HD map-free NOA doesn’t depend on data together with HD maps, and is obtainable on roads the place navigation is obtainable, Li Auto mentioned.
Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) as we speak started rolling out the newest OTA 6.0 software program replace to its autos, bringing the NOA (Navigate on Autopilot) function that doesn’t depend on high-definition maps to eligible autos.
In OTA 6.0, all Li Auto autos with the AD Max clever driving system will get the NOA with out HD maps function, the corporate mentioned as we speak.
HD map-free NOA doesn’t depend on a priori data, together with HD maps, and the function is obtainable nationwide on roads the place navigation is obtainable, Li Auto mentioned.
Upon completion of the replace, autos can comply with a navigated path within the metropolis to carry out duties together with altering lanes routinely, overtaking autonomously, navigating round obstacles, and passing via site visitors gentle intersections routinely, the corporate mentioned.
Li Auto is the newest firm to say to have carried out the function in common pessenger automotive after Huawei, which began bringing comparable capabilities to a few of Aito’s autos on January 31 this yr.
Notably, AD Max is the sensible driving system that comes with Li Auto’s larger trim variants, that includes 2 Nvidia Orin X chips with a mixed computing energy of 508 Tops to help pilot assisted driving on highways and in city areas.
The assisted driving system in its lower-trim variants is AD Professional, powered by a Journey 5 from native chipmaker Horizon Robotics with 128 Tops of computing energy.
The AD Professional’s pilot assisted driving functionality is just obtainable on highways, not metropolis roads, though the function offers some driver help in city areas as nicely.
Within the OTA 6.0 replace, the AD Professional system obtained an improve to the city LCC (Lane Centering Management) function, which permits the automobile to acknowledge site visitors lights and move via intersections autonomously, in response to the corporate.
Li Auto’s native counterparts Nio (NYSE: NIO) and Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) are additionally each actively transferring ahead with their assisted-driving programs, although they appear to be focusing extra on providing the function after they’ve accomplished street validation.
Up to now, Xpeng’s XNGP (Xpeng Navigation Guided Pilot) and Nio’s NOP+ (Navigate on Pilot Plus) options are each obtainable in virtually each metropolis in China.
Within the autonomous driving house, there’s an business consensus to maneuver away from high-definition maps, primarily as a result of they’re costly and time-consuming to provide.
Autonomous driving answer suppliers, together with DeepRoute, have additionally introduced HD map-free options prior to now two years.
Nio begins rolling out NOP+ driver help function to all NT 2.0 automobiles
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