- The road-testing milestone supports Volkswagen's stated 2027 technology-readiness target.
Testing milestone in China
Volkswagen has obtained permission to test Level 3 automated driving on roads in Hefei, Anhui, and has started collecting data through real-world testing, CnEVPost reported on October 26, citing a Volkswagen China statement. The company presented the milestone as progress toward having its L3 technology ready in 2027.
The report said Volkswagen had not identified the vehicles involved, their routes or the number of test vehicles. It also distinguished a road-testing permit from product approval: development testing does not by itself establish that a vehicle has cleared the separate process for road-use pilots.
Local AI development
The effort sits alongside Volkswagen's existing partnership with China's Horizon Robotics. Their Carizon joint venture plans to combine an AI foundation model with a chip under development and a world-model data platform to support L3 and L4 systems for Volkswagen in China. These remain development plans. The new testing permission demonstrates another validation step rather than delivery of the planned capabilities to customers.
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