Autonomous Driving


China's autonomous driving sector, and every entry we have filed under it.

China runs the world's largest robotaxi fleets through Baidu Apollo, Pony.ai and WeRide, and its carmakers ship advanced driver assistance as standard on mass-market models. Regulators began approving conditional Level 3 systems in 2025, and the supply chain beneath the carmakers, from lidar makers such as Hesai and RoboSense to steer-by-wire and domain controller suppliers, is where much of the new funding now goes. AI-managed traffic signals and roadside infrastructure are a parallel, government-backed track.

Our entries cover new models opening pre-sale with L3-ready architectures, strategic rounds for component suppliers moving into mass production, and Series B funding for AI traffic control companies. We favour announcements with a shipping date, a customer or a regulator's approval over demo videos.

Eight entries, newest first

Huawei launches Luxeed RX with L3 autonomous driving architecture, begins public-road testingSep 28 · Release · 华为Maritime embodied-AI firm Orca Tech raises several hundred million yuan Series C, totaling RMB 300M in half a yearSep 23 · Funding · 欧卡智舶SAIC Maxus, Zhuoyu Technology, Times Electric Service and Yisen Power Form Four-Way Strategic Partnership for 50,000 Battery-Swap Autonomous Logistics VehiclesSep 20 · Partnership · 易森动力Zelos builds industry's first L4 10,000-GPU cluster, APEX multimodal foundation model scales toward 100B-1T parametersSep 17 · Research result · 九识智能Commercial mowing robot startup Laifeng Robotics raises tens of millions of RMB angel round led by Yuda CapitalSep 16 · Funding · 莱锋机器人Yuntong Shuda raises RMB 40M Series B for AI traffic signal controlSep 10 · Funding · 云通数达Qijing GX7 officially opens pre-sale with L3-level autonomous driving architectureSep 4 · Release · 启境汽车Handing Intelligent Completes Tens of Millions RMB Strategic Funding for SBW Mass ProductionSep 3 · Funding · 湖北汉鼎智能科技有限公司