The L series makes its debut! Jiushi Intelligence achieves three iterations in a year, accelerating the "system-level revolution" in unmanned delivery.

In the field of autonomous driving, there is such a dark horse. While the RoboTaxi and driving assistance fields are being hotly discussed, it quietly delved into the urban distribution logistics scene to discover and solve customers' actual problems, creating user - friendly unmanned vehicles to help customers reduce costs and increase efficiency.

Recently, this company named Jiushi Intelligence signed a three - year agreement with the School of Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to jointly establish an autonomous driving laboratory. They will conduct joint research on cutting - edge autonomous driving technologies such as large models and computer vision, and use the dual - engine model of "academia + industry" to accelerate the next leap of unmanned vehicles.

Today, with the achievement of having a presence in nearly 300 cities globally, Jiushi Intelligence has launched the industry's first heavy - duty urban distribution logistics unmanned vehicle, the L5, which has a carrying capacity of 1.8 tons, breaking the carrying capacity record of urban distribution unmanned vehicles.

Jiushi Intelligence, which emphasizes both technology R & D and product iteration, is expanding the boundaries for the commercial implementation of the autonomous driving industry with its rapid development. However, its growth process has not been easy.

From Delivering a Case of Coke to Serving All Urban Distribution Scenarios

Jiushi's first delivery task for its unmanned vehicle was to transport a case of coke from a pre - warehouse to a group leader's point.

The route was not long, but it was the first time the vehicle was tested on real roads, forcing the team to correct algorithms, improve hardware deficiencies, and optimize the vehicle system.

Every temporary detour and every sudden stop were recorded and traced, and then translated into task lists for technological upgrades. Testing was no longer just a rehearsal in the test field but a "real - world battle" tied to the business process.

After countless such cycles, in May 2023, Jiushi's first mass - produced L4 - level vehicle, the Z5, was born. The Z5 is an unmanned vehicle that can be delivered in batches, operate stably, and make customers willing to repurchase. In June 2024, Jiushi's first L4 - level full - scenario unmanned delivery vehicle series, the Z series, was launched. The Z series is Jiushi's standard product, with vehicle models ranging from 2 to 10 cubic meters. It laid a common foundation for Jiushi's technology and business, enabling subsequent products to develop in different directions.

In May 2025, Jiushi launched the lightweight E series for the first time. The E series targets niche scenarios such as community retail and light - weight cargo, providing customers with a lower - cost option and filling the gap in lightweight scenarios.

On the other hand, Jiushi's new product, the L series, which has a higher carrying capacity and higher charging efficiency, actively breaks through the carrying capacity limit in customers' heavy - duty demand scenarios, pushing up the upper limit of the unmanned vehicle's capabilities.

Heavy - duty operation is a well - recognized "difficult challenge" in the unmanned vehicle industry. It requires not only a stronger chassis and power but also a full - link safety redundancy and scheduling system support.

The appearance of the L5 directly increases the carrying capacity of unmanned logistics vehicles to 1.8 tons, making it almost unrivaled in the current market. It can transport large - volume goods such as rice, flour, oil, tires, auto - parts, hotel linens, and cloth in one go.

In terms of endurance, the standard version of the L5 can achieve a range of 180 km when empty and 130 km when fully loaded. The long - range version can extend to 220 km when empty and 170 km when fully loaded, significantly reducing the frequency of energy replenishment.

Combined with a 400V high - voltage platform, the L5 only takes 35 minutes to charge from 30% to 80%. The L5 supports public DC fast - charging piles, allowing it to quickly replenish energy on the way and enabling large fleets of key accounts to maintain a high attendance rate.

In terms of loading and unloading, the L5 supports direct forklift loading and unloading of pallets. The design of double - opening doors on the right and a single door at the back reduces loading and unloading operations and waiting time.

More importantly, the L5 is equipped with Jiushi's self - developed L4 - level autonomous driving system, which has light - map NOA technology. It can independently plan routes and avoid obstacles without relying on high - precision maps, and still maintain stable and safe operation in heavy - duty scenarios.

Before this, heavy - duty unmanned urban distribution was almost a blank area in the market. There was demand, but there was a lack of products that could carry a large amount of goods, operate stably, and be put into operation at a low cost. The L5 fills this gap, expanding the application scope of unmanned vehicles in logistics scenarios and raising the ceiling of applicable scenarios.

Whether it is the Z series, the E series, or the L series, Jiushi maintains at least one round of product iteration every year. This stems from Jiushi's pursuit of the acceleration of technological iteration.

Jiushi has built a large - scale data platform and a simulation system, which can extract high - value scenarios from the massive data accumulated in real - world operating environments. Then, through tools such as AIGC, it expands and extends these scenarios and continuously optimizes algorithms in the simulation.

With each product iteration, Jiushi goes deep into the scenarios with customers, clarifies real pain points, and builds a fast - flowing flywheel channel between demand and technology.

From Handwritten Contracts to a Complete Commercial Closed - Loop

Jiushi's first vehicle sale was made to a customer who came to the company on their own initiative.

Old Sun, a courier boss in Xi'an, has been in the transportation business in the city for a long time. He has seen many vehicles and heard many stories about autonomous driving, but most of them were just on display stands or in the news. When the Z5 was first launched in 2023, he learned about it online, found Jiushi's business registration information, and went straight to the company to see the vehicle, test - drive it, and negotiate the price. In the office, he asked Jiushi's finance and legal staff to draft Jiushi's first handwritten contract.

