Geely to develop self-driving vehicle with Mobileye

Geely Automobile Holdings plans to tap Intel’s Mobileye unit to develop a vehicle with L4 autonomy for Zeekr, its smart electric-vehicle brand.

The EV, slated to hit the Chinese market in 2024, is expected to become the world’s first vehicle with L4 autonomous capability delivered to private customers, the two companies said this week. 

The vehicle will be based on Geely’s latest platform known as the Sustainable Experience Architecture. It will integrate Zeekr’s proprietary software technologies and Mobileye’s sensing, safety and road mapping technologies, according to Geely.

Zeekr was unveiled in early 2021. Its first product, the 001 sporty sedan, went on sale in October, with a 281,000 yuan ($44,113) starting price.

In December, Geely said Zeekr would build EVs for Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving unit. The vehicles, to be fitted with Waymo's self-driving technology, will be used as fully autonomous ride-hailing vehicles in the United States.