Overview
- Tesla’s Cybercab is appearing more frequently on public roads and at the Texas Gigafactory, with capacity visibly ramping as Elon Musk targets an eventual 2–4 million units a year.
- Baidu’s Luobo Kuaipao robotaxi program is reported to adopt thousand‑line digital lidar in a front‑fit deal awarded to RoboSense for its next production model.
- Zero One Automotive closed a new RMB 1.2 billion round led by a CATL‑related fund with Momenta and Nio Capital, and plans regular unmanned heavy‑truck operations in Q2 2026.
- Dreame’s chip unit outlined five chip lines spanning phone, autonomous‑driving, PC and robotics SoCs plus a space compute box, and the company expects to launch its first ‘Yaotai’ compute satellite next week.
- Li Auto said all models will use a dual‑battery approach from 2026, pairing its self‑developed packs with CATL units under unified performance and safety standards.