On March 18th, ZEEKR unveiled three groundbreaking technological achievements under its Qianli Haohan Intelligent Driving System, marking a significant leap in autonomous vehicle innovation. The launch event showcased the brand’s commitment to redefining safety, precision, and adaptability in next-generation mobility solutions through cutting-edge hardware integration, computational advancements, and artificial intelligence applications.
Core Breakthroughs in Autonomous Safety
Central to the announcement was the industry-first G-AES (Generalized Adaptive Evasion System), capable of executing continuous obstacle avoidance at speeds up to 130 km/h. This system analyzes objects as small as traffic cones or as large as fallen livestock, triggering evasive maneuvers when detecting obstacles exceeding 40 cm in width or 60 cm in height. Rigorous simulations demonstrated its ability to perform dual emergency diversions within 2-3 seconds at highway speeds, with real-world deployment scheduled for June 2024. Complementing this, ZEEKR’s proprietary 720-degree active-passive safety architecture has already mitigated over 3.56 million collision risks across its vehicle fleet.
Computational Dominance and Data Infrastructure
ZEEKR now commands China’s largest automotive AI computing capacity at 23.5 EFLOPS, a 30-fold expansion achieved through integration with parent company Geely’s resources. This computational muscle fuels daily training cycles analyzing 200 million kilometers of real-world driving data from 7.5 million Geely-group vehicles equipped with L2+ systems. Each 1 EFLOPS increment enables processing 100,000 additional operational scenarios per development cycle, accelerating feature iteration for urban navigation and parking applications.
Architectural Evolution: End-to-End Plus Framework
The redesigned single-stack “End-to-End Plus” architecture consolidates perception, prediction, decision-making, and path planning into a unified neural network, mimicking expert human driving patterns. Integration of a Multi-Modal Language Model (MLM) enables contextual understanding of traffic signs, auditory cues, and environmental semantics. A novel Digital Foresight Network leverages historical driving data to anticipate unseen risks, improving traffic flow efficiency by 11% while reducing accident probability by 15%.
Parking Redefined: Full-Cycle Autonomous Mobility
ZEEKR’s “Garage-to-Garage” solution eliminates manual intervention across entire journeys, demonstrated live during a 28 km urban commute through Hangzhou’s evening rush hour. Key advancements include:
- Mechanical Parking Mastery: Industry-first automated handling of robotic stacking systems and terminal bay parking
- Network-Independent Localization: Proprietary multi-sensor fusion enables GPS-free underground navigation across multi-story facilities
- AI Destination Guidance: Leveraging usage patterns to suggest optimal parking near elevators, charging points, or retail areas
- Valet Charging Integration: Upcoming Q3 pilot enables vehicles to autonomously navigate to charging stations, initiate power transfer, and repark post-charging
L3 Readiness and Sensor Fusion
Preparing for regulatory approval, ZEEKR’s L3 Technical Architecture introduces:
- Quintuple LiDAR Configuration: One long-range unit paired with four short-range Doppler Time-of-Flight sensors for 360° coverage
- ZEEA 3.0 Centralized Architecture: Gigabit Ethernet backbone reducing latency by 50% across critical systems
- Dual Thor Chip Domain Controller: 1,400 TOPS computational platform supporting fail-operational requirements
- Satellite-Enhanced Positioning: Centimeter-grade accuracy through integrated space-ground communication systems
Product Roadmap and Deployment
The flagship 9X Glorious SUV will debut the H9 L3-enabled package at the Shanghai Auto Show, featuring Thor-based processing and five-LiDAR sensing. Existing models receiving OTA updates include:
- April 2024: Garage-to-Garage functionality for H7-equipped vehicles
- Q4 2024: Nationwide urban NZP (Navigation on ZEEKR Pilot) expansion
- 2025: General-purpose parking autonomy across all supported facilities
Sustainable Ecosystem Integration
Aligning with Geely’s “Sky-Earth Integrated Mobility” strategy, ZEEKR emphasizes cross-platform synergies:
- Energy Infrastructure: Compatibility with 800V ultra-fast charging networks
- AI Partnerships: Collaborations with DeepSeek for cabin personalization and Yushu Robotics for maintenance automation
- Content Ecosystems: Pre-installed gaming integrations leveraging cabin compute power
This comprehensive rollout positions ZEEKR at the forefront of production-ready autonomous technologies, balancing immediate feature availability with scalable architecture for future regulatory milestones. By prioritizing hardware standardization across models – including LiDAR and dual Orin-X chips as baseline equipment – the brand demonstrates uncommon commitment to safety democratization in premium mobility segments.
