The picture shows BAIC New Energy and Pony.ai signing a technology cooperation agreement for the development of L4 driverless models. Photo courtesy of BAIC New Energy
China Youth Daily client news (China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Wang Jinghui) As an important carrier of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, intelligent connected cars are becoming a key force in promoting the transformation and upgrading of the automobile industry. On November 2, the BAIC New Energy Artificial Intelligence Technology Day event with the theme of "Global Integration and Renewal·Inspiring the Future of New Towns" was held in Beijing. A number of artificial intelligence-related companies participated in the exhibition with the latest AI technology and shared their forward-looking insights on artificial intelligence technology at the roundtable forum.
The reporter noticed that at this Science and Technology Day, BAIC New Energy and Pony.ai signed a technology cooperation agreement for the development of L4 driverless models. Both parties will aim at mass-producing Robotaxi models with fully unmanned commercialization capabilities and jointly promote the large-scale implementation of autonomous driving travel services.
BAIC Group Chairman Zhang Jianyong said that BAIC New Energy and Pony.ai will cooperate to develop a fully unmanned Robotaxi model based on the Polar Fox Alpha T5 model and Pony.ai’s seventh-generation autonomous driving software and hardware system solution. The two parties have currently launched a technical battle focusing on the research and development of autonomous vehicle-grade kits, model production, chassis redundant safety design, and cockpit experience innovation, and plan to complete and launch the first batch of Jifox Alpha T5 Robotaxi models in 2025.
In addition, according to the next stage of development path of the national intelligent connected automobile industry, both parties will promote the implementation of L4 model mass production announcement certification and plan to cooperate on more future models.
It is worth mentioning that BAIC New Energy has implemented large-scale mass production applications on models such as Jihu Koala, Jihu Alpha T5 and Jihu Alpha S5, and has covered intelligent dialogue, user assistants, encyclopedia questions and answers, etc. functional areas. In terms of multi-modal large-scale models, BAIC New Energy pushes AI phantom vision and AI mood space based on generative artificial intelligence to continue to understand users and improve the cockpit experience.
"BAIC New Energy is a native enterprise of Yizhuang, and its growth and development are all in Yizhuang. After long-term technology accumulation and precipitation, BAIC New Energy is further rejuvenating." Zhang Jianyong said that BAIC, as the leader of state-owned enterprises in the capital, has a deep understanding of the impact of AI technology on automobiles. The industry will undergo revolutionary reshaping. Facing the future, BAIC will continue to consolidate the full-link AI development capabilities of the "Human Car Home" and continue to deeply promote the exploration and research of AI agents and multi-modal large model scenario application technologies.