WeRide Unveils WePilot AiDrive, A One-Stage End-to-End ADAS Targeted for Mass Production in 2025
WeRide (Nasdaq: WRD) has unveiled WePilot AiDrive, a groundbreaking one-stage end-to-end Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) developed in collaboration with Bosch. The system integrates sensing and decision-making into a single process, enabling simultaneous "see and act" capabilities similar to human drivers.
WePilot AiDrive features three key advantages: scalable computing power across different platforms, adaptability to various sensor setups, and rapid daily iteration through automated training. The system can handle complex scenarios including lane changes in heavy traffic, unprotected turns, and interactions with pedestrians. Mass production is scheduled for 2025.
WeRide (Nasdaq: WRD) ha presentato WePilot AiDrive, un rivoluzionario sistema avanzato di assistenza alla guida (ADAS) end-to-end a singolo stadio sviluppato in collaborazione con Bosch. Il sistema integra rilevamento e presa di decisione in un unico processo, permettendo capacit脿 di "vedere e agire" simultanee simili a quelle di un conducente umano.
WePilot AiDrive offre tre vantaggi principali: potenza di calcolo scalabile su diverse piattaforme, adattabilit脿 a differenti configurazioni di sensori e iterazioni rapide quotidiane grazie all'addestramento automatizzato. Il sistema 猫 in grado di gestire scenari complessi come cambi di corsia nel traffico intenso, svolte non protette e interazioni con pedoni. La produzione di massa 猫 prevista per il 2025.
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WeRide (Nasdaq: WRD) hat WePilot AiDrive vorgestellt, ein bahnbrechendes einstufiges End-to-End Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), das in Zusammenarbeit mit Bosch entwickelt wurde. Das System integriert Wahrnehmung und Entscheidungsfindung in einem einzigen Prozess und erm枚glicht gleichzeitige "sehen und handeln"-Funktionen 盲hnlich wie menschliche Fahrer.
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- Partnership with leading Tier 1 supplier Bosch strengthens market credibility
- One-stage architecture enables faster response times and shorter driving routes
- Scalable computing power allows deployment across various hardware platforms
- System supports both pure vision and multi-sensor fusion setups
- Automated training system continuously improves performance through real-world data
- Mass production timeline not starting until late 2025
- System still requires validation and testing before deployment
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WeRide's one-stage ADAS solution marks significant competitive advantage, streamlining processing while improving performance for mass-market deployment.
WeRide's introduction of WePilot AiDrive represents a significant technological advancement in the ADAS market. The shift from a traditional two-stage architecture (separate sensing and decision-making processes) to a one-stage end-to-end solution fundamentally changes how autonomous systems process information and react to their environment. This approach mirrors human cognition more closely by enabling simultaneous perception and action.
The partnership with Bosch, a dominant Tier 1 automotive supplier, provides WeRide with established manufacturing channels and industry credibility essential for mass adoption. This is particularly notable as integration challenges have historically slowed ADAS deployment across the industry.
The system's three key technical advantages address critical barriers to widespread ADAS adoption:
- Its scalable computing architecture allows deployment across various vehicle segments and price points through model distillation techniques
- The sensor-agnostic approach supporting both pure vision and multi-sensor fusion provides flexibility for OEMs with different hardware strategies
- The automated data labeling and daily iteration process enables continuous improvement without proportional cost increases - a crucial advantage in the data-intensive AV industry
While competitors like Tesla also employ end-to-end approaches, WeRide's decoupled middleware architecture potentially offers superior hardware adaptability, enabling faster integration across diverse vehicle platforms. The 2025 production timeline aligns with industry trends toward more advanced driver assistance features becoming standard in mid-market vehicles.
GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WeRide (Nasdaq: WRD), a global leader in autonomous driving technology, today launched WePilot AiDrive, its one-stage end-to-end ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) solution. Developed in partnership with leading Tier 1 supplier Bosch, this milestone comes just six months after both companies brought their two-stage end-to-end solution into mass production.
Unlike the traditional two-stage process of sensing and then decision-making, WePilot AiDrive integrates both into a one-stage architecture, enabling vehicles to "see and act" at the same time 鈥� like a skilled human driver. This delivers faster responses, shorter driving routes, and greater fault tolerance.
WePilot AiDrive has completed core function validation and is expected to enter mass production and vehicle deployment later in 2025, paving the way for smarter, more efficient, and widely accessible assisted driving solutions worldwide.
WeRide's test vehicle, empowered by WePilot AiDrive, in Guangzhou
WePilot AiDrive is engineered to navigate complex road scenarios with ease, including:
- Lane changes in heavy traffic
- Detours around unplanned construction
- Unprotected turns at intersections
- Smooth acceleration when following vehicles
- Complex interactions with pedestrians, oncoming vehicles and roadside obstacles on narrow roads in urban villages
Its one-stage, end-to-end architecture delivers three key advantages:
- Scalable computing power: Runs on high-performance computing platforms and can quickly scale down to mid- and low-power setups via model distillation. Its proprietary middleware decouples algorithms from hardware and foundational software, enabling seamless adaptation across platforms, while its modular Level 2 functions simplify deployment, speed integration, and accelerate mass production.
- Adaptability across sensor setups: Supports both pure vision and multi-sensor fusion.
- Rapid daily iteration: Uses extensive driving data to automatically generate training labels, continuously improve performance in a cost-effective manner. This strengthens the system's ability to handle edge cases and long-tail scenarios, delivering on the promise: "the more you drive, the better it drives".
WePilot AiDrive brings together human-like Level 2 autonomy and robust safety capabilities across complex driving scenarios. With mass production and vehicle integration set for 2025, it is poised to redefine the driving experience, making it safer and more efficient for end users.
About WeRide
WeRide is a global leader and a first mover in the autonomous driving industry, as well as the first publicly traded Robotaxi company. Our autonomous vehicles have been tested or operated in over 30 cities across 10 countries. We are also the first and only technology company whose products have received autonomous driving permits in six markets: China, Singapore, France, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the US. Empowered by the smart, versatile, cost-effective, and highly adaptable WeRide One platform, WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4, addressing transportation needs in the mobility, logistics, and sanitation industries. WeRide was named in Fortune Magazine鈥檚 2024 鈥淭he Future 50鈥� list.
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