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Zero Motorcycles' world model for autonomous driving

零跑周洪涛:2026 年冲刺智驾头部,内部三条路线 PK 确定使用世界模型

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For readers interested in the commercial viability of advanced autonomous driving, this story details how Zero Motorcycles is using a world model to achieve a 40% cost reduction compared to its previous generation, enabling it to offer the technology in its 10k US$ A platform models.

Zero Motorcycles announced its self-developed world model for autonomous driving at a September 2026 tech conference, claiming it reached the 'first-tier' level of the industry.

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The company's internal 'horse race' among three routes—2.0, 3.

0, and 4.0—ended with 4.

0 being chosen.4.

0, a more aggressive end-to-end model, won a third-party PK test in early 2026 with a takeover rate just a third of the industry's.

2.0 is already in production but loses a lot of perception information.

3.0 is similar to 2.

0 but with a heavier model and less reliance on rules.4.

0 directly takes images as input and uses a small amount of rules for decision-making.The company's goal is to be in the first tier by 2026 and achieve L3 by 2027-2028.

Original · IT之家

零跑周洪涛:2026 年冲刺智驾头部,内部三条路线 PK 确定使用世界模型

IT之家 9 月 17 日消息,在 9 月 16 日晚间的零跑 2026 年度技术发布会上, 零跑汽车公布了自研的世界模型智能辅助驾驶 ,宣称该智驾达到了“全行业第一梯队”的水平,将覆盖 A、B、C、D 全系车型,老车主也可升级。 据雷峰网今日报道,零跑内部进行了一场持续数月的赛马:2025 年 10 月,智驾 2.0、3.0、4.0 三条技术路线同时开跑。今年年初,第三方 PK 测试中, 智驾 4.0 以综合接管率仅为头部车企三分之一的表现胜出 —— 零跑由此验证并明确了世界模型的技术路线 。 2.0 已量产上车,采用两段式端到端。但大量感知信息在传递中丢失,需要靠规则和手写代码为模型兜底。 3.0 沿用两段式端到端架构,但加大模型比重、弱化规则。 4.0 更激进,主攻一段式端到端的世界模型 —— 直接输入图像,辅以少量规则输出决策。 零跑高级副总裁周洪涛表示:“从智驾 2.0 到 3.0 到 4.0,最大的改变是博弈交互能力以及响应速度的提升。” 报道称, 周洪涛有信心智驾 4.0 能够实现跻身头部的目标 。回顾过去,他认为走到量产节点的决策都是正确的。如果重来一遍,“那些做得不够好的决策,就像智驾 3.0 一样,及时停掉了。” 2024 年,零跑整合相关部门,成立智能技术研究院,由周洪涛统筹管理:人员规模接近 700 人,算力资源增长 2 倍,训练服务器接近 600 台,构建了从硬件、软件到数据平台、模型算法的 100% 自研闭环。 2024 年,委员会定下到 2030 年的战略目标: 2026 年跻身智驾第一梯队;2027、2028 年推进 L3 级自动驾驶,同时做好 L4 级技术储备 。 周洪涛透露,零跑 4.0 架构的成本只有 1.0 时期的 40%,底层成本的显著下降,为激光雷达、摄像头及智驾芯片的 BOM 支出腾出了预算,也成为零跑能够将自研世界模型 4.0 推送至 10 万元级 A 平台车型的底层商业前提。 据IT之家此前报道,明年起,零跑世界模型将面向 35 万辆激光雷达版车型免费升级,分季度适配不同车型, 2024 款 C16/C11/C10 也可使用 。

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This report is categorized under AITOP's "Models" desk, focusing on China's AI industry and domestic foundation model ecosystem. Within our cross-regional analytical framework, it directly maps to Chinese AI companies expanding and localizing across Southeast Asia and US-China foundation model benchmarks and commercialization comparison. Key entities and technical topics under continuous tracking include Zero Motorcycles, autonomous driving, world model, self-driving.

Source attribution: curated from IT之家.