Ideal adjustment base model business: Jan Kun takes over, VLA research and development is integrated.

date
15/01/2026
The ideal car's senior expert in autonomous driving algorithms, Zhan Kun, will take over the base model business and be overall responsible for the research and development of the ideal VLA base model. He will fully integrate the relevant technical research and development teams to provide technical support for autonomous driving, intelligent cabins, and possible future robot businesses. In terms of reporting relationships, Zhan Kun will now report to the Ideal CTO and the head of the Systems and Computing group, Xie Yan, rather than reporting to the Senior Vice President of Autonomous Driving Research and Development, Lang Xianpeng. However, Zhan Kun will still be responsible for the development of the intelligent driving VLA model, continuing to engineer and platformize model capabilities. Current base model leader Chen Wei may join the ranks of entrepreneurship.