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Mid East Info
14-06-2025
- Automotive
- Mid East Info
JAECOO J5 is set to debut in UAE to ‘Redefine Off-Roading and Outdoor Living' - Middle East Business News and Information
Dubai, UAE – June , 2025 – The long-anticipated JAECOO J5, hailed as ' the new darling of future travel ' , is set to debut in the UAE this July 2025, marking the region's entry into a new era of light off-road lifestyle and refined outdoor mobility. After making waves globally during its reveal at the Shanghai Auto Show held in April 2025, the J5 is finally arriving in the UAE — where automotive enthusiasts and adventurers alike can experience the future of travel with exclusive test drives available at JAECOO showrooms across the Emirates. Designed for modern explorers seeking a harmonious connection with nature, the JAECOO J5 blends rugged capability with elegant aesthetics, drawing inspiration from snow-capped mountains and meandering rivers. With a bold waterfall grille, sharply defined ridge-like body lines, and integrated rear spoiler, the J5 combines strength and softness in perfect balance — a true masterpiece 'from classic, beyond classic.' 'The JAECOO J5 is more than a vehicle; it's a lifestyle statement for today's generation of freedom seekers,' said Shawn Xu, CEO of OMODA & JAECOO Automobile International. 'It's engineered to fulfill a growing longing for nature and freedom in the midst of urban hustle, and we are proud to bring that vision to the UAE.' Built on a new powertrain platform, the J5 ensures smooth yet powerful driving performance across all road conditions — from daily city commutes to spontaneous desert adventures. The in-car microphone and karaoke mode add entertainment elements to family trips. 'J5 reflects our belief that travel should not only be bold and beautiful but deeply personal and inclusive,' added Shawn Xu. 'We invite all UAE residents to test drive the J5 and discover a new standard of off-road elegance.' About OMODA&JAECOO: OMODA & JAECOO is a next-generation automotive brand under Chery International, committed to reshaping the future of intelligent and sustainable mobility. With a design philosophy rooted in innovation, personalization, and co-creation, the brand caters to global consumers who seek individuality, connectivity, and freedom. OMODA focuses on futuristic, tech-forward urban vehicles, while JAECOO specializes in premium, off-road-inspired SUVs that harmonize rugged performance with refined aesthetics. Together, OMODA & JAECOO is pioneering a new global ecosystem of lifestyle mobility, offering smart, safe, and stylish solutions for modern explorers. The product line-up includes OMODA C5, JAECOO J7, JAECOO J8, and the upcoming OMODA C7, and JAECOO J5, along with the upcoming SHS models. As part of its long-term commitment, OMODA & JAECOO has established a 12,000 sqm spare parts distribution center in JAFZA, the largest Chinese automotive parts hub in the Middle East. This facility enhances regional logistics and aftersales support. Additionally, through its strategic partnership with Maersk, OMODA & JAECOO have further strengthened their logistics and aftersales operations in the UAE, ensuring 100% spare parts availability and rapid delivery within 24 and 48 hours. In the UAE, Autorun, MAHY Khoory Automotive and Galadari are the official distributors of OMODA & JAECOO, in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Northern Emirates respective, thus ensuring seamless market entry and premium customer experience.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Pony.ai Accelerates Gen-7 Robotaxi Deployment with Road Testing Launch in China's Guangdong
GUANGZHOU, China, June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ:PONY), a global leader in autonomous driving technology, is ramping up its Robotaxi mass production and commercialization efforts with the launch of public road testing for its seventh-generation Robotaxis in China. The vehicles now testing on roads in the southern Chinese megacities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen are based on Guangzhou Auto(GAC)'s second-generation Aion V model and equipped with most advanced autonomous driving system, unveiled just over a month ago at the Shanghai Auto Show. recently obtained regulatory permit to conduct these road tests for its seventh generation Robotaxi jointly developed with GAC, marking a significant transition from laboratory and closed-track validation into real-world traffic environments. In April, debuted its Gen-7 autonomous driving system at the Shanghai Auto Show. The new system delivers three core advancements: the exclusive use of 100% automotive-grade components, a 70% reduction in BOM costs of the autonomous driving kit compared to previous generation, and enhanced platform-based design enabling rapid adaptation across multiple vehicle models. Equipped with six types of mass-production sensors providing 360-degree, blind-spot-free redundant perception, and incorporating proprietary sensor cleaning solution, the system effectively handles adverse weather and extreme scenarios. Built upon in-house developed "PonyWorld" model and utilizing reinforcement learning, it achieves safety standards exceeding human capabilities while continuously improving its ability to navigate complex, real-world conditions for full-scenario, all-weather operation. Dr. James Peng, CEO and Co-Founder of said: "The Aion V with 7th-Gen AD system deployed in these road tests represent a significant milestone in our deep collaboration and ecosystem synergy with GAC. Since launching our strategic alliance in 2018, we have continuously deepened our cooperation across L4 autonomous vehicle R&D, product deployment, and strategic investments." brings substantial experience to this launch, having amassed over 45 million kilometers in global autonomous test mileage. The company has established an operational network spanning