ByteDance will invest in Qingzhou Zhihang to enter autonomous driving

On the evening of March 4, it was reported that ByteDance might invest in China's autopilot startup company Qingzhou Zhihang.

Image source: Qingzhou Zhihang

It is reported that Qingzhou Zhihang was established in Silicon Valley in 2019. The core team members are all self-driving companies and technology companies such as Waymo, Tesla, Uber ATG, Ford, Nvidia, and Facebook. The company is committed to adapting The L4 level autonomous driving technology in the urban complex traffic environment brings unmanned driving into reality. Based on a large-scale intelligent simulation system and a self-learning decision-making planning framework, Qingzhou Zhihang focuses on providing partners with unmanned driving solutions that can be mass-produced.

On October 21, 2020, the company landed the country's first normal-operated open road unmanned bus in Suzhou, ushering in a new era of domestic Robobus development. On December 29 of the same year, it started normal operations in Shenzhen and launched the country's first unmanned public transport monthly pass. The light boat unmanned minibus launched by the company also unveiled its new name-Dragon Boat ONE.

Dragon Boat ONE (Image source: Qingzhou Zhihang)

In addition to the Dragon Boat ONE, Qingzhou Zhihang will also launch the 'Dragon Boat' series of unmanned bus solutions. It is understood that the 'Dragon Boat' series of unmanned buses will achieve high configuration and low hits, built with Robotaxi technology. Based on the 'Driven-by-QCraft' unmanned driving solution independently developed by Qingzhou Zhihang, the Dragon Boat unmanned bus can easily cope with various urban complex traffic scenarios, and is widely used in subway connection dedicated lines, micro-circulation buses, express buses, and parks. Commuter ferry, scenic sightseeing and other scenes.

There are so many scenarios to cover, mainly relying on the five major systems, three centers and a set of tool chains behind it. Among them, the five major systems include 360-degree non-blind spot perception system, self-developed unmanned driving system, single safety officer operation management system, 5G+V2X on-board display system, and shared innovative ride-hailing system. The three major centers include 5G+ data center, open interface center and efficient operation center. A set of tool chains refers to Ru0026D and deployment tools such as hardware labeling, high-precision map adaptation, and simulation systems.