China has unveiled the world’s first AI-powered driverless drifting car, marking a significant milestone in autonomous driving technology. Geely Auto, a major Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, recently released a video on Weibo showcasing its latest AI-powered driverless vehicle drifting on ice and snow, claiming it to be “the world’s first driverless drifting technology.”
In the video, Geely demonstrated a test vehicle performing fully unmanned autonomous driving and autonomous drifting on snow and ice, achieving a level of performance comparable to that of a professional race car driver. This driverless drift highlights Geely’s AI digital chassis technology, showcasing its cross-domain fusion capabilities in AI large models, digital chassis, and intelligent driving.
Geely Auto, a brand under the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., also owns shares in well-known brands like ZEEKR, Volvo, Lotus, and Polestar. The company stated that the new chassis has advanced technology enabling aggressive driving techniques, including a perception large model algorithm integrated with both software and hardware capabilities.
This integrated system senses and predicts the vehicle’s state in real-time, making it comparable to a professional driver. The car’s steer-by-wire system enables precise control over the drift direction with adjustments made in milliseconds. The new car model is capable of performing autonomous drifting while providing passengers with advanced safety features and driver assistance.
Geely’s latest EV model features consumer-friendly features such as powerful active avoidance and active braking. The refined torque vectoring control of wheel-side motors provides real-time power distribution, allowing for more precise vehicle handling, including drifting. Geely stated that basic capabilities such as crab walk and tank turn can be easily achieved with this technology.
“Smart electric vehicles based on the driverless drifting technology can give users a higher level of safety with intelligent safety assistance, such as more powerful active avoidance and active braking,” Geely explains. Additionally, Geely’s new AI digital chassis can stabilize the EV in the event of traffic backups and drift to avoid obstacles on the road, especially in extreme conditions. Inside the vehicle, Geely’s Xingrui AI model can reportedly draw pictures and hold voice conversations with its passengers.
Overall, Geely’s AI-powered driverless drifting car represents a significant leap forward in autonomous driving technology, showcasing the potential for advanced safety features and driving capabilities in future electric vehicles.
