to provide autonomous driving travel fee services between Beijing Economic Development Zone and Beijing South Railway Station. This not only marks the first time that commercial Robotaxi autonomous driving services have covered the Beijing Third Ring Road area, but also marks that WeRide's Robotaxi commercial travel service scope in Beijing has officially exceeded 600 square kilometers.

2025.03.05

15:28

Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission held a private enterprise forum

Ai Xuefeng, Party Secretary and Director of the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission, recently hosted a private enterprise forum, attended by 12 private enterprises including Xinyueneng Semiconductor, Cansemi Semiconductor, Ehang Intelligent, China Aerospace, Baiyun Electric, WeRide, Mingluo Equipment, ViewSonic Electronics, Origin Intelligent, China Science and Technology Anchi, Tiantai Robotics, and Wasu Robotics. At the meeting, Ai Xuefeng responded to the issues of concern to the enterprises one by one. He said that private enterprises are an important support for Guangdong's economy, and supporting the development of the private economy is an important responsibility of government departments at all levels. Next, the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant provincial units and development and reform departments at all levels to carefully study the opinions and suggestions of enterprises, implement various policies in place, and use their heart, emotion and strength to solve problems for enterprises and create a better environment for the development of private enterprises.

2025.03.03

20:46

WeRide founder responds to "autonomous driving replaces a large number of jobs": new positions already exist, job migration is gradual

In response to the question "If more and more transportation vehicles become self-driving, will a large number of jobs be replaced?", Han Xu, founder and CEO of WeRide, said that a key question that philosophers in the 21st century think about is the relationship between humans and machines, more specifically, the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence (AI). Many jobs that were once done by humans have gradually been replaced by machines. Looking back at history, this is not the first time. Programmable switches replaced human operators, washing machines replaced laundry workers, and mining has also adopted a large number of automated technologies. This is the migration or transformation of human jobs. I think we should invest more resources and efforts to create more friendly and pleasant jobs for people. In fact, such new jobs already exist, such as data annotation and elderly care. At the same time, such job migration is gradual. In fact, in many aging societies, the key problem is not employment, but the shortage of bus drivers and taxi drivers. Therefore, we hope to use self-driving technology to solve this problem. So we must master the rhythm of technology application. We don't want to see self-driving taxis replace all traditional taxis overnight. We don't want to do such a thing. I think a gradual strategy is a good choice. What we do is to gradually fill the gap between supply and demand.

2025.02.28

09:10

WeRide launches Europe's first L4 autonomous minibus fully unmanned commercial route

WeRide announced that it will work with Renault Group, French autonomous driving operator beti and insurance group Macif to launch L4 autonomous driving travel services in Drôme, France. This is WeRide’s first fully unmanned commercial deployment of autonomous driving minibuses on public roads in Europe.

2025.02.26

21:38

WeRide signs strategic cooperation agreement with Singapore sanitation company CTM

According to WeRide, WeRide recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Singapore sanitation company Chye Thiam Maintenance (CTM). The two parties will deepen cooperation in the field of L4 autonomous driving sanitation vehicles (Robosweeper) and jointly promote the large-scale commercial deployment of this product in Singapore and international markets.

2025.02.25

13:42

Beijing's driverless fleet expands again

On the evening of February 24, autonomous driving company WeRide said that the company's mass-produced Robotaxi GXR model has started purely unmanned large-scale commercial operation in Beijing. This year, WeRide's Robotaxi (autonomous driving "taxis") operations in Beijing will increase to hundreds. It is reported that WeRide's GXR model has been officially approved to carry out "no one in the car" autonomous driving travel fee service in Beijing, covering the core area of Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, and can also travel from Beijing South Railway Station and Daxing International Airport from the Economic and Technological Development Zone. How to get a GXR? Users can directly search for the "WeRide Travel" App in major mobile app stores, download and register, and call a car with one click. The operating hours are from 7:30 to 22:00 on weekdays and from 9:00 to 17:00 on weekends and holidays.

2025.02.24

21:13

WeRide's US stock price once rose by more than 17% before the market opened

WeRide's U.S. stock price once rose by more than 17% before the market opened. On the news front, WeRide's new mass-produced Robotaxi GXR started purely unmanned large-scale commercial operations in Beijing.

20:09

WeRide’s new mass-produced Robotaxi GXR starts fully unmanned large-scale commercial operation in Beijing

On February 24, WeRide's new generation of mass-produced Robotaxi "GXR" was officially approved to carry out "no one in the car" autonomous driving travel charging service in Beijing, covering the core area of Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, including important stations such as the city's high-speed rail station. GXR is WeRide's second purely unmanned commercial operation Robotaxi model in Beijing, and it is also the first large-scale purely unmanned commercial application in China after the Uber platform was launched in Abu Dhabi in December last year. In addition to urban roads, WeRide GXR has also been approved to carry out Robotaxi commercial charging operations in Beijing covering Beijing Daxing International Airport and other high-speed sections.

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