2025 is regarded by the industry as the "first year of VLA getting on the car", and visual language action model (VLA) technology is profoundly changing the field of intelligent driving. The VLA model has the ability to reason beyond the traditional visual language model (VLM), and can predict and deal with complex road conditions more accurately, bringing superior decision-making capabilities to the autonomous driving system. This article will deeply explore the current application status of VLA technology in the field of intelligent driving, future development trends and its impact on the industry's competitive landscape.
In the intelligent driving industry, 2025 is regarded as the "first year of VLA's entry", which marks the emergence of a new technological paradigm. VLA, the Vision-Language-Action Model, was originally proposed by DeepMind in 2023 to improve robots' understanding and response capabilities to the environment. In recent years, this technology has attracted great attention in the field of autonomous driving.
Compared with traditional visual language models (VLM), VLA has the advantage that it can not only parse image and text information, but also make decisions through "human-like" thinking.
This allows intelligent driving systems to more accurately reason about complex road conditions, such as making appropriate responses at construction sites or traffic commands. According to Yuan Rong Qixing's research, VLA can predict changes in road conditions in the next few decades, while VLM can only infer a situation in just 7 seconds. This stronger reasoning ability gives VLA more advantages in dealing with real-time road conditions, and promotes the rapid development of intelligent driving technology.
Currently, major players in the industry, such as Ideal Auto and Yuanrong Qixing, have begun to apply this technology in their models, marking that intelligent driving is entering a new stage of racing. In particular, Yuanrong has reached cooperation agreements with many leading car companies, planning to launch smart cars equipped with VLA models in 2025. This move not only enhances its market competitiveness, but also lays a solid foundation for its future development.
In an increasingly competitive market, whether a company can create a "hot" model has become an important indicator to evaluate its success. The hot sales of popular models can not only provide valuable data support for enterprises, but also accelerate the iteration and upgrading of intelligent driving technology. In 2024, Ideal Auto and Xiaomi Auto quickly accumulated market share and user trust with their best-selling models, becoming benchmarks in the industry.
The smart driving market is undergoing a technological revolution, and the emergence of VLA has brought new possibilities to the industry. With the launch of more models and the continuous maturity of technology, intelligent driving in the future will be more intelligent and bring users a better driving experience.
The application of VLA technology indicates that intelligent driving has entered a new stage of development. In the future, more innovative applications based on VLA will emerge, bringing users a safer and more convenient driving experience. This will be the key driver of continued competition and innovation in the smart car industry.