Arbe Robotics Ltd. announced today that it and Weifu High-Technology Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement with DiDi’s autonomous freight company KargoBot to provide 4D imaging radars based on the Arbe chipset. The three parties agreed to establish a cooperation platform in China to jointly promote the R&D and commercial applications of 4D imaging radars in the field of autonomous driving.

KargoBot focuses on the R&D and commercial operation of autonomous driving technology for L4 autonomous trucks. In 2023, the DiDi unit obtained a commercial autonomous vehicle test license in Beijing.

At its Autonomous Driving Open Day earlier in April, DiDi Autonomous Driving debuted the new KargoBot autonomous truck business aimed at enhancing the automation capability of trucks amid the growing truck driver shortage.

“Currently, the KargoBot business already has more than 100 autonomous trucks in operation and the fleet has conducted regular trial operations between Tianjin and Inner Mongolia,” said Wei Junqing, head of DiDi Autonomous Driving’s Kargobot business. “As of March 2023, Kargobot’s accumulated logistics revenue has exceeded 100 million yuan ($14.5 million).”