more than 2,000 square kilometers across four first-tier cities in China, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, encompassing high-complexity scenarios such as high-speed rail stations, airports, and densely populated urban commercial areas. Moreover, the company has validated its technology through over 500,000 hours of fully driverless operation under diverse real-world conditions in the past two years. Targeting 2025 as its "mass production year," is transitioning from technology demonstration to large-scale deployment. Successfully boosting cost-efficiency in its latest Gen-7 system and achieving pre-installed production readiness enables the company to build a fleet exceeding 1,000 vehicles by year-end, unlocking significant economies of scale. To support widespread adoption, has established deep commercial partnerships with global leaders in technology, mobility services, and deployment platforms, including Tencent Cloud, Alipay, Amap, Ruqi Mobility, Shenzhen Xihu Group, global ride-hailing giant Uber, Singapore's mobility conglomerate ComfortDelGro, and Luxembourg's Emile Weber. About Pony AI Inc. is a global leader in achieving large-scale commercialization of autonomous mobility. Leveraging its vehicle-agnostic Virtual Driver technology, a full-stack autonomous driving technology that seamlessly integrates proprietary software, hardware, and services, is developing a commercially viable and sustainable business model that enables the mass production and deployment of vehicles across transportation use cases. Founded in 2016, has expanded its presence across China, Europe, East Asia, the Middle East and other regions, ensuring widespread accessibility to its advanced technology. View original content: SOURCE Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Korea Herald
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- Korea Herald
Pony.ai Accelerates Gen-7 Robotaxi Deployment with Road Testing Launch in China's Guangdong
GUANGZHOU, China, June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ:PONY), a global leader in autonomous driving technology, is ramping up its Robotaxi mass production and commercialization efforts with the launch of public road testing for its seventh-generation Robotaxis in China. The vehicles now testing on roads in the southern Chinese megacities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen are based on Guangzhou Auto(GAC)'s second-generation Aion V model and equipped with most advanced autonomous driving system, unveiled just over a month ago at the Shanghai Auto Show. recently obtained regulatory permit to conduct these road tests for its seventh generation Robotaxi jointly developed with GAC, marking a significant transition from laboratory and closed-track validation into real-world traffic environments. In April, debuted its Gen-7 autonomous driving system at the Shanghai Auto Show. The new system delivers three core advancements: the exclusive use of 100% automotive-grade components, a 70% reduction in BOM costs of the autonomous driving kit compared to previous generation, and enhanced platform-based design enabling rapid adaptation across multiple vehicle models. Equipped with six types of mass-production sensors providing 360-degree, blind-spot-free redundant perception, and incorporating proprietary sensor cleaning solution, the system effectively handles adverse weather and extreme scenarios. Built upon in-house developed "PonyWorld" model and utilizing reinforcement learning, it achieves safety standards exceeding human capabilities while continuously improving its ability to navigate complex, real-world conditions for full-scenario, all-weather operation. Dr. James Peng, CEO and Co-Founder of said:"The Aion V with 7th-Gen AD system deployed in these road tests represent a significant milestone in our deep collaboration and ecosystem synergy with GAC. Since launching our strategic alliance in 2018, we have continuously deepened our cooperation across L4 autonomous vehicle R&D, product deployment, and strategic investments." brings substantial experience to this launch, having amassed over 45 million kilometers in global autonomous test mileage. The company has established an operational network spanning more than 2,000 square kilometers across four first-tier cities in China, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, encompassing high-complexity scenarios such as high-speed rail stations, airports, and densely populated urban commercial areas. Moreover, the company has validated its technology through over 500,000 hours of fully driverless operation under diverse real-world conditions in the past two years. Targeting 2025 as its "mass production year," is transitioning from technology demonstration to large-scale deployment. Successfully boosting cost-efficiency in its latest Gen-7 system and achieving pre-installed production readiness enables the company to build a fleet exceeding 1,000 vehicles by year-end, unlocking significant economies of scale. To support widespread adoption, has established deep commercial partnerships with global leaders in technology, mobility services, and deployment platforms, including Tencent Cloud, Alipay, Amap, Ruqi Mobility, Shenzhen Xihu Group, global ride-hailing giant Uber, Singapore's mobility conglomerate ComfortDelGro, and Luxembourg's Emile Weber. Pony AI Inc. is a global leader in achieving large-scale commercialization of autonomous mobility. Leveraging its vehicle-agnostic Virtual Driver technology, a full-stack autonomous driving technology that seamlessly integrates proprietary software, hardware, and services, is developing a commercially viable and sustainable business model that enables the mass production and deployment of vehicles across transportation use cases. Founded in 2016, has expanded its presence across China, Europe, East Asia, the Middle East and other regions, ensuring widespread accessibility to its advanced technology.
