Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun has launched the first progress report for Xiaomi Pilot Technology for autonomous driving. Xiaomi, in an official blog had introduced the new totally internal developed autonomous driving solution referred to as Pilot Technology. The company had pledged to invest RMB 3.3 billion within the development of the first R&D phase of its autonomous driving technology.

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The company pledge to invest RMB 3.3 billion in development of first R&D phase
Xiaomi had announced its entry into smart electric vehicle segment in March 2021
Initially, Xiaomi Pilot Technology functioned to build a fleet of 140 test vehicles

Xiaomi has employed over 500 specialists from around the world for the R&D team of the first phase. The company had initially announced its entry into the smart electric vehicle segment in March 2021.

At the time of revealing the CEO has released a live road test video of its autonomous driving technology. The test video portrayed the technology's safe and intelligent assisted driving approach in multiple scenarios along with U-turns, roundabouts, and continuous downhill driving. The Pilot Technology would come with advanced algorithms. It would be able to take care of variety of scenarios, as it has been added in its comprehensive list.

The CEO has mentioned that 'Xiaomi's autonomous driving technology would adopt a self-developed full stack approach, and therefore the project has made progress beyond expectations.'

In order to focus on the long-term industrial strategic capabilities, Xiaomi would invest another RMB 2 billion. This would include over ten upstream and downstream enterprises in the autonomous driving field. Under the enterprises, Xiaomi would be in charge of core sensors, core actuators, domain controllers, and more.

In its initial phase, Xiaomi Pilot Technology has been functioning to build a fleet of a 140 test vehicles.

The project would be Xiaomi's attempt at adopt a self-developed full stack approach to autonomous driving technology, covering all core areas. With this, the autonomous driving algorithms were quickly iterated based on user needs.

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