Xpeng’s City NGP Aims to Compete with Tesla’s FSD Beta
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Xpeng’s City NGP Aims to Compete with Tesla’s FSD Beta

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Sofía Garduño By Sofía Garduño | Journalist & Industry Analyst - Tue, 09/20/2022 - 13:04

Chinese automaker XPeng Motors launched the City Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP) program, an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) with which the company positions itself as the first Chinese automotive company to launch an ADAS for urban scenarios. The City NGP aims to compete with Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta. 

 

“With the rollout of City NGP, XPeng is spearheading a strategic roadmap to complete our ADAS coverage from highways and parking lots to much more complex city driving scenarios, offering our customers enhanced safety and an optimized driving experience,” said Xiaopeng He, Chairman and CEO, Xpeng Motors, as reported by Business Wire.

 

The City NGP will be first available on the premium version of XPeng P5 and drivers ought to complete a familiarization period that lasts a week and drive 100 km. “We believe the continuous evolution of City NGP and the expansion of its coverage will accelerate the transformation of the driving experiences of our customers,” added He.

 

XPeng’s ADAS can perform a variety of driving tasks such as maintaining a safe distance from other vehicles, making overtaking decisions, changing lanes and keeping the correct speed throughout the driving route. This program also detects traffic lights and prevents accidents by avoiding obstacles and pedestrians. 

 

With this program, XPeng Motors challenges Tesla’s FSD Beta, which is considered a level two driver-assist system. According to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), levels of automation range from zero to five. Level zero refers to a vehicle with zero autonomy where the driver performs all driving tasks, while a level five vehicle is able to autonomously perform all driving functions under all conditions. Yesterday, Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla, announced that FSD Beta is extending to 160,000 owners in both the US and Canada. 

 

To continue progressing towards level five, an immense amount of technology for automation and communication has been developed, transforming the physical car into a digitized product. The autonomous vehicle (AV) market is expected to grow from US$1.64 billion in 2021 to US$11.03 billion by 2028, as reported by Fortune Business Insights

 

Despite the multiple benefits that AVs offer, there are still challenges that are impeding their market penetration such as pricing, consumer understanding and security concerns, as reported by McKinsey

 

Moreover, there are some markets that are more prepared for this technology than others.  The 2020 Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI) published by KPMG shows that from 30 evaluated countries, Singapore, The Netherlands and Norway are the ones with the highest level of preparedness for AVs. Meanwhile, Mexico, India and Brazil were ranked as the lowest. 


However, some believe that Mexico is on the path of becoming an attractive market for AVs. “Until a few years ago, talking about driving assistance technologies was a reality that existed only in other markets, however, currently Mexico is positioning itself as a spearhead in the adoption of a large part of them,” said Nissan Mexicana

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