Gasgoo Daily: 300th ARCFOX Alpha T5 Robotaxi rolls off production line

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Pony.ai, BAIC Group mark milestone as 300th ARCFOX Alpha T5 Robotaxi rolls off production line

On October 24, Autonomous driving startup Pony.ai announced that the 300th ARCFOX Alpha T5 Robotaxi, co-developed with BAIC Group, officially rolled off the production line. The milestone marks a major step forward in the company’s transition from pilot programs to scaled manufacturing of fully driverless vehicles, signaling growing maturity in both technology and commercialization.

The ARCFOX Alpha T5 Robotaxi is equipped with nine LiDAR units and a total of 34 sensors across six categories — including millimeter-wave radars and wide-angle cameras — enabling a detection range of up to 650 meters. The vehicle’s computing platform delivers an impressive 1,016 TOPS of processing power, providing robust real-time perception and decision-making capabilities in complex urban traffic conditions.

Changan Automobile, CATARC deepen strategic partnership to drive innovation and low-carbon growth

On October 23, China Changan Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (Changan Automobile) and China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd. (CATARC) signed a new strategic cooperation agreement in Chongqing, China, marking an expansion of their long-standing partnership in vehicle technology, standards development, and green innovation.

The two organizations have maintained close collaboration for years, achieving significant progress across multiple fronts. Together, they have advanced research in vehicle safety design, tackling key technical challenges that help fill several industry gaps. In energy efficiency, they have jointly developed and promoted key standards, such as energy consumption testing for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles under extreme temperature conditions. Their cooperation has also extended to low-carbon initiatives, including the creation of a full life-cycle carbon accounting model and an independently developed emissions evaluation system. These efforts have provided strong technical support for the automotive industry’s transition toward greener and more sustainable growth.

The newly signed agreement signals a new chapter in the partnership. Moving forward, both sides plan to deepen collaboration under a shared mission and strategic vision, emphasizing innovation-driven growth and mutual benefit. By leveraging their complementary strengths and resources, they aim to foster joint value creation and accelerate high-quality development within the Chinese automotive sector. The alliance also aligns with China’s broader goal of becoming a global leader in automotive technology and industrial competitiveness.

RoboSense, ASENSING form strategic alliance to advance multimodal sensing for intelligent robots

On October 23, RoboSense and ASENSING announced a strategic partnership that will bring together their respective strengths in LiDAR perception and precision inertial navigation to jointly develop multimodal sensor fusion solutions. The collaboration aims to enhance robotic sensing capabilities in complex environments and accelerate large-scale adoption of embodied intelligence and industrial robotics applications.

Looking ahead, RoboSense and ASENSING plan to further deepen their collaboration in robotic perception and positioning technologies. By combining their complementary strengths, the two companies aim to lay a stronger technological foundation for embodied intelligence and industrial robotics, driving the broader adoption and diversification of intelligent robot applications worldwide.