Neolix Establishes Industry's First Corporate Safety Committee for Autonomous Delivery Vehicles

Recently, Neolix, a leading autonomous delivery vehicle company, announced the establishment of a Safety Committee—the first enterprise-level safety management organization in the industry. Yu Enyuan, Chairman and CEO of Neolix, serves as the committee’s top executive, with CTO Miao Qiankun and CPO Xie Jinghua as core members of the executive team, overseeing end-to-end safety management across vehicle hardware, autonomous driving systems, operational services, and data security. As the company’s highest-level safety governance body, the committee is responsible for formulating safety development strategies, management policies, and standards; approving critical initiatives such as major system launches, updates to autonomous driving algorithms, and expansion into new operational zones; and exercising a “veto power” over any project that fails safety evaluations. Supporting mechanisms include regular safety meetings and reporting protocols, along with a closed-loop management system encompassing “inspection–assessment–rectification–review.” Dedicated safety centers have been established within each core business unit, operating under a dual-reporting structure to both business unit heads and the Safety Committee. To date, Neolix’s autonomous vehicles have accumulated over 200 million kilometers of operational mileage, achieving zero serious injuries and zero fatalities, with 98.1% of incidents resulting in no injuries whatsoever. The company’s comprehensive safety and compliance framework comprises five key modules: **Product Safety**: Neolix implements the IATF 16949 quality management system throughout the entire product lifecycle—from R&D to delivery. Critical components must meet automotive-grade standards and are traceable via VIN-linked information. Functional domain controllers operate independently, and safety controllers feature dual-redundant architecture. Before rollout, each vehicle undergoes 175 component tests, 679 whole-vehicle tests, and 151 performance inspections, with durability testing equivalent to over 300,000 kilometers. **Autonomous Driving Safety**: Adhering to the principle of “planning for the worst-case scenario and designing maximum redundancy,” Neolix has built a decision-making library covering over 100,000 scenarios, validated through both simulation and real-world testing. A five-layer defense system—comprising hardware redundancy, software monitoring, behavioral fallbacks, decision arbitration, and cloud-based operations—employs a Doer-Checker dual-brain decoupled architecture. The primary and secondary “brains” operate on completely independent power supplies, wiring, and sensors, enabling the secondary system to autonomously execute safe stops if the primary fails. In extreme cases, the system triggers a “Minimum Risk Condition (MRC)” to safely pull over or stop in place. **Data Security**: Neolix deploys a “five-layer defense-in-depth” vehicle cybersecurity architecture and has developed its own TARA automated risk assessment platform. Data collection follows the “minimum necessary” principle, with immediate anonymization of sensitive information such as license plates and facial features. A hybrid cloud storage architecture ensures weekly full backups of critical data and daily incremental backups of core data. EDR (“black box”) data is continuously and completely recorded to meet regulatory traceability requirements. **Operational Safety**: Seven categories of safety operation mechanisms are in place, including mandatory pre-shift vehicle inspections and weekly risk reviews. Big data analytics enable predictive maintenance and proactive intervention for potential component failures. A 24/7 remote operations center monitors the entire fleet in real time, providing remote authorization and emergency response capabilities. The system also supports prohibited item detection, traceability, and on-site emergency interdiction to halt vehicle dispatch when necessary. **Safety Assurance**: Multi-tiered, multi-scenario emergency response plans cover vehicle-side, on-site, and cloud-based contingencies. Upon anomaly detection, the remote operations center responds immediately, supported by a 24/7 professional field response team capable of acknowledging incident tickets within 5 minutes and arriving on-site within 30 minutes. Each vehicle is insured with RMB 3–5 million in public liability coverage, and the company commits to bearing ultimate financial responsibility for claims falling outside insurance coverage. Neolix stated that, once conditions mature, it will publish an annual Safety White Paper disclosing key safety metrics, accident statistics, and governance measures, welcoming public oversight and offering a reference model for industry-wide safety governance.