Zeekr gets approval to test Level 3 autonomous vehicles in China

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Chinese electric vehicle maker Zeekr said on Wednesday it has obtained a license to test its Level 3 partially autonomous driving system from the government of the eastern city of Hangzhou, two months after getting a similar permit in Shanghai. This would allow Zeekr test vehicles to legally cruise down high-speed roads in two of China’s biggest economic powerhouses on their own, facilitating the company’s efforts to refine its Navigation Zeekr Pilot (NZP) advanced driver assistance system, Its equivalent to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software. Earlier, rivals BYD and NIO have been allowed to test their EVs with L3 self-driving functionality in Shenzhen and Shanghai, respectively, TechNode has reported. Most countries including China have not legislated their use, however. [TechNode reporting, Zeekr release, in Chinese]