Major adjustments in the Ideal Auto's autonomous driving department

Recently, it was reported that Ideal Auto has reorganized its autonomous driving department. In this adjustment, Ideal Auto split the original three second-level departments: the model algorithm team was split into three departments - basic models, VLA models, and model engineering; the production development team was split into three departments - production delivery, software development, and active safety; the data loop team was split into two departments - data platform and data labeling. The other two second-level departments - planning management and AI evaluation operation - were retained. In response to this news, reporters sought confirmation from Ideal Auto, and they confirmed the authenticity of the news. It is reported that Ideal Auto's autonomous driving research and development leader Lang Xianpeng clearly stated the purpose of this organizational restructuring in an internal communication to the autonomous driving department - "to achieve technological breakthroughs and product landing at a faster pace and higher quality, enabling the autonomous driving organization to continuously evolve towards an AI organization".