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[CNMO Tech News] On September 9, at the 2026 Private Economy Innovation Development Conference held in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce officially released the "2026 Cases of Private Enterprises Developing New Quality Productive Forces". Global autonomous driving technology company WeRide was successfully selected based on systematic practice in core technology innovation of autonomous driving and scaled commercial operations.
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The conference was co-hosted by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, with the theme "Innovation Gathering Power · Empowering the Future". Also released concurrently were "2026 Report on Innovation Status of the Top 1000 Private Enterprises in R&D Investment", "2026 Private Enterprise R&D Investment and Invention Patent Top 500 List", and other important results.
Since its establishment in Guangzhou in 2017, WeRide has always adhered to promoting industrial innovation through technological innovation. As a local high-quality private technology enterprise in Guangzhou, WeRide is a typical private benchmark for Guangdong to layout new tracks in autonomous driving and cultivate new quality productive forces.
Relying on the self-developed WeRide One autonomous driving general technology platform, WeRide landed open road Robotaxi commercial operation, autonomous driving shuttle paid operation, unmanned sanitation and unmanned freight and other full-scenario applications in Guangzhou first, effectively reducing the cost of scaled deployment. This platform modularizes software algorithms, hardware modules, and cloud architectures, allowing taxis, shuttles, sanitation vehicles, freight vehicles, etc., to share about 90% of the underlying algorithms. The HPC 3.0 computing platform equipped on the vehicle has computing power up to 2000 TOPS, completing 2 trillion operations per second.
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In the 2023 "59 Companies Changing the World" selection by the American "Fortune" magazine, WeRide ranked eighth, being the only Chinese enterprise selected.
As of now, WeRide's autonomous driving business has covered 13 countries and over 60 cities globally. The company is the only technology enterprise globally to simultaneously hold autonomous driving licenses from eight countries: China, UAE, Singapore, France, USA, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, and Switzerland.
Regarding fleet scale, as of July 31, 2026, WeRide's global L4 autonomous driving fleet scale is about 3400 vehicles, among which pure unmanned Robotaxis exceed 1800 units, having become one of the largest scale commercial Robotaxi fleets globally. Some overseas regional businesses have achieved phased operational profitability.
In the first half of 2026, WeRide achieved revenue of 346 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 73.3%; overseas revenue increased year-on-year by 154.4%; gross profit margin increased from 30.6% in the same period of the previous year to 36.6%. In the second quarter, overseas revenue increased year-on-year by 164% and quarter-on-quarter by 169%.
[Car Insight Industry] Let's review the major events that happened in the auto world on September 8, 2026.
Car Event 1: XPeng Robot Production Line Officially Launched
On September 8, the XPeng robot production line was officially launched, the world's first advanced general-purpose humanoid robot completed automated assembly and walked off the line independently. XPeng Robot has completed a key leap.
XPeng Group Chairman He Xiaopeng stated: Today, we created an important moment that could be recorded in the history of robot development — the world's first automated production line for advanced general-purpose humanoid robots was officially launched, using "robots" to automatically produce "robots".
Car Event 2: Huawei Qiankun Smart Driving/HarmonyOS Cockpit Installation Hits 2 Million Milestone Moment
On September 8, Huawei Qiankun intelligent automotive solutions announced: ADS installation count, HarmonyOS Cockpit installation count, and Huawei Qiankun APP user count simultaneously reached the 2 million milestone across three major dimensions!
Huawei Qiankun adheres to safety first, taking over every user's trust with technology. 2 million is not the end, but a brand new starting point. Huawei Qiankun will continue to give back to more users with real technology, real experience, and real ecosystem.
Car Event 3: Zeekr 7X Global 200,000th Mass-Produced Vehicle Rolls Off the Line
On September 8, Zeekr Cars announced: The Zeekr 7X global 200,000th mass-produced vehicle rolled off the line. This marks that in nearly two years since the model's launch, it has achieved phased results in the global market.
As the flagship model for Zeekr targeting the luxury pure electric SUV market, Zeekr 7X has maintained a relatively fast market growth rhythm since its launch. Just 25 days after the model launch, delivery volume exceeded 10,000 units, setting a record for luxury pure electric model delivery speed; after officially launching the European export process in May 2025, it entered more than 50 countries and regions globally within just 15 months, covering major regions such as Europe, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and North Africa. In July-August 2026, Zeekr 7X global monthly sales continuously maintained a scale of 10,000 units, and market demand remained strong.
Car Event 4: Yueda Kia August Sales Reach 19,588 Units
On September 8, Yueda Kia announced August 2026 sales reached 19,588 units, with January-August cumulative sales reaching 162,734 units; August total vehicle production was 20,600 units, January-August cumulative production was 167,600 units. This is mainly due to Yueda Kia adhering to the "user-centric" business philosophy and continuously iterating products around the travel needs of Chinese users.
Yueda Kia steadily promoted overseas export business, further consolidating the development trend where domestic and export sales progress together. Since starting export business in November 2018, Yueda Kia has cumulatively exported over 650,600 vehicles, with export sales revenue exceeding 7.22 billion USD, building an export matrix composed of 6 vehicle models including EV5, Sportage, Seltos, K5, Sonet, Soul, covering 92 countries and regions globally such as Australia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia; cumulatively exported 544,110 engines to countries such as South Korea, Russia, Czechia, Slovakia, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan.
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