Overview
- On Sept. 28 Huawei’s Hongmeng Zhixing unit formally launched the Zhijie RX with a price range of ¥259,800–¥389,800 and said the model is built to an L3‑level automated‑driving architecture.
- Multiple Hongmeng Zhixing partner models disclosed on the same day—including the new M8, R7 refresh and Xiangjie V8—feature a common hardware package of roughly 38 fused sensors and roof‑mounted 896‑line lidar to support Huawei’s Qiankun driving stack.
- Manufacturers are marketing ‘L3‑oriented architecture’ as hardware and software readiness rather than as regulator‑approved, immediately available autonomous driving, with companies describing redundant sensing, compute, power and braking paths for safe upgradeability.
- Brands used commercial signals such as showroom listings, preorder milestones and a track lap video—Huawei released a 1:43.210 lap time clip for the Zhijie RX—to argue performance and production maturity to buyers.
- Analysts should watch product roadmaps and software upgrade paths because widespread hardware pre‑installation across partner lines could speed future over‑the‑air feature rollouts and change how consumers upgrade safety and driving features.