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China Transport Research and Innovation brief week 13, 2026
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- The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has finalized mandatory safety standards for Level 3 and 4 autonomous driving, requiring vehicles to independently execute Minimal Risk Manoeuvres (MRM). For heavy-duty trucking, this effectively mandates full hardware redundancy in steering, braking, and power systems, creating a significant technical barrier for manufacturers with non-redundant or vision-only architectures.
- A technological rivalry has intensified between BYD’s Flash Charge 2.0, which targets 20,000 stations by the end of 2026, and CATL’s Qiji battery-swapping model. While CATL matches diesel turnaround times with five-minute swaps, BYD’s megawatt charging offers similar speed through a lower-CapEx, co-located infras ...
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