Hong Kong Stock Concept Tracking | NVIDIA + Tesla Accelerate Layout in China, Autonomous Driving Scenario Applications Enter Deep Cultivation Period (with Concept Stocks)
Tesla China has launched an advanced smart summon feature, applicable to vehicles equipped with EAP or FSD, allowing owners to operate their vehicles to park automatically via their mobile phones. NVIDIA is expanding its autonomous driving research team in China, with an expected increase in employees to about 4,000 by the end of the year. The report indicates that the application of autonomous driving scenarios has entered a period of in-depth refinement, with leading companies in the industry accelerating technological iteration and promoting the industrialization process. Related Hong Kong stocks include Horizon Robotics-B, and Morgan Stanley is optimistic about its market prospects in the ADAS and AD fields
On December 13, Tesla's official website in China launched a brand new in-car feature—Advanced Smart Summon.
This feature is applicable to Tesla vehicles equipped with EAP or FSD.
Tesla owners can operate the vehicle through the Tesla app on their mobile phones, allowing the vehicle to automatically drive out of a parking space and come to the owner's side or to a location specified by the owner on their phone. The vehicle must remain within the owner's line of sight during the movement. It is reported that this feature will be pushed to owners through OTA remote software updates in the future.
According to Zhito Finance APP, NVIDIA (NVDA.US) has significantly enhanced its research team in China this year, particularly in the field of autonomous driving technology, by adding hundreds of new employees to achieve this goal.
According to informed sources, by the end of this year, NVIDIA's total number of employees in China is expected to increase from about 3,000 at the beginning of 2024 to about 4,000, with approximately 200 new employees added in the Beijing area to strengthen autonomous driving research. In addition, the company has also expanded its after-sales service and network software development teams, reflecting its comprehensive expansion strategy in China.
The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology's Policy and Economic Research Institute and the Artificial Intelligence and Economic Society Research Center recently jointly released a special report titled "Autonomous Driving Strategy and Policy Observation—Policies and Regulations Assist in Accelerating the Industrialization of Highly Autonomous Driving."
The report suggests that the application of autonomous driving scenarios has entered a period of in-depth cultivation.
The report believes that with the rapid evolution of technologies such as artificial intelligence, large models, and information communication, autonomous driving is accelerating the construction of a scaled application and breakthrough industrial pattern in business models. Leading autonomous driving companies such as Waymo, Baidu, Pony.ai, New Stone Technology, and Mercedes-Benz are accelerating the deep exploration of scenario demands, iterating and upgrading technology applications and guarantee capabilities, pushing highly autonomous driving into the fast lane of industrialization.
Related Hong Kong stocks in the autonomous driving concept industry chain:
Horizon Robotics-B (09660): Morgan Stanley released a report stating that Horizon Robotics' robust project pipeline has good prospects for market share growth in the mainland advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and advanced autonomous driving (AD) sectors. The firm believes that as a third-party autonomous driving solution provider, it is in a favorable position as the penetration rate of autonomous driving in the mainland increases, and it is expected that the company will break even by 2027.
Black Sesame Technologies (02533): In the first half of 2024, thanks to the gradual increase in mass-produced models, Navigation on Autopilot (NoA) has begun mass production in certain models and cities. Chips, algorithms, software, and toolchains are becoming increasingly mature, and the group has made significant progress in the fields of autonomous driving and smart vehicle solutions. In the first half of 2024, the overall revenue scale increased by 69.2% compared to the same period last year, and the order backlog also achieved a significant breakthrough, with the commercialization process continuing to accelerate, highlighting the core advantages in the autonomous driving chip field.
Suteng Juchuang (02498): In the first half of this year, Suteng Juchuang's laser radar sales were approximately 243,400 units, a year-on-year increase of 415.7%, of which the sales of onboard laser radar were approximately 234,500 units, a year-on-year increase of 487.7%. In the second quarter of 2024, Suteng Juchuang's laser radar sales were approximately 123,000 units, with onboard laser radar sales of approximately 118,300 units As of June 30, 2024, the historical cumulative total sales of LiDAR are approximately 583,500 units, with cumulative sales of onboard LiDAR approximately 518,300 units.
Zhixing Automotive Technology (01274): Zhixing Automotive Technology is a Chinese provider of autonomous driving solutions, focusing on autonomous driving domain controllers. The company has commercialized L2 to L2+ level autonomous driving solutions (L2+ level is not an official classification under SAE(1) standards) and is developing L2 to L4 level autonomous driving solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Nexteer Automotive (01316): The company, along with its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the Group), is primarily engaged in the design and manufacture of steering and powertrain systems, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and autonomous driving (AD) as well as component businesses for automotive manufacturers and other automotive-related companies