Assisted driving: Safety can't just be an empty slogan.

Since the introduction of the new battery national standard at the beginning of the year, to the recent setting of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in over 5 seconds, then to the restricted use of hidden door handles, and the successive issuance of regulatory documents for assisted driving, all these are conveying that the automotive industry is abandoning the noisy and chaotic marketing practices and returning to the development path based on safety and quality.

Safety is the lifeline of the automotive industry. The repeated regulatory crackdowns are undoubtedly a powerful move to set things right for the development of the new energy vehicle industry, especially for the assisted driving industry that has long suffered from marketing troubles.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. This saying also applies to the assisted driving technology industry.

Self - research across the entire technology chain, facts speak louder than words

Currently in the industry, there are frequent malicious attacks and baseless remarks. Some automotive reviews arbitrarily adjust standards and mislead the public in order to gain traffic, which has damaged the healthy development environment of the automotive industry. The national measures to combat "online water armies" and black public relations, combined with the improvement of the standard system, are gradually eliminating the industry chaos.

As assisted driving enters people's lives, the public is most concerned about: Who has the real technology and strength in the field of assisted driving?

The joint live - test carried out by Pacific Auto and Tongji University reflects objective and professional standards. In the joint test live - broadcast, the models equipped with Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving System performed excellently. The Zhijie R7 scored full marks in all 9 major test scenarios. Especially in the high - difficulty project of "turning left when encountering pedestrians", it stopped at a speed of 60 km/h, exceeding the test standard. The Wenjie M8, Avita 06, and Voyah Zhiyin also performed outstandingly, taking the top four places in the evaluation.

True standards are never afraid of inspection; true technology will speak for itself with strength. Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving has fully demonstrated who is the real benchmark in the field of assisted driving with its "out - of - syllabus" performance of full marks in all scenarios and extreme braking.

Behind this hardcore strength is the new - generation Qiankun Intelligent Driving ADS 4 built by Huawei Qiankun relying on its full - stack self - research capabilities. The core advantage of this system lies in the upgrade of the collaborative architecture of "cloud - side training + vehicle - side decision - making", which reduces the end - to - end system delay by 50%, making vehicle decision - making faster and response more timely.

The new WEWA architecture reduces the hard - braking rate by 70%, makes lane - changing smoother, and acceleration and deceleration more gentle; it improves traffic efficiency by 20%, helping users save time in congested roads and high - speed driving. The overall driving style is closer to that of an experienced driver, meeting users' expectations for assisted driving to be "more efficient and smoother", and also making the system truly evolve from "usable" to "easy to use".

In terms of scene coverage, the urban NCA has been adapted to the complex road conditions of most cities across the country and can independently handle high - frequency scenarios such as turning, lane - changing, overtaking, and avoiding pedestrians. In the face of extreme weather such as heavy rain, fog, and strong light, the multi - sensor fusion solution can still maintain the stable operation of the system, breaking the dependence of some intelligent driving solutions on weather conditions.

The parking - space - to - parking - space navigation assistance has been upgraded to version 2.0, supporting inter - city commuting and realizing full - process assistance from the home basement to the target parking space, covering high - speed ETC passage, cross - floor passage in underground parking lots, valet charging and other links. The number of parking lots across the country supporting this function is continuously increasing. There is no need to memorize the route in advance, and it can be used whether you have been there or not. It is expected that by the end of this year, it is expected to exceed 1 million, including various scenarios such as residential areas, shopping malls, office buildings, and charging stations, and more parking lots are still being connected one after another.

With the advantages of more comprehensive technology, more stable experience, and wider applicable scenarios, Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving has become the preferred partner for many automakers to achieve a "corner - overtaking" in assisted driving.

Data is the best evidence. As of the end of October 2025, Huawei Qiankun has reached cooperation agreements with 15 leading automakers, launching 35 mass - produced models covering various power forms such as pure - electric, range - extended, hybrid, and fuel. Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving has not only been recognized by automakers but also favored by consumers. From January to September 2025, Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving sold 452,000 units, accounting for 27.8% of the market share, exceeding the sum of the second and third - placed brands. In October, the total sales of Huawei Qiankun's cooperative brands exceeded 100,000 units. In the luxury car market above 350,000 yuan, its market share reached 52.75%, with an installed capacity of 259,000 units, exceeding the sum of all other brands. (Data source: Statistics of the sales volume of domestic urban navigation assistance models from January to September 2025 by Auto Commune)

  Safety cannot be just a slogan, it should be integrated into the blood of technology and products

At the Guangzhou Auto Show, almost all technology companies releasing assisted driving technologies, even those adopting pure - vision solutions, have listed "safety" as the primary label. However, safety cannot be just an empty slogan.

Based on the high - level emphasis on safety, Huawei Qiankun has engraved "safety first" into its brand gene since its inception. Jin Yuzhi, the CEO of the Intelligent Automotive Solution BU of Huawei, said: "Whether it is automakers or Huawei Qiankun, safety should be given the highest priority at all times and in all aspects."

This safety concept is also clearly reflected in its choice of technology path. In terms of the technology route, Huawei Qiankun does not bet on a single solution but adheres to multi - path fusion to ensure safety. Different from some manufacturers that rely solely on pure vision, Qiankun adopts a strategy of using multiple lidars, supplemented by a perception system combining high - definition cameras and millimeter - wave radars. Through the collaborative work of multiple sensors, the system can achieve all - round perception of the surrounding environment, and then cooperate with the XMC digital chassis central control to achieve safety redundancy.

