Frontier News | Leapmotor Launches Lidar-Equipped Vehicle Priced at Around 120,000 Yuan, and the B10 Model Will Focus on Overseas Markets in the Middle of the Year

Text | Li Anqi

Editor | Li Qin

On March 10th, Leapmotor announced that the pre - sale of its brand - new B - series' first global model, the Leapmotor B10, has officially begun. The pre - sale price ranges from 109,800 to 139,800 yuan. Among them, the intelligent driving version with lidar has a pre - sale price of 129,800 yuan, refreshing the lower price limit of lidar - equipped models in the industry. Leapmotor said that the new car will be officially launched and start mass delivery in April, and an export version will be launched in the middle of the year.

Notably, this is the first model Leapmotor has built based on the new LEAP 3.5 technology architecture. On the basis of last year's LEAP 3.0 technology architecture, Leapmotor has improved the architecture integration and intelligence.

For example, in terms of integration, Leapmotor said that through the innovation of the central domain control architecture, LEAP 3.5 has achieved integrated control of the cabin and driving, integrating the three - domain controllers into a single master control module. Equipped with the Qualcomm 8295 chip, the communication delay has been reduced to the microsecond level. After deep integration, the wiring harness layout of the B10's entire vehicle is only 996 meters, with only 22 electronic controllers, and the energy consumption of the electrical architecture has been reduced by 25%.

Intelligence is also a major highlight of the LEAP 3.5 platform. For instance, in the intelligent cockpit, the Leapmotor B10 is equipped with the Qualcomm 8295 chip, and the voice interaction integrates the dual AI large - model engines of DeepSeek and Tongyi Qianwen.

The progress of high - level intelligent driving is the focus of Leapmotor this year. Different from Leapmotor's C - series models, the B10 is the first to be equipped with the Qualcomm 8650 intelligent driving chip, with a sparse computing power of 200 TOPS and halved power consumption. At the same time, it is also equipped with Hesai's long - range detection lidar, becoming the first model in the industry to bring high - level intelligent driving products with lidar hardware down to the 120,000 - yuan level.

Leapmotor introduced that this solution can support functions such as high - speed NOA, commuting driving, and autonomous parking, and will also support the evolution to urban navigation and "parking space to parking space" capabilities in the future.

Zhu Jiangming, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Leapmotor, said in an interview with the media that by the end of last year, the number of algorithm engineers in Leapmotor's intelligent driving team had reached 500. The team hopes to upgrade point - to - point commuting to urban NOA in the third quarter of this year and to the "parking space to parking space" function next year.

In addition, the Leapmotor B10 has also been upgraded in terms of battery - chassis integration and chassis safety. For example, in the battery - chassis integrated architecture, the B10 can achieve the integration of 9 high - and low - voltage control modules. After thousands of safety verifications and with the AI BMS intelligent management system, the energy density has been increased by 18% and the structural strength has been enhanced by 30%.

In terms of intelligent chassis safety control, the Leapmotor B10 is equipped with an LMC integrated motion fusion control system, which comes standard with a tire - burst stability control function at a speed of 120 km/h. It can not only reduce slippage on slippery roads such as icy, muddy, and wet epoxy floors but also quickly eliminate the unstable factors caused by a tire burst after it occurs. "This is the latest technological achievement of Leapmotor's decade - long self - research," said Zhu Jiangming.

Based on these functional products, Leapmotor also has high hopes for the sales of the B10. "The C - series has reached the threshold of 40,000 units per month. The B - series must achieve a monthly sales volume of more than 40,000 units, which is higher than that of the C - series," said Cao Li, the senior vice - president of Leapmotor.

Last year, Leapmotor sold nearly 300,000 cars globally, achieving a two - fold increase. Financially, Leapmotor officially achieved profitability in the fourth quarter of 2024, becoming the third new - energy vehicle startup in the world (after Tesla and Li Auto) to achieve the profit target.

Moreover, Leapmotor is also trying to export its own technologies. Zhu Jiangming said that its self - developed and self - manufactured electric drive, battery, and electronic technologies have won the contracts for 10 external projects. In March this year, Leapmotor also signed an agreement with FAW Group to carry out joint development of new - energy vehicles and cooperation on auto parts.

Zhu Jiangming summarized the reasons for Leapmotor's rapid development in the past two years into two major strategies: technological innovation and cost - based pricing. For example, by insisting on self - research and self - manufacturing of core components, it can gain advantages in technology, products, and costs. At the same time, by adhering to cost - based pricing and not pursuing high gross profit margins, it can benefit users.

It is reported that as of the end of 2024, Leapmotor had 423 service stores across the country. In 2025, Leapmotor expects the number of service stores to exceed 600.

Regarding the overseas market, Leapmotor said that it has established a joint - venture company, Leapmotor International, overseas. It has opened nearly 500 sales outlets in the European market. The T03 and C10 have been delivered successively. The export version of the B10 will be launched in the middle of this year, and another new model, the B05, will also target the overseas market in the second half of the year. Leapmotor is also promoting the localization of a European factory and hopes to achieve local manufacturing in the first half of 2026.