PartnershipApr 27, 2026, 01:55 AM
WRD, Lenovo to Deploy 200,000 AVs Globally by 2031
AI Summary
WeRide Inc. announced an expanded collaboration with Lenovo at Auto China 2026 to accelerate the large-scale commercialization of Level 4 autonomous driving worldwide. Starting in 2026, the companies expect to jointly deploy 200,000 autonomous vehicles globally over the next five years. This partnership leverages WeRide's autonomous driving systems and Lenovo's intelligent computing, manufacturing, and supply chain capabilities, including their jointly launched HPC 3.0 platform which reduces autonomous driving suite cost by 50% and TCO by 84%.
Key Highlights
- WeRide and Lenovo expanded collaboration to accelerate large-scale commercialization of Level 4 autonomous driving.
- The companies expect to jointly deploy 200,000 autonomous vehicles (AVs) globally over the next five years, starting 2026.
- The collaboration integrates technology, computing infrastructure, and supply chain for a global autonomous driving ecosystem.
- The HPC 3.0 high-performance computing platform reduces autonomous driving suite cost by 50%.
- HPC 3.0 lowers total cost of ownership (TCO) by 84% over its lifecycle compared to HPC 2.0.
- The HPC 3.0 platform, powered by NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor, delivers over 2,000 TOPS of AI computing power.