Chinese electric vehicle (EV) major, XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) announced the launch of a semi-autonomous feature for its cars, called City Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP). This feature is being seen as a direct challenge to Tesla’s (TSLA) Full Self Driving (FSD) mode which is still in beta testing in the U.S.
XPeng touted the City NGP as an advanced Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) where the vehicle itself can perform a range of driving tasks including “cruising with a safe distance from leading vehicles, changing lanes due to navigation or vehicle overtaking decisions, handling merging/splitting roads, getting around stationary vehicles or obstacles, and maintaining an appropriate speed throughout the driving route.”