Thanks to this, this solution has stronger adaptability and more accurate judgment in the face of extreme weather such as rain, fog, and strong light, or special road conditions such as complex intersections and construction areas. This not only lays a foundation for safety at the hardware level but also meets the industry's need for assisted driving to enter complex real - world roads from the experimental stage.

Based on the powerful perception hardware, the risk - avoidance ability of Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving mainly benefits from its all - dimensional anti - collision system CAS 4.0. This system has the protection ability at all speeds (1 - 150 km/h), in all directions, and in all scenarios, covering various safety scenarios such as forward, lateral, and rear - facing.

Specifically, CAS 4.0 has added the functions of anti - collision for lateral obstacles and assistance for driver incapacitation. When the system detects that the driver is unable to control the vehicle due to sudden illness or fatigue, it can automatically take over, slow down and stop the vehicle, and turn on the hazard lights for help. In addition, the system can effectively identify pedestrians crossing diagonally, predict the behavior of two - wheeled vehicles, and stably control the vehicle in case of sudden situations such as tire blowouts, further strengthening the safety defense line.

In addition to the front - and - rear protection, the eAES (Enhanced Automatic Emergency Steering Assist) goes a step further on the basis of AEB, realizing "braking while avoiding" to provide double protection. The eAES newly supports activating the function at unmarked intersections and other road structures, further improving the ability to avoid scenarios such as "sudden appearance of pedestrians" or sudden crossing of pedestrians and two - wheeled vehicles.

These solid technological investments have finally translated into real safety results. As of the end of October 2025, Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving ADS has helped avoid potential collisions more than 3.18 million times, always protecting the safety of users' lives.

Therefore, for automakers, in today's era when assisted driving has become an important competitive field, choosing Huawei Qiankun not only means obtaining a mature assisted driving system but also equals attaching a label of "safe and reliable" to their products. This is one of the important reasons why 15 leading automakers have successively cooperated with it.

  Dual - rolling of data and scale, the moat is getting deeper and deeper

The open ecological platform of Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving is driven by two parts: data and scale. They empower each other and continuously build a moat, forming an overwhelming advantage of "the strong getting stronger".

First, there is the "snowball effect" driven by data.

Through cooperation with more and more automakers (such as Avita, Chery, GAC, etc.), the Qiankun platform has enabled the vehicles equipped with Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving System to run on the streets and alleys across the country. Each moving vehicle is a "mobile sensor" that continuously collects real - world road condition data.

As of now, the cloud computing power of Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving ADS system has reached 45 EFLOPS, which is currently at the leading level in China and almost exceeds the sum of the computing power announced by the automotive industry. EFLOPS is a unit for measuring the computing ability of cloud - based super - computing platforms. 1 EFLOPS means that one hundred quintillion calculations can be completed per second. The larger this number is, the stronger the efficiency and ability to process massive data and train complex artificial intelligence models.

This cloud computing power can process the data generated from 120 million kilometers of driving every day.

Such a large - scale resource investment is difficult for most enterprises to bear easily. More importantly, this is only a part of the entire investment. According to public information, Huawei's total annual investment in the field of assisted driving has reached the level of tens of billions of yuan.

This huge resource support directly determines the depth of technology R & D and the efficiency of product iteration, and also builds a competitive barrier that other enterprises can hardly cross in the short term.

Moreover, the more automakers cooperate, the more vehicles are on the road, and the richer the massive and diverse driving scenario data collected. This real data is a precious asset, which will accelerate the algorithm iteration and optimization speed of the Qiankun system, enhance its ability to handle complex scenarios, and naturally improve the user experience.

According to Jin Yuzhi, the CEO of the Intelligent Automotive Solution BU of Huawei, at the ecological conference, as of the end of October 2025, the cumulative assisted driving mileage of Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving has reached 5.81 billion kilometers, and the cumulative number of assisted parking times has reached 350 million times, ranking first in China in multiple core indicators. Technically, high - speed L3 autonomous driving is being tested internally in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. The ADS Max has added functions such as defensive driving and animal recognition, and the ADS Pro has achieved "leap - frog leadership" and will officially support the urban NCA function, further improving the safety redundancy and user experience in complex scenarios.

A smarter and safer intelligent driving experience will directly promote the sales of cooperative models, prompting more consumers to choose models equipped with the Qiankun system. This will further expand the data source, making the data "snowball" roll bigger and bigger.

This forms a positive cycle of more cooperation, more data, better experience, more users, and more cooperation. Competitors with less data will find it difficult to keep up with this pace in terms of algorithm evolution speed, and the gap will gradually widen.

The data "snowball" makes Huawei's technological moat wider, while the scale "magnet" makes the ecological attractiveness stronger. The combined effect of the two produces a powerful Matthew effect.

The original intention of autonomous driving was to ensure safety. Now, with the support of the AI technology wave, it is evolving towards the intelligent direction. Even led by Huawei, the curtain of high - speed L3 autonomous driving has been lifted, and the ultimate picture of driverless driving can be glimpsed.

As the leader in the industry, Huawei Qiankun Intelligent Driving clearly knows that when intelligent technology is applied to automotive products, its core value is still to achieve all - round protection of vehicles and road environments. Safety and quality are the development lifelines of the automotive industry. Too many enterprises prioritize marketing and shout empty technical terms and concept slogans without truly implementing safety.

Huawei is comprehensively building a safety - ability moat from the aspects of hardware, algorithms, cloud - platform investment, and the technical system.

Once the safety - technology ability system is established, and with the help of the snowball of data and scale that keeps rolling bigger, it is bound to build an insurmountable moat in the noisy assisted driving industry.