Seres Claims Aito M9's LiDAR Leads the Pack; Huawei ADS and Tesla FSD Pursue Distinct Tech Paths

At the 4th Future Mobility Pioneers Conference, Zhang Zhengping, Chairwoman of SERES Auto, compared Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving system with Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD). She stated that the market should be the ultimate judge of the strengths and weaknesses of these two intelligent driving systems. She highlighted that the all-new Aito M9 is highly competitive in terms of hardware configuration, featuring six LiDAR units and 40 intelligent driving sensors, which—combined with Huawei’s Qiankun ADS 5 full-stack system—deliver a significant hardware redundancy advantage. Zhang also noted that since SERES began its collaboration with Huawei in 2021, the Aito brand has delivered its one-millionth vehicle within just 46 months, and the Aito M9 has been China’s best-selling model priced above RMB 500,000 for two consecutive years. Technologically, Tesla’s FSD has adopted a pure vision-based approach since version 12, relying on eight cameras and an end-to-end neural network architecture to mimic human visual perception. In contrast, Huawei’s Qiankun Intelligent Driving emphasizes capabilities that surpass human vision. The conference focused on automotive technology, product innovation, and the commercial application of intelligent driving, with executives from multiple automakers in attendance.