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CiDi Inc.
Introduction
Zexiang Li
THE FOUNDER & Chairman of Board of Directors
Prof. Zexiang Li

Prof. Li is a robotics professor at HKUST and a renowned entrepreneur. During the last 25 years, he has founded and incubated more than 100 startups, among them are several famous unicorns such as DJI, NARWAL, Ecoflow, CiDi, and public listed company Googol Tech. He is also the founder of Hong Kong InnoX Academy, Shenzhen InnoX Academy, and XbotPark.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He had held previous positions at MIT's AI Lab and the Robotics Lab of NYU. Currently he is a professor at the ECE department of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)。He received the IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award in 2019.

Wei Ma
THE CO-FOUNDER & Vice Chairman of Board of Directors
Dr. Wei Ma

Dr. Wei Ma is a veteran Silicon Valley technologist with 20+ years of technical management experience. He worked as director of system research at National Semiconductor Labs and as research director for Texas Instrument’s Kilby Labs in California. He also founded and worked at a number of smaller size companies and startups in US and Singapore. He returned to China in 2017 and co-founded CiDi. Dr. Wei Ma is an expert in industrial strategy and innovation methodologies, with in-depth research on intelligent connected vehicles and autonomous driving products.

Dr. Ma received his Ph.D. from University of Surrey, UK, with expertise in signal processing, processor architecture, embedded systems, wireless communications, and intelligent driving.

Albert Sibo Hu
Executive Director & CEO
Chief of CiDiLabs Research Institute
Dr. Albert Sibo Hu

Dr. Albert Sibo Hu joined CiDi in 2018 and has served in several key engineering roles at the company, including as principal scientist, head of controls and simulation, and chief of CiDiLabs Research Institute – the company’s central research arm. He has over a decade of experience developing automated systems and currently oversees daily operations at the company.

Dr. Hu received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. With a strong focus on analytics, he ensures that each product iteration at CiDi reflects the company's commitment to innovation and engineering excellence.

CiDi Inc., a globally leading hard-tech company specializing in autonomous driving, was founded in 2017 by Professor Zexiang Li, a renowned entrepreneurship mentor.

Guided by the mission of "Embrace Better Life with Intelligent Driving," we are committed to hard-tech innovation. By leveraging autonomous driving and vehicle-road coordination technologies, we aim to make transportation safer, more efficient, and comfortable, while enabling autonomous driving operations in mining areas and closed parks to address critical needs in industries and daily life.

The company focuses on the research and development of autonomous mining trucks and logistics vehicles, V2X technologies, and high-performance perception solutions, providing cutting-edge products and solutions based on proprietary technologies.

Zero2IPO
"2019 China’s Top 50 Most Investible Companies"
Forbes
"2020 Gazelle List of High-Growth Companies"
UN-Habitat
"World Smart City Awards 2021: China Mobility Grand Prize"
KPMG's
"Top 50 Leading Autotech Companies" in 2021 and 2022
Forbes China
"2022 New Unicorn"
Hurun
“2023 & 2024 Global Unicorn”

CiDi Inc. is situated in Changsha, with subsidiaries covering Northern China (Tianjin), Northwest China (Chongqing, Chengdu), Southwest China (Liuzhou) and Southern China (Shenzhen). At present, CiDi has a team above 450 employees, with R&D comprising over 55%, and more than 50% of the team holding PhDs or master’s degrees.

Chongqing
NovoDrive Chongqing Intelligent Automobile Co., Ltd. was established in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area in May 2020, and is the first wholly-owned subsidiary of CiDi outside Changsha. At present, the Chongqing branch has set up a complete industrial innovation team, including for autonomous driving and intelligent connected vehicle technology R&D, as well as production and sales. The branch maintains technical interoperability with Changsha headquarters to achieve rapid breakthroughs in corporate strategic goals.
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Tianjin
The CiDi Tianjin Branch was established in December 2020 as a business development and technical service base for North China (North China, Northeast China, Northwest China). With its strategic proximity to the Tianjin national connected vehicle pilot zone, the team’s goal is to combine CiDi’s core technologies and industry strength to create a global benchmark in pilot demonstrations of intelligent connectivity.
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Chengdu
Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group led the C round financing of CiDi in 2022. In April 2022, CiDi (Chengdu) Technology Co., Ltd. was registered and established in Chengdu High-tech Zone, aiming to build an intelligent driving and intelligent connected vehicle R&D center and intelligent manufacturing center, localized in Chengdu by relying on CiDi’s technical advantages and product iteration capabilities accumulated in intelligent driving and intelligent transportation.
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Liuzhou
Liuzhou Branch was established in May 2022, focusing on the deep exploration of autonomous vehicle and vehicle-road cooperativity business in the Western region. We fully integrate into Liuzhou's policy and industrial supply chain, accelerating and scaling the company's autonomous commercial vehicles, vehicle-road cooperative products, and vehicle connectivity solutions. Liuzhou provides the opportunities to expand our strength and advantages into both the Western regions and Southeast Asia.
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Xiangyang
Founded in October 2022, the Xiangyang Branch focuses on technical needs of the intelligent connected automobile industry. Building an engineering application base in Xiangyang allows us to undertake innovation, manufacturing, inspection and testing, and regional sales services of the company's core intelligent connected vehicle products, helping to drive sustainable development of Xiangyang’s connected vehicle industry.
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Shenzhen
Established in February 2023, Shenzhen Branch is CiDi’s strategic location for the Greater Bay Area and overseas markets.
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Hainan
The Hainan Branch was established in March 2023. Based on CiDi’s rich experience in city-scale intelligent connected networking and associated ecosystem involvement, CiDi will deeply participate in the construction of Hainan National Connected Vehicle Pilot Zone and Hainan Island Tourism Highway Intelligent Connectivity Project. The Hainan subsidiary carries out international trade services based on the Hainan Free Trade Port, expanding into the overseas
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Certificates And Qualifications
1010
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VEHICLE SAFETY
AND QUALITY STANDARDS
330330
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AUTHORIZED
PATENTS
5050
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FORMULATED
INDUSTRY STANDARDS
570570
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APPLICATIONS FOR
TECHNICAL PATENTS
GB/T29490,RoHS
GB/T29490RoHS
CE,(MIIT) Radio Access Permit
CE(MIIT) Radio Access Permit
NIM, Four Layers Interoperability
NIMFour Layers Interoperability
3C,FCC
3C FCC
Development History
2023.06
In June 2023, CiDi together with DFLZ released the "Chenglong Pilot MAX" intelligent electric logistics solution, and officially launched the first logistics park unmanned commercial operation without onboard drivers. CiDi hosted the WTC2023 "National Public Transit City Innovation Development Seminar".
2023.05
In May 2023, CiDi cooperated with Sinotruck Group Chengdu Commercial Vehicle and Medalid Hureh Zam LLC of Mongolia to officially sign a cooperation agreement for new-energy mining. The first batch of unmanned electric mining truck with 70-ton payload entered the market successfully at the Zhangjiajie Liyi Mine.
2023.04
In April 2023, CiDi was listed on the Hurun 2023 Global Unicorn List. CiDi assisted Hubei (Xiangyang) obtain a license to operate a National Connected Vehicle Pilot Zone. Secretary of Pingshan District Party Committee visited Chongqing Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone and signed a memorandum of cooperation. CiDi teamed up with Xiamen King Long to launch an intelligent connected commuter bus.
2023.03
In March 2023, CiDi signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Wuhan Bus Manufacturing to build a smart mine in Huaxin Wuxue.
2023.02
In February 2023, CiDi was listed on the Forbes China 2022 Global Unicorn list.
2023.01
In January 2023, the TCC Jiangsu Jurong was successfully certified by the National Institute of Metrology of China, measuring better performance for the CiDi unmanned electric mine truck over manned diesel mining trucks in production efficiency, safety and fuel economy.
2022.12
In December 2022, Shenzhen Pingshan District signed a contract with the lead ing C-V2X enterprises including CiDi to carry out cooperation.
2022.11
In November 2022, delivering proprietary technology, CiDi deployed 14 autonomous pure electric mining vehicles covering the open-pit mine at Taiwan Cement Corporation (TCC) in Jiangsu Jurong.
2022.09
In September 2022, CiDi signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Liudong New District to jointly build a China-Asean intelligent network industrial ecosystem, and participated in 2022 C-V2X Four Layers Interoperability (Liuzhou) demonstration activity.
2022.03
In March 2022, together with DFLZ, CiDi won the first autonomous driving heavy semi-trailer truck test license in China for open-road logistics.
2021.11
In November 2021, the white paper of Intelligent Network precision bus solution was released. CIDI starts the strategic cooperation with Tencent.
2021.06
In June 2021, CiDi launched two driverless commercial vehicles with DFLZ.
2021.04
In April 2021, CiDi joined hands with Huawei and CATL to create solutions in unmanned mining.
2020.12
In December 2020, CiDi obtained the industry’s first "LTE-V2X Conformance certification".
2020.09
In September 2020, CiDi released a mass production solution for commercial vehicle autonomous driving, an industry first, unifying high computing power, high safety, high reliability, and consistent standards.
2020.07
In July 2020, CiDi helped deploy the largest active bus priority project in China, and installing intelligent edge computing technology abroard more than 2,000 smart buses.
2019.11
In November 2019, CiDi’s released the "V2X+ Smart Bus" solution to initiate the first step in digital urban transportation.
2019.09
In September 2019, CiDi reached cooperation with DFLZ, Foton Daimler and Beiben. Changsha's "Double 100" open-road was launched, and CiDi provided a complete vehicle-road collaborative roadside solution with holographic sensing capabilities for intelligent highways.
2019.07
In July 2019, CiDi’s CIFC Intelligent Refrigerated Trailer was put into trial operation.
2019.06
In June 2019, CiDi won the first cross-provincial license – the Zhejiang Intelligent Connected Vehicle open road test license – and becomes an autonomous driving enterprise with four road test licenses.
2019.03
In March 2019, CiDi deployed remote control intelligent driving for unmanned mining trucks.
2018.09
In September 2018, CiDi V2X vehicle-road cooperative system and equipment won bid for intelligent transportation road modification.
2018.08
In August 2018, high-speed autonomous driving of intelligent heavy truck under development achieved road speed of 100KM/h.
2018.06
In June 2018, the national open road smart bus route plan was formulated. Assisted in developing the management and operations plan for the Hunan (Changsha) National V2X Pilot Area.
2018.05
In May 2018, the sales contracts were signed for the first batch of OBUs and RSUs – independently developed intelligent V2X equipment.
2018.01
In January 2018, Chairman Li Zexiang delivered a keynote speech at the "2018 China EV100 Forum", and CiDi officially debuted in industry and media.
2017.12
In December 2017, the Strategic Cooperation Agreement was signed with Changsha Municipal People's Government.
2017.10
On October 16, 2017, Changsha Intelligent Driving Institute Co., Ltd. was established.