Electrical automobile maker Xpeng stated on Friday it’s upgrading its superior driver help software program and plans to make all of its features out there to drivers throughout China by 2024, because it seeks to achieve an edge over U.S. rival Tesla.
Xpeng’s XNGP Superior Driver Help System (ADAS) is much like Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) know-how, which the U.S. automaker rolled out 4 years in the past however has but to make out there in China regardless of prospects urging it to take action.
Xpeng at present provides XNGP in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the place drivers of its G9 Max and P7i Max automobiles can depend on the software program to finish most journeys on city streets with out intervention, stated Xpeng’s vp Wu Xinzhou at a media occasion on Friday.
Through the the rest of the primary half of the yr, Xpeng plans to replace the system to allow autos in additional cities to react to visitors lights and keep away from obstructions like building work, pedestrians and cyclists at intersections, the corporate stated.
Additional updates within the second half would allow autos to mechanically change lanes, overtake and make left or proper turns, it stated.
It’s aiming for the software program to be out there and practical throughout China by 2024, it added.
Xpeng can be altering its know-how in order that future XNGP updates won’t depend on maps, the place there are Chinese language regulatory constraints, however on algorithms and sensors.
Xpeng is relying on the know-how to draw prospects after its automotive gross sales fell greater than 40% to 11,228 within the first two months of the yr, underperforming the general EV section in China.
Tesla bought 60,766 EVs in China in the identical interval, 43% greater than a yr in the past.
Nonetheless, Tesla has confronted complaints, investigations and lawsuits in the US that it overstates the effectiveness and security of electrical autos’ Autopilot and FSD.
