Chinese tech startups developing autonomous driving solutions

China has become the largest Tesla market in the world as the carmaker's shipments to China in 2021 reached 40% of its total worldwide shipments, higher than shipments to the US. Amidst this EV frenzy, technology enterprises and carmakers are hot on developing self-driving technologies, notably Chinese ones. In addition to Baidu's smart cockpit and other solutions, the chip is expected to help Jidu beat competitors in terms of AI performance. Some local semiconductor startups are also competing in this race. Horizon Robotics, once backed by Intel Capital, is collaborating with Holomatic to use Journey 3 and 5 chips and visual perception algorithms in an all-speed integrated self-driving software/hardware solution with a service-oriented architecture (SOA).