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What changedBloomberg’s report adds a useful distinction to the China trial approvals: Volkswagen is testing Level 3 autonomous-driving systems, while Xpeng is testing Level 4 systems. The approvals are for public-road trials, not broad deployment.
That makes the two companies’ trials different in a material way: they are testing systems at different stated levels of automation, rather than simply running the same kind of road test. The level details were absent from the initial report.
Bloomberg’s account identifies the levels but gives no further detail here on trial conditions or system capabilities. For now, the new information sharpens what is being tested, not what either company has proved on public roads.
Sources and evidence- Volkswagen's China unit and Xpeng secure approvals to trial autonomous driving systems on public roads in China; VW is testing Level 3 and Xpeng Level 4 (Bloomberg): Bloomberg reports that Volkswagen is testing Level 3 autonomous-driving systems and Xpeng Level 4 systems in their approved public-road trials in China.
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