He Xiaopeng, chairman of Xpeng Motors, expressed his opinion on Weibo, saying, “High-level autonomous driving, or fully autonomous driving with humans can see a clear road map, but completely driverless driving I still can’t see the complete logic, and I even think that we may need to find another way.”
He Xiaopeng’s Weibo forwarded a report about the resignation of Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt. Vogt did not provide any explanation for his resignation, but he mentioned an accident that caused autonomous driving. Automotive operations are suspended and a safety review is conducted.
On the evening of October 2, a woman in San Francisco was violently hit by a car and fell in front of a Cruise driverless taxi. Although the Cruise driverless taxi braked in time, it then tried to pull over and stop. The woman was crushed twice and dragged for about 6 meters, causing her injuries to become more serious. On October 25, the California Department of Motor Vehicles suspended the operating license of Cruise driverless taxis. On November 7, Cruise announced a recall of 950 self-driving vehicles across the United States, and more vehicles may be recalled in the future.
It is noticed that the first batch of Xpeng XNGP urban navigation assisted driving without high-precision maps has started public testing. The XNGP urban smart driving using the light map solution will not be limited by the use range and update time of high-precision maps. This function is not restricted by cities. After turning on the AI driving function, users can set the starting point and end point nationwide. After one manual driving, a memory map can be formed, and the “AI driving” can be used when selecting the travel route later. function to realize urban navigation assisted driving on individual routes/specific scenes.
Previously, Xpeng Motors has announced that XNGP urban navigation assisted driving will cover 25 cities in November and will be open to 50 cities by the end of December. He Xiaopeng expressed the challenge to achieve full coverage of XNGP in major urban road networks (including Class 1-4 roads) across the country within 2024.
