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NIO unveils NOP driver assistance feature at Beijing auto show, push expected in October

Phate Zhang Sep 26, 2020 11:38 GMT+8

NIO unveils NOP driver assistance feature at Beijing auto show, push expected in October-CnTechPost

Chinese premium electric car maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) today announced the upgrade of its operating system to NIO OS 2.7.0, releasing the much-anticipated Navigate on Pilot (NOP) which automatically guides the car following the navigation route on ring roads and highways.

This is the first commercial application of high-definition map in China on the ADAS functionality of mass-produced vehicles, which further enhances NIO Pilot’s capability.

NIO's NOP system is a deep integration of the navigation system and the NIO Pilot's auto-assisted driving function.

It allows the vehicle to follow the path planned by the navigation to automatically enter and exit the ramp, overtake, merge, cruise driving and other functions under certain conditions.

Simply put, as NIO founder and CEO William Li Bin had put it, "it's similar to the Tesla NOA.”

NIO unveils NOP driver assistance feature at Beijing auto show, push expected in October-CnTechPost

The NOP will be released to users in batches via FOTA in October, along with the NIO OS 2.7.0 upgrade, NIO said today at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition 2020.

In addition, near 20 new features and function optimizations, including camera-based driver drowsiness detection, remote seat ventilation, and 5.1 immersive surround sound mode, will come together with the NIO OS 2.7.0 upgrade.

The move comes as NIO, with tens of billions of dollars in cash on hand, accelerated its expansion and begun to invest more in its automated driving software.

NIO doubles down on autopilot with important new hire

Reports last month said Jamie Carlson, the North American-based vice president in charge of NIO's automated driving business, left the company in June, and Ren Shaoqing, formerly Momenta's director of research and development, has joined NIO, hinting that NIO will increase its investment in automated driving technology.

Ren Shaoqing serves as assistant vice president and reports directly to Li Bin, the reports said, adding that an NIO executive confirmed the information.

Jamie Carlson, who left Apple in October 2016 to join NIO's North American R&D center, has returned to Apple's Special Projects Group, where the company's Titan car project is based.

According to the report, the departure of Jamie Carlson and the addition of Ren Shaoqing is in line with NIO's return to China to focus its self-driving strategy.

At the Chengdu Auto Show this year, Li Bin said that NIO's autopilot team is already focused on China, "In fact, after adjusting last year, the number of people in the ADAS department in China is larger than in the United States. The total number of people is close to 200, with 160 in China and slightly less than 40 in the US."

NIO had deployed luxury autopilot technology teams in China and the US to develop decision and control algorithm capabilities for L2-level autopilot around Mobileye's Eye Q4 chip, as well as simultaneous independent development for L4-level autopilot.

NIO says users have accumulated more than 1 billion kilometers

#Electric Car#Electric Vehicle#EV#NIO#NOP
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Phate Zhang
Phate is the founder of CnTechPost and the main author of the site. He has been reporting in Chinese and English since 2009, focusing on macroeconomics and capital markets. He is also a tech enthusiast, and it is his interest to follow tech industry developments.
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