After Old Sun, Jiushi gained more and more customers and developed a win - win cooperation model. Jiushi sells the "vehicle" and the "AI driver" separately. The price of the vehicle is kept very low, and customers can subscribe to the autonomous driving service on a monthly basis, with a minimum monthly fee of only 1800 yuan. In this way, the threshold for purchasing a vehicle is minimized. Enterprises do not need to invest a large amount of money in equipment at once but can spend according to "how much transportation capacity they use," just like using cloud computing, which can be used at any time and upgraded at any time. For logistics companies that strictly control costs, this model is more acceptable than buying an expensive piece of equipment.

A good model also needs to be operable.

Jiushi continuously improves its globally leading after - sales service system. Relying on the mature "cloud brain - hub - terminal" three - level service system, wherever there are vehicles, it can achieve a 20 - second rapid response through the AI pre - diagnosis system, the 5G remote expert collaboration platform, and a unique "service demand heat map" algorithm to dynamically adjust resource distribution.

In April this year, Jiushi officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Tmall Auto Service. According to the agreement, more than 2,500 Tmall Auto Service offline stores across the country will provide after - sales maintenance and servicing for Jiushi's unmanned vehicles. Jiushi's unmanned vehicle users will also enjoy more efficient and convenient vehicle maintenance services.

More importantly, Jiushi has deployed direct - operation transportation capacity managers on the front line, so that there is a Jiushi employee "who can be reached" in every city, on every route, and beside every customer.

In traditional heavy - asset manufacturing, the sale is the end. But in Jiushi's logic, the sale is just the beginning. The real business closed - loop is when customers can use, repair, and upgrade the vehicles.

The ADS Strategy: Initiating a "System - Level Revolution" in Unmanned Delivery

After opening up the market with products that customers "can understand" and "are willing to buy," Jiushi gradually realized that the industrialization of unmanned transportation capacity cannot rely on a single vehicle model or a single type of customer to achieve scale.

What really determines the long - term viability of unmanned transportation capacity is whether the products can be embedded in a stable and resilient system.

The standardization ability, ecological adaptation ability, delivery service ability, and the ability to connect with the urban system are the real variables that determine the fate of unmanned vehicles. These were finally systematized by Jiushi into a strategic plan - ADS: Autonomous Driving Service.

This is a "combinable, replicable, and embeddable" urban logistics capacity system, which is developed around four dimensions.

Firstly, there are standardized unmanned logistics products. The "Z," "E," and "L" series developed by Jiushi not only reflect Jiushi's in - depth understanding of customers' different scenario needs but also embody Jiushi's standardized logic in product development.

Their common starting point is the PL chassis platform, which is a general foundation. Different superstructures, functions, and operation models can be added to it like building blocks. The modular design of software and hardware allows Jiushi to be not limited to a single scenario from the beginning but prepares standard components for "multi - scenario interleaved operation."

This layer is the foundation of ADS, which solves the problems of "how to mass - produce, how to ensure long - term operation, and how to provide services" at the most basic level.

Secondly, there is personalized ecological customization service.

After the standardized products open up the market, customers' needs become diverse. Some want to transport cold - chain goods, some want to engage in sanitation work, and some hope that the vehicles can be connected to their back - end systems for joint scheduling. Therefore, the combination of "standard products + modules" has more possibilities.

Customers are not only users of unmanned vehicles but also co - builders of the unmanned vehicle business ecosystem.

Thirdly, Jiushi also provides a transportation capacity service system, transforming unmanned vehicles into a callable resource.

The whole system is like a dispatchable "unmanned transportation capacity network." Each vehicle is no longer just a simple asset but a transportation capacity resource that can be used at any time.

Finally, Jiushi embeds intelligent transportation capacity as a basic ability into the urban operation system, making it a part of the new infrastructure of the smart city. Urban distribution transportation capacity is also evolving from labor - intensive to unmanned infrastructure.

Ultimately, it will integrate the four dimensions of "vehicle - road - cloud - city" to form a distributed, real - time scheduling, software - hardware integrated smart city logistics integration system.

The four components of ADS are an interlocking system project. Standardized products lay the foundation for large - scale replication. Personalized customization extends the general capabilities of unmanned vehicles to a broader business ecosystem. Transportation capacity service upgrades the fixed asset of unmanned vehicles to a more accessible service resource. And the smart city infrastructure empowers the high - quality development of the city by using unmanned transportation capacity as new - quality productive forces.

Conclusion:

From the real - world battle of delivering coke to covering all urban distribution scenarios with its products, from handwritten contracts to a complete commercial closed - loop, Jiushi has always closely followed customers' real needs in market expansion.

Looking to the future, through its ADS strategic plan, Jiushi Intelligence will transform from a single - technology service provider to an ecological builder of smart transportation capacity in the smart city, ultimately realizing a four - in - one smart transportation capacity ecosystem of "vehicle - road - cloud - city."

Compared with the dazzling technology competitions and market battles in the industry, Jiushi attaches more importance to the ecological construction of the industry and the growth of the industry. By using safe and efficient technologies and products to reduce the cost of urban distribution, it will ultimately return this value to society and every individual.

This is also the value that unmanned vehicles should ultimately achieve. The stories of early - morning deliveries and adventures in rainy and snowy days will be continued by unmanned vehicles. The organic combination of unmanned vehicles and smart cities will reshape people's lives.