Zeekr to start deliveries of customized Zeekr Mix to Waymo for robotaxi deployment in 2025

Zeekr will start mass production of Zeekr RT, a Waymo-customized version of Zeekr Mix, this year. Deliveries of Zