Pan-port self-driving solution provider SENIOR closes new funding round

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Chinese pan-port autonomous driving solution provider Senior.auto (SENIOR) announced on May 15 the completion of a new financing round. 

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The fundings, exclusively invested by Yonghua Capital, will primarily be used to further optimize SENIOR’s products, expand into new markets on a large scale, and continue exploring new application scenarios. 

In addition, this marks SENIOR's fifth financing round, achieved within a span of less than six months since their last round.

As an L4 autonomous driving company specializing in port applications, SENIOR leverages port operations as the core foundation and extends its strategic focus to short-haul scenarios. The company has independently developed autonomous trucks and intelligent mobile vehicles (IMVs) for container transportation in port areas. 

By implementing unmanned driving transport operations in several key domestic ports, SENIOR has already demonstrated the ability to rapidly deploy fully unmanned vehicle fleets.

Currently, SENIOR's autonomous driving solutions have been successfully implemented in seven major ports, including Ningbo Port, Tangshan Port, Zhuhai Port, Taicang Port, Xiamen Port, Suqian Port, and Weifang Port. 

Up to now, the company has cumulatively operated and delivered over 120 unmanned container haulers. In 2022 alone, SENIOR collaborated with four ports, providing products and operational services for nearly a hundred unmanned transport vehicles.