WeRide ADAS solution secures historic fifth consecutive win at urban driving competition

WeRide (NASDAQ:WRD) reported that its mass-production driving solution achieved a record-breaking performance at the Hefei round of the Second China Urban Intelligent Driving Competition, marking a significant milestone for the company’s Level 2++ autonomous systems.

The Guangzhou-based autonomous driving technology developer announced that the Chery Exeed Sterra ES, equipped with the WeRide Driving (WRD 3.0) system, secured first place with a score of 102.81 points.

The victory extends the platform’s record to five consecutive wins across consecutive host cities, making it the first and only advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) in the history of the competition to sustain a five-win streak.

In the same round, a second WRD 3.0-powered vehicle, the GAC Aion N60, secured the second-place position.

The competition results highlight the operational generalization of the WRD 3.0 platform, which translates the technology stack and safety standards validated in WeRide's Level 4 fleet into a commercial consumer application.

The software relies heavily on the WeRide GENESIS simulation platform, a generative AI-backed universal world model that allows for closed-loop data iteration and algorithm training across complex, simulated urban environments before physical deployment.

Architecturally, WeRide has prioritized cross-platform hardware adaptability to lower deployment barriers for traditional automakers.

The WRD 3.0 platform is decoupled from a single processor line, allowing it to run efficiently on mainstream silicon architectures, including NVIDIA DRIVE Orin and the Qualcomm Snapdragon SA8650 platform.

To expand its supply chain options and target lower cost tiers, the company recently finalized a strategic "chip + algorithm" integration partnership with Chinese automotive semiconductor specialist SiEngine Technology to adapt the software to the mass-produced StarLight AD 1000 SoC.

This multi-chip flexibility has accelerated commercial adoption among domestic original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

WeRide has secured nearly 30 production design wins across multiple passenger vehicle lines under the GAC Group (including GAC Aion and Trumpchi) and Chery Group (including Exeed, Tiggo, and Omoda).

The current pipeline of nominated models targets broad market democratisation, spanning mass-market to flagship consumer vehicles priced from approximately $14,000 to $44,000.

Backed by a growing deployment footprint in China, management confirmed that the company is actively preparing to export its production-ready L2++ ADAS business models internationally.

Initial targeted expansion corridors include established automotive trade channels across Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, leveraging existing global export arrangements established by its domestic OEM partners.