Accelerate the R&D of Smart Drive, and Wang Naiyan, former Tucson's future CTO in China, will join Xiaomi Automobile
Geshi Motors learned that Wang Naiyan, former Tucson's future CTO in China, will join Xiaomi Motors and report to Ye Hangjun, chairman of Xiaomi Technical Committee and head of Xiaomi Auto automatic driving.
According to the data, Wang Naiyan led Tucson's future research and development and management in China, and was also responsible for the development and implementation of L2 auxiliary driving and L4 automatic driving programs.
Photo source: Xiaomi Automobile
On May 15, Lei Jun announced on the social platform that since the first delivery on April 3, Xiaomi SU7 has delivered 10000 vehicles in 43 days. 2. With Xiaomi cars on the right track, Lei Jun's focus also began to shift to intelligent driving.
On May 18, Lei Jun's live broadcast test Xiaomi SU7 (Configuration |Inquiry) The intelligent driving and energy consumption of Pro drive from Shanghai Century Avenue to Hangzhou delivery center to deliver new cars for local Xiaomi owners, and use Xiaomi's city pilot NOA function throughout. This is also the first time that Xiaomi Automobile officially tests urban NOA and high-speed NOA.
When talking about smart driving, Lei Jun refuted the rumor that Xiaomi would cooperate with a third party in the vision scheme, and reiterated Xiaomi's determination to research and develop smart driving by itself: "The annual cost of developing smart driving by Xiaomi is more than 2 billion yuan, and the investment is extremely high. There are few manufacturers in China that research and develop smart driving by themselves from beginning to end."
In addition, during the live broadcast, Lei Jun called for people twice to ask whether any Zhijia Daniel would like to join Xiaomi.
(This article is from Gasgoo)