January 8, 2026 — neueHCT, also referred to as Zhijia Dalu, introduced the completion of a brand new funding spherical totaling practically $200 million. The spherical was collectively backed by main industrial and market-oriented traders, together with Yunfeng Capital, Fortune Capital (Dacheng Chuangzhi and Guochen Ventures), Chaos Funding, Bihong Funding, and the Ningbo Tongshang Fund (Yongning Excessive-Tech Fund). Current strategic shareholders Aumovio Group (previously Continental’s automotive subgroup) and Horizon Robotics additionally participated with follow-on investments.
Based in 2022 as a three way partnership between Horizon Robotics and Aumovio Group, neueHCT goals to grow to be a worldwide chief in clever driving system options. The corporate focuses on offering ADAS and clever assisted driving methods for automakers worldwide. Its core merchandise have already been chosen by a number of main OEMs and entered mass manufacturing in 2025.
neueHCT has constructed a complete product portfolio combining Astra (HCT Astra) city clever assisted driving with Luna (HCT Luna) high-performance ADAS options. Its latest-generation Astra end-to-end system adopts a single-stage structure designed to ship human-like driving habits in complicated city environments, making superior city assisted driving accessible to passenger automobiles priced round $14,000.
In 2025 alone, neueHCT secured design wins for greater than 10 car fashions. The corporate has additionally achieved business breakthroughs abroad, conducting product validation and deployment throughout a number of international locations and areas, accelerating the worldwide rollout and democratization of clever assisted driving expertise.
Commenting on the funding, CEO Li Biao stated the profitable spherical not solely strengthens the corporate financially and strategically, but additionally displays robust market confidence in neueHCT’s technical roadmap and commercialization capabilities. He added that the corporate will proceed to deepen its expertise growth with a concentrate on buyer wants and consumer expertise, delivering high-value clever driving merchandise that improve security and comfort for customers worldwide, according to its imaginative and prescient of “bringing main clever driving options to each continent.”
Supply: TechWeb
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