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QCraft announces self-driving chip deal with Nvidia, setting course for mass production
Nvidia’s Drive Orin chipsets will underpin the hardware suite that will be fitted in QCraft’s next-generation self-driving car fleet.
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Softbank’s latest China bet is an autonomous delivery startup
Neolix, a startup developing AVs for delivery services, said on Wednesday it has raised ‘hundreds of millions of RMB’ from Softbank Ventures Asia.
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Self-driving startup Qcraft secures $100 million investment
The two-year-old company plans to expand its test fleet to more than 100 vehicles by year-end.
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Video | What is it like to ride QCraft’s autonomous bus?
QCraft launched a robobus project in the eastern city of Wuxi on Oct. 23. TechNode got a look at the driverless future with a ride on one of its buses.
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Alibaba leads round in self-driving auto startup Deeproute
Chinese self-driving car startup Deeproute announced Tuesday that it had raised more than $300 million in a Series B led by Alibaba.
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Beyond Expo | Self-flying cars are closer to being realized than self-driving cars: Geely executive
The idea of building an on-demand ride-hailing service for the skies is gradually getting off the ground in China.
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Baidu begins commercial robotaxi services in Beijing
Baidu received the country’s first permit for commercial robotaxi services, a major milestone for Chinese self-driving car industry.
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Robotruck startup Inceptio raises $270 million, JD Logistics and Meituan lead round
It’s unusual for two tech majors, JD and Meituan, to join the same round in robotrucks, signaling that they see Inceptio as a key player.
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Drive I/O | Meet the Chinese self-driving car startup with Google roots
TechNode talked to Da Fang, co-founder and chief scientist of QCraft on the developments of Chinese autonomous vehicles.