Associated Press
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- Associated Press
Pony.ai Accelerates Gen-7 Robotaxi Deployment with Road Testing Launch in China's Guangdong
GUANGZHOU, China, June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ:PONY), a global leader in autonomous driving technology, is ramping up its Robotaxi mass production and commercialization efforts with the launch of public road testing for its seventh-generation Robotaxis in China. The vehicles now testing on roads in the southern Chinese megacities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen are based on Guangzhou Auto(GAC)'s second-generation Aion V model and equipped with most advanced autonomous driving system, unveiled just over a month ago at the Shanghai Auto Show. recently obtained regulatory permit to conduct these road tests for its seventh generation Robotaxi jointly developed with GAC, marking a significant transition from laboratory and closed-track validation into real-world traffic environments. In April, debuted its Gen-7 autonomous driving system at the Shanghai Auto Show. The new system delivers three core advancements: the exclusive use of 100% automotive-grade components, a 70% reduction in BOM costs of the autonomous driving kit compared to previous generation, and enhanced platform-based design enabling rapid adaptation across multiple vehicle models. Equipped with six types of mass-production sensors providing 360-degree, blind-spot-free redundant perception, and incorporating proprietary sensor cleaning solution, the system effectively handles adverse weather and extreme scenarios. Built upon in-house developed 'PonyWorld' model and utilizing reinforcement learning, it achieves safety standards exceeding human capabilities while continuously improving its ability to navigate complex, real-world conditions for full-scenario, all-weather operation. Dr. James Peng, CEO and Co-Founder of said: 'The Aion V with 7th-Gen AD system deployed in these road tests represent a significant milestone in our deep collaboration and ecosystem synergy with GAC. Since launching our strategic alliance in 2018, we have continuously deepened our cooperation across L4 autonomous vehicle R&D, product deployment, and strategic investments.' brings substantial experience to this launch, having amassed over 45 million kilometers in global autonomous test mileage. The company has established an operational network spanning more than 2,000 square kilometers across four first-tier cities in China, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, encompassing high-complexity scenarios such as high-speed rail stations, airports, and densely populated urban commercial areas. Moreover, the company has validated its technology through over 500,000 hours of fully driverless operation under diverse real-world conditions in the past two years. Targeting 2025 as its 'mass production year,' is transitioning from technology demonstration to large-scale deployment. Successfully boosting cost-efficiency in its latest Gen-7 system and achieving pre-installed production readiness enables the company to build a fleet exceeding 1,000 vehicles by year-end, unlocking significant economies of scale. To support widespread adoption, has established deep commercial partnerships with global leaders in technology, mobility services, and deployment platforms, including Tencent Cloud, Alipay, Amap, Ruqi Mobility, Shenzhen Xihu Group, global ride-hailing giant Uber, Singapore's mobility conglomerate ComfortDelGro, and Luxembourg's Emile Weber. About Pony AI Inc. is a global leader in achieving large-scale commercialization of autonomous mobility. Leveraging its vehicle-agnostic Virtual Driver technology, a full-stack autonomous driving technology that seamlessly integrates proprietary software, hardware, and services, is developing a commercially viable and sustainable business model that enables the mass production and deployment of vehicles across transportation use cases. Founded in 2016, has expanded its presence across China, Europe, East Asia, the Middle East and other regions, ensuring widespread accessibility to its advanced technology. View original content: SOURCE
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Why helping automakers turn electric vehicles into hybrids is good for the environment
Between 2021 and 2023, global car brands announced a total of €265 billion in investments toward electric vehicles, batteries, and charging technology. For many automakers, these plans were made assuming that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) would supplant hybrid and pure-combustion cars. But hybrids aren't being supplanted by BEVs—in fact, they're thriving as a category. According to the International Energy Agency, global BEV sales achieved an impressive 13.7% growth rate in 2024, to 10.8 million units worldwide. At the same time, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sales rose by a colossal 54.8%, to 6.5 million units. The surging demand for hybrids suggests they'll coexist with BEVs for many years to come. But if this is the case, what should automakers do with the roadmaps they made assuming the future was BEV-only? Given the sheer amount of money at stake, it's not possible to walk back and write down these commitments. And, for the sake of the planet, we shouldn't squander this generational opportunity to electrify and bring down global vehicle emissions. Earlier this year, my company proposed a solution at the Shanghai Auto Show. While it might sound counterintuitive, we genuinely believe it's the best path to facilitate BEV innovation and adoption, while also bringing down