On April 24, leading global autonomous driving technology company WeRide Inc. (NASDAQ: WRD, HKEX: 00800) announced that its one-stage, end-to-end assisted driving solution, WRD 3.0, has achieved compatibility with multiple chip platforms. The solution now supports various mainstream automotive computing platforms, including NVIDIA DRIVE®, Qualcomm Snapdragon®, and XinQing Technology's "StarOne" (AD1000), covering a wide range of computing power levels and cost brackets. This provides global OEMs with a family of L2++ high-level assisted driving solutions, from high-performance to high-value options. At the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, WeRide simultaneously announced a strategic partnership with XinQing Technology, a leader in high-performance automotive-grade and industrial chips. The collaboration will focus on deep integration of "chip + algorithm" to further optimize cost structures, promote the large-scale deployment of high-level assisted driving solutions across a broader price spectrum, and accelerate technological democratization.
As a pioneer in general-purpose autonomous driving, WeRide has always centered its technology on a highly versatile algorithm system. From the initial system design phase, the architecture was developed for hardware-software decoupling across multiple computing power and chip platforms. This enables the same algorithm framework to be adapted to different automotive computing platforms, supporting rapid migration and large-scale deployment, thereby significantly reducing development and adaptation costs for OEMs and partners. Building on this technological foundation, WRD 3.0 further incorporates algorithm capabilities and safety standards accumulated from long-term real-world L4 autonomous driving operations into its high-level assisted driving system. Integrated with the self-developed WeRide GENESIS general simulation world model, the solution delivers more stable decision-making, a more human-like driving style, and enhanced system fault tolerance in complex road scenarios, achieving a superior balance between safety and traffic efficiency.
Currently, WRD 3.0 has secured nearly 30 vehicle model designations from OEMs such as GAC and Chery. On April 16, the first mass-produced passenger vehicle resulting from WeRide's collaboration with GAC Aion, the Aion N60, officially began pre-sales. This also marks the first mass-production implementation of WeRide's one-stage, end-to-end technology on the Qualcomm Snapdragon® platform, achieving full-scenario, full-function high-level assisted driving—including urban, highway, parking, and active/passive safety features—delivering performance equivalent to a 2000 TOPS system using only 200 TOPS of computing power.
For automakers, this mass-production milestone signifies that high-level assisted driving no longer depends on a single chip platform or custom development paths. Instead, it can be flexibly deployed across different vehicle models and computing platforms using the same software architecture. This maintains a consistent user experience while further reducing development complexity, overall costs, and significantly shortening the mass-production cycle. The inclusion of XinQing Technology provides a crucial enhancement to WeRide's compatibility with the domestic Chinese chip ecosystem and its cost-optimization capabilities. As a pioneer in high-performance automotive-grade chips in China, XinQing Technology has established a dual-track strategy encompassing "smart cockpit + smart driving." While its smart cockpit chip business is expanding rapidly, its high-level assisted driving chip, "StarOne," achieved mass production in 2025, offering a single-chip NPU performance of 512 TOPS and a multi-chip solution reaching up to 2048 TOPS NPU, achieving an excellent balance between performance, power efficiency, and cost.
Dr. Han Xu, Founder and CEO of WeRide, stated, "The large-scale popularization of L2++ high-level assisted driving is built upon a unified software architecture and multi-chip platform collaboration. Centered on a one-stage, end-to-end technical pathway, WRD 3.0 achieves stable adaptation across various computing power platforms and has been validated in mass-produced models like the GAC Aion N60. Based on this, the cooperation between WeRide and XinQing Technology will further strengthen the deep synergy between algorithms and computing power, continuously promoting the expansion of high-level assisted driving applications across a wider range of vehicle models."
Dr. Wang Kai, Founder and CEO of XinQing Technology, said, "XinQing Technology is committed to providing global partners with high-computing-power, high-bandwidth, high-security, and cost-competitive automotive-grade SoCs, promoting the implementation of smart automotive technology through an open 'large ecosystem' framework. WeRide is at the forefront of the industry in full-stack autonomous driving technology and commercial operations, which highly aligns with XinQing's philosophy. The collaboration between our two companies will vigorously propel the Chinese intelligent driving ecosystem into broader markets."
Looking ahead, WeRide will continue to deepen its collaboration with OEMs and industry chain partners to further promote the adoption of high-level assisted driving solutions across all price segments, delivering safe, reliable, and affordable mobility experiences to more global OEMs and end consumers.
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