Take the lead in entering the L3 era
BAIC was approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to enter autonomous driving products and launch the L3 road traffic pilot
On December 15, BAIC Group's Jihu Alpha S (L3 version) was officially approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for autonomous driving model product access licenses, and will soon carry out L3 conditional autonomous driving on the road pilot in a limited area of Beijing. This marks the gradual development of China's autonomous driving technology towards the mass production and application stage, and it is also an important milestone for BAIC Group to move from the technical verification stage to the mass production and application stage in the field of autonomous driving.
Multi-layer redundant software and hardware architecture Validate standards through rigorous testing
In June 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other four departments jointly released the list of the first batch of pilot consortiums for intelligent networked vehicle access and road traffic, and BAIC was shortlisted for the first batch of lists. Since then, BAIC has passed multiple rounds of testing, and finally stood out among many shortlisted companies, and was approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for autonomous driving model product access licenses.
BAIC's declared model is the Polar Fox Alpha S (L3 version), which is equipped with 34 high-performance sensors, including 3 lidars. These sensors work together like keen "eyes" to achieve 360-degree environmental perception coverage around the vehicle, providing accurate and comprehensive environmental information for system decision-making. Jihu Alpha S (L3 version) draws on the mature and strict safety design concept in the aviation field, and realizes full-link security redundant backup in terms of perception, decision-making, steering, braking, communication, power supply, positioning, etc. During the verification process, Jihu Alpha S (L3 version) has undergone rigorous testing and testing, achieving full and complete coverage of scenarios within the design and operation range, fully proving the reliability and safety of its autonomous driving system, and providing industry practice for the mass production application of conditional autonomous driving.
As a representative of intelligent manufacturing and new quality productivity in Beijing, BAIC's approval of autonomous driving model product access license also means that the development of autonomous driving in Beijing has entered a new stage and further consolidated the construction of a highland for the development of the intelligent networked vehicle industry.
Build a "one core and three rings" safety system The access system is applied to all models
BAIC Group is one of the first car companies in China to lay out autonomous driving technology, as early as 2018, BAIC's off-road vehicle fleet fully unmanned autonomous driving appeared at the World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference, BAIC is also the industry's first car company from L2 to L4 full coverage. Relying on years of technology accumulation and open cooperation, BAIC Group officially launched an exclusive intelligent networked technology system - "BAIC Yuanjing Intelligence" during this year's World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference, creating a set of technical architecture covering from the bottom to the experience, from the real world to the simulation world, and building a "one core and three rings" intelligent networked vehicle safety development guarantee system. "One core" is the core concept of "system guarantee safety", and a development process system oriented by safety design and verification is established. The "three rings" are the safety protection system of the whole life cycle of the product coverage of testing and verification guarantee, process safety guarantee and operation monitoring guarantee. This L3 access pilot is not only an assessment of the safety level of BAIC's products, but also a strict test of the achievements of BAIC's systematic safety system construction.
BAIC fully applies the technical process system of intelligent networked vehicle access to the development and verification at all levels, so that all models can share high-end safety standards and truly realize "safety without difference." The whole line is the same as the bottom line". At present, BAIC Yuanjing's intelligent driving technology system has three versions: Pro, Max and Ultra. The Pro version uses 128-256T computing power, can support lidar, realize active safety, high-speed NOA, urban NOA, cross-layer memory parking and other functions, covering users' daily travel in all scenarios; The Max version uses 400-600T computing power, based on the world model and VLA technology, fully considers system redundancy and safety, realizes active safety, high-speed NOA, urban NOA, parking space to parking space, parking and driving and other functions, effectively copes with complex and extreme scenarios, and expands to L3 level conditional autonomous driving; The Ultra version uses more than 1000T of computing power and is aimed at L4 driverless taxis, and fully ensures the safety, reliability and stability of unmanned taxis through the redundancy and leading algorithm design of systems such as chassis, braking, steering, power supply and communication independently developed by BAIC.
Promote the inclusiveness of L2 assisted driving and take the lead in carrying out L3 road pilots next year
BAIC Group firmly believes that "technology should not only make high-end breakthroughs, but also benefit the public", and formulate differentiated intelligent network technology installation strategies for different model product positioning, consolidate the current mass production application technology foundation, and also lay out high-end technologies and commercialization scenarios in advance to build a full range of core competitiveness.
At the level of L2 assisted driving, the Jihu brand and Beijing off-road brand series models have been widely equipped. Relying on BAIC Yuanjing's intelligent assisted driving, Jihu's new Alpha T5 is equipped with the world's first Snapdragon 8775 cabin driving integrated chip, which pulls the urban NOA to less than 150,000 for the first time, and is hot as soon as it is launched; The Beijing Off-Road BJ40 Extended Range Yuanjing Zhixing Edition is the country's first off-road model with pure visual technology solutions, which calmly copes with various complex off-road scenarios. In the L4 level fully unmanned field, BAIC is currently the car company with the most operating vehicles on the market, and the Robotaxi based on Jihu Alpha T and Alpha T5 has exploded in Beijing, Wuhan and other places, allowing "unmanned travel" to enter reality from concept. In order to accelerate the commercialization process of L3 conditional autonomous driving technology, the consortium led by BAIC Group has taken the lead in entering the pilot of intelligent networked vehicles on the road carried out by the four national departments, and plans to start operation in specific scenarios in the first quarter of 2026, accumulating practical experience for the realization of a replicable and generalizable autonomous driving operation system.
In 2009, BAIC won China's first new energy vehicle production qualification; In 2025, BAIC will once again take the lead in launching the L3 conditional autonomous driving pilot on the road. In the first half of electrification and the second half of intelligence, BAIC has always been a pioneer. BAIC Group will take this pilot as a new starting point to continue to improve the safety system of intelligent networked vehicle products, rely on the intelligent technology system of BAIC Yuanjing, continue to expand the intelligent boundaries, activate unlimited car scenarios, and create a safer, more efficient and better travel experience for consumers.