global emissions. The auto industry should be turning their BEV models into hybrids. To understand where I'm coming from, we need to place this moment in the historical context of the automotive industry. And that context is the widespread assumption among automakers that the car market will converge toward one powertrain category. It doesn't matter what exactly the model is. In the 20th century, it was the internal combustion engine (ICE); until recently, it was believed it would be BEVs in the 21st century. But the assumption was that virtually all mass-market cars would have the same powertrain architecture. The reason? Complexity. Different powertrain systems require different parts and raw materials. They require different sets of expertise to design, optimize, and install. And they need different facilities and processes to manufacture. So, if an automaker wants to offer more than one powertrain category, then it needs to multiply its production footprint. Which means multiplying many of its costs and forcing it to focus its energy on under-the-hood systems that tend not to get noticed by consumers. The above is sound supply-side logic. But it doesn't match today's market reality, in which the desire for combustion and hybrid models is far stickier than expected. Rather than being a brief transitional step, hybrid vehicles are set to remain a major fixture of global vehicle sales for decades to come. By 2035, cars with a combustion engine will still represent at least half of global vehicle sales. Brands now have a problem. If they want to cater to this persistent demand for hybrid and combustion cars, then they'll need to cannibalize their investment and resources for BEV development and production. But if they don't cater to this demand, they won't be able to sell enough models to meet their revenue and sales targets. There is a third option, and it comes from challenging the current reality in the industry—that BEV and hybrid cars each need parallel production processes. Is it possible to do away with this? BEVs and hybrids are shaped differently. This is because a BEV powertrain can enjoy a range of space efficiencies by doing away with the combustion engine, radiator, and supporting mechanical components in the front compartment. As a result, BEVs can be shorter, sleeker, and more aerodynamic than their combustion counterparts. Because of this, the 'hybridization' of cars has pretty much meant one thing: turning ICEs into hybrids by adding electrical systems. Only ICEs, the thinking went, would have the space and shape that would allow powertrain components to be rearranged. As a result, the industry has come to accept that hybrid platforms are fundamentally different from BEV ones, and so they need different assembly lines and supply chains. What automakers need is a solution that allows them to produce both BEVs and hybrids without the need for parallel production. That means a shared platform and frame across powertrains, which can then be inserted in during vehicle assembly. But, until now, that's suggested doing away with dedicated BEV platforms—with the aerodynamic and energy efficiencies they bring, along with all the investment that's gone into developing them—and simply using something more like hybridized ICE cars as a foundation to build both BEVs and hybrids. However, it is possible to go the other way—if we treat the hybrid powertrain not as a series of systems (engine, motor, transmission) that must be integrated and packaged by an automaker, but instead as a 'plug and play' system. We can instead develop integrated hybrid powertrains that fit in the shorter front compartments of BEVs—or, in short, we can turn them into hybrids. At the Auto Shanghai this year, my team at Horse Powertrain debuted just a solution: a 'future hybrid concept' that we plan to launch in 2028. It's a combined engine, motor, and transmission in a tight block—for the first time, a hybrid powertrain that's compact enough to fit in the front compartment for a BEV. This allows automakers to use their BEV models as foundations for hybrid models with minimal extra cost. Hybridizing BEVs sounds extremely counterintuitive. But it's the ideal solution for OEMs. It allows them to continue to go all-in on BEV investment and innovation, while still offering hybrid models with minimal additional expense. And it allows some much-needed breathing space to perfect BEV technology and prove its long-term viability to consumers, all while still meeting market share and sales targets. By allowing higher volumes of BEV platforms to be sold in hybridized form, OEMs can more rapidly amortize their investment in the technology and iterate on their model line-ups. This approach will bring more ICE and hybrid drivers into the BEV ecosystem. Hybridized BEVs can retain key qualities that make pure-electric vehicles so pleasant to drive, like smooth handling or optimized noise and vibration. By exposing motorists who'd not otherwise buy a BEV to these positives, hybridization can help grow the total market for BEVs. For the sake of the planet, BEVs need to be the foundation for next-generation mobility. Through hybridizing them, we're allowing BEVs to be just that. Rather than a step back, hybridizing BEVs is a big moment in enabling their widespread adoption, since it eliminates the trade-off automakers currently need to make between BEV investment and their commercial goals. Matias Giannini is the CEO of Horse Powertrain. The opinions expressed in commentary pieces are solely the views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of Fortune. This story was originally featured on Sign in to access your portfolio
