The Full Range of Horizon Robotics Journey® Series Solutions will Enhance the Driving Experience of AION Consumers

BEIJING, - Horizon Robotics, a leading provider of energy-efficient computing solutions for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in China, and Guangzhou Automotive Group ("GAC") AION, one of the leading premium electric vehicle (EV) brands in China, signed a comprehensive strategic partnership on Jan. 17 to jointly develop advanced driving assistance products. With shipments of over 2 million Journey® series units across many automotive brands in China, Horizon Robotics will further support AION to meet consumers’ demand for high-quality mobility and bring a safer and more convenient experience for drivers and passengers during their journeys.

Under the partnership, AION will develop a series of market-leading car models powered by Horizon Robotics' solutions, featuring advanced automated driving and interactive in-cabin functions. With the AION model built on Journey 2 already in mass production, both partners will explore the feasibility of cooperation on development centered around Journey series solutions including Journey 5.

The automotive sector is currently at the center of a global transformation. As a pioneer in the EV industry, AION was established with a transformational vision and achieved strong growth with total sales in 2022 reaching 271,000, up 126% y-o-y.

Horizon Robotics and GAC AION have established a close collaboration over the past few years. AION Y, launched in April 2021 and powered by Journey 2 solutions, offers consumers a safe and interactive in-cabin experience and has become one of the top-selling car models in China. This successful partnership also provides the industry with an excellent cooperation model as the automobile supply chain evolves from a vertical integration model to an interconnected network of suppliers.

Built on previous successes, the signing further expands the partnership from in-cabin applications to driving assistance products. Horizon Robotics will continue to enable AION's rapid innovation by providing its integrated software and hardware solutions, flexible open services, and rich experience in mass production. Under this strategic partnership, both parties are committed to bringing advanced driver-assistance functions to more consumers in China for an elevated driving experience.

From research and development to mass production, it took only nearly three years for the Journey 5 chip, which also refreshed the application efficiency of high-performance intelligent driving chips. In addition to the Ideal L8, the Journey 5 has also obtained designated mass production cooperation from BYD, SAIC, FAW-Hongqi, and Ziyoujia Automobile, and more cooperative models will be released in mass production. Journey 5 is a domestically produced intelligent driving chip with large computing power that is very mature in mass production. It has passed ISO 26262 ASIL-B product functional safety certification and AEC-Q100 vehicle regulation reliability verification, which fully meets the high requirements of intelligent driving pre-installation mass production. standard and demanding. At the same time, based on the complete, mature, and easy-to-use vehicle intelligent development solution built by Horizon, Journey 5 has a strong lineup of software and hardware ecological circles of friends, which can fully and efficiently meet the differentiated mass production needs of car companies for rich scenarios of intelligent driving.

Relying on the forward-looking technical concept of combining software and hardware and synergistic optimization, the vehicle smart chip product solution with extreme efficiency and openness, ease of use, and the open and collaborative industrial ecology, Horizon has been leading the mass production process of automotive smart chips. Up to now, the shipment of Horizon Journey series chips has exceeded 1.5 million pieces, and it has reached cooperation with 20+ car companies on pre-installation mass production projects of more than 70 models. The practical experience and accumulation of large-scale mass production will continue to feedback on Horizon product's R&D and mass production application capability iterations, help customers and industry partners to continuously improve the R&D efficiency of intelligent driving, create an unparalleled product experience, and create safer and better vehicles. Future travel life.