China's QCraft tops 1m ADAS installations

QCraft has seen its driver-assistance solutions installed in more than 1 million vehicles, marking a new phase of large-scale commercialization.

Its systems are currently deployed across 23 production models from nearly 10 automakers, including Li Auto, Chery Automobile, SAIC Motor and Geely Automobile, said the Beijing-based autonomous driving company on Friday.

The company expects another 50 new models to be equipped with its technology in 2026, with most featuring city NOA functions, helping push advanced driver assistance into vehicles priced around 100,000 yuan ($14,000).

"Reaching 1 million units is a new starting point for us," said Yu Qian, QCraft's co-founder, chairman and CEO. "More important than the number itself is the speed and efficiency of mass production delivery."

Yu said it took the company nearly three years to deliver its first 500,000 systems after beginning deployments in late 2021, but only eight months to double that figure to 1 million.

As of January, users of QCraft-powered systems have accumulated more than 2.5 billion kilometers of assisted driving mileage, with nearly 100 million smart parking assist activations.

The company said its automatic emergency braking systems record fewer than one false trigger per 400,000 kilometers and help drivers avoid more than 146,000 potential accidents annually.

The company also announced its entry into the L4 unmanned logistics market, a sector it estimates could be worth trillions of yuan.

Also on Friday, QCraft introduced its first-generation autonomous delivery vehicle solution.

QCraft has signed a strategic agreement with Chery Commercial Vehicles and has already deployed unmanned logistics vehicles in several cities. Yu said additional ecosystem partnerships are in progress.

To support broader commercialization, QCraft launched the Robo-X open platform, which it likens to an "Android for autonomous driving", aimed at enabling partners to develop and deploy products ranging from autonomous buses and vans to robotaxis.

Yu said QCraft is running a small robotaxi fleet this year, with the number to exceed 1,000 vehicles in 2027.