Quick Takeaways
- Level 4 autonomous driving moves from pilot to scalable commercial deployment in controlled logistics environments.
- Smart port operations emerge as a near-term commercialization pathway for high-level autonomous systems.
On December 2025, Level 4 intelligent driving moved closer to real-world commercialization as Joynext, a subsidiary of Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corp., entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Senior Smart Driving. The collaboration focuses on accelerating advanced autonomous driving deployment across defined commercial and logistics scenarios while ensuring technical reliability and scalability.
Level 4 Intelligent Driving Focused on Practical Scenarios
The partnership combines expertise in intelligent connectivity, autonomous driving software, and scenario-based system integration. A key objective is the joint development of Level 4 intelligent driving solutions tailored for controlled environments, alongside embodied intelligence domain controllers and related commercial applications. This approach enables higher automation performance while maintaining operational safety in complex yet predictable use cases.
Smart Port Deployment Demonstrates Measurable Efficiency Gains
As part of the collaboration, the companies have already delivered a jointly developed intelligent port digital management platform, now operating steadily at Ningbo Port. The platform integrates Vehicle-to-Everything communication, Level 4 intelligent driving capabilities, and intelligent cloud-based scheduling to enable coordinated vehicle-road operations across port logistics workflows.
Key technical enablers include:
These advancements have improved overall vehicle scheduling efficiency by approximately 15 percent and increased route planning accuracy by around 10 percent, strengthening operational reliability within port operations.
Validation of Advanced Driver Assistance Technologies
According to both companies, the project has successfully validated the feasibility of advanced autonomous and driver assistance technologies in real operating conditions. The deployment provides a replicable technical framework that supports broader adoption of Level 4 intelligent driving in other restricted or semi-structured environments where automation can deliver immediate value.
Expansion into Logistics and EI Domain Controller Development
Building on the successful port deployment, the partners plan to expand Level 4 intelligent driving applications across logistics and transportation scenarios. In parallel, they will initiate research and development of embodied intelligence domain controllers designed to support higher computational efficiency, modular integration, and future autonomous system upgrades, reinforcing long-term commercialization readiness.
Level 4 Intelligent Driving Focused on Practical Scenarios
The partnership combines expertise in intelligent connectivity, autonomous driving software, and scenario-based system integration. A key objective is the joint development of Level 4 intelligent driving solutions tailored for controlled environments, alongside embodied intelligence domain controllers and related commercial applications. This approach enables higher automation performance while maintaining operational safety in complex yet predictable use cases.
Smart Port Deployment Demonstrates Measurable Efficiency Gains
As part of the collaboration, the companies have already delivered a jointly developed intelligent port digital management platform, now operating steadily at Ningbo Port. The platform integrates Vehicle-to-Everything communication, Level 4 intelligent driving capabilities, and intelligent cloud-based scheduling to enable coordinated vehicle-road operations across port logistics workflows.
Key technical enablers include:
- Low-latency 5G communication supporting real-time vehicle coordination
- Optimized unmanned driving algorithms for mixed-operation environments
- Enhanced performance of commercial vehicle domain controllers
These advancements have improved overall vehicle scheduling efficiency by approximately 15 percent and increased route planning accuracy by around 10 percent, strengthening operational reliability within port operations.
Validation of Advanced Driver Assistance Technologies
According to both companies, the project has successfully validated the feasibility of advanced autonomous and driver assistance technologies in real operating conditions. The deployment provides a replicable technical framework that supports broader adoption of Level 4 intelligent driving in other restricted or semi-structured environments where automation can deliver immediate value.
Expansion into Logistics and EI Domain Controller Development
Building on the successful port deployment, the partners plan to expand Level 4 intelligent driving applications across logistics and transportation scenarios. In parallel, they will initiate research and development of embodied intelligence domain controllers designed to support higher computational efficiency, modular integration, and future autonomous system upgrades, reinforcing long-term commercialization readiness.
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