South Korea has also imported a little bit of Chinese automotive technology

Yifan from the Vice-Pilot Temple.

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Pony.aiThe latest progress of going to sea was announced, which will be withgemvaxlinkPartnered to set up an autonomous vehicle fleet in Seoul.

The unmanned vehicles operating in the South Korean capital will be equipped with Chinese automotive technology

This was unimaginable a few years ago, after all, South Korea sits on Hyundai, the world's third largest car company, with a deep heritage.

And now it's happening, and it's not an isolated case.

China***, which used to rely on imports, is exporting technology to many regions around the world.

Pony.ai co-founder and CEO Peng Jun (back left) and Gemvaxlink Chairman Jin Shangzai (back right) Pony.ai has partnered with South Korean technology company Gemvaxlink to meet in Seoul, South Korea this yearEstablishment of a joint venture

In the early stage, we will deploy an autonomous driving fleet in Seoul and explore the possibility of more autonomous driving products based on this.

Pony.ai is a global autonomous driving super unicorn and a Robotaxi star player, with a cumulative autonomous driving mileage30 million km, which is equivalent to about 750 laps around the equator.

Today, the business scope includes four first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, as well as many overseas regions.

It has been operating unmanned vehicles in Silicon Valley for a long time, and last year it was approved to conduct autonomous driving road tests on Yas Island, a tourist destination in Abu Dhabi.

It has also reached a cooperation with Saudi Arabia, and also set up a joint venture company in the local area to land a Robotaxi fleet and an autonomous driving R&D center.

Now, with the establishment of a joint venture in South Korea, Pony.ai's overseas expansion has expanded to East Asia.

Behind Pony.ai's acceleration of going overseas is China's automotive technology, which is entering the era of export to the sea.

China's automotive technology output is mainly based on two types of players, one is Pony.aiAutonomous driving companies, and the first isOEMs

As early as July 2018, it was announced that its L4 autonomous driving bus "Apollon" rolled off the production line and would be sold to Japan, which was the first time that a domestic autonomous electric car went overseas.

In the past two years, WeRide, an autonomous driving player, has also carried out unmanned vehicle operations in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

The overseas expansion of OEMs received more attention last year, with Volkswagen investing 4 billion yuan in Xpeng to build a joint car, and Citroen's parent company Stellantis investing 10 billion yuan in Leaprun.

In July last year, Volkswagen announced that it would acquire Xpeng for $700 million99% of the company, and jointly develop two Volkswagen brand electric cars, and recently confirmed that it will start production of its first SUV model in 2026, and the production site will be Hefei.

On October 26 last year, Leapmotor officially announced that the international auto giant Stellantis would invest1.5 billion euros*(At that time, it was equivalent to about 115 RMB.)900 million yuan) invested in Leaprun.

It has created a "reverse joint venture" model: Chinese automakers dominate, and international manufacturers become the ones hungry for new technologies and models.

So on the whole, in the great changes of a century, China's automotive technology is being recognized.

The import and export situation has reversed, and we are witnessing the rise of China.