WeRide Inc. secured its sixth consecutive victory at the Second China Intelligent Driving Competition held in Tianjin, according to a company statement. The Chery Exeed Sterra ES vehicle equipped with WeRide's WRD 3.0 autonomous driving system, co-developed with Bosch, took first place in the competition.

The Tianjin round introduced new evaluation criteria, incorporating Parking-to-Parking Navigation on ADAS (P2P NOA) into the scoring system for the first time. The competition assessed vehicles across automatic parking exit, gate passage, complex public road navigation and automatic parking scenarios. Parking failures or human takeovers resulted in score deductions.

WeRide's WRD 3.0 system uses what the company describes as a one-stage end-to-end large model that covers both driving and parking scenarios. This approach differs from modular solutions that the company says can experience data fragmentation and inconsistent decision-making.

WeRide stated that WRD 3.0 has secured mass-production design appointments for more than 30 vehicle types from Chery Automobile and GAC Group, with plans for expansion to additional original equipment manufacturer customers and computing platforms in 2026.

The competition was hosted by D1EV.COM, an electric and intelligent vehicle media platform. WeRide describes itself as a publicly traded autonomous driving company with operations in over 40 cities across 12 countries and autonomous driving permits in eight markets including China, the UAE, Singapore, France, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, and the US.