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In Depth: Two Lanes Merge on China’s Road to Autonomous Driving

By Zhai Shaohui and Michael Bellart
2026年02月14日 15:57
As EV-makers armed with a vast trove of data challenge the driverless tech incumbents, their competing philosophies offer a window into the state of the industry
XPeng electric vehicles sit on display at an auto show in Hong Kong on June 12. Photo: Bloomberg

For years, Chinese companies pursuing autonomous driving have been traveling down two separate roads.

On one, electric-vehicle (EV) makers like XPeng Inc. have taken an incremental approach, content to produce cars with limited autonomous capabilities that they can build on over time on their way to a fully driverless destination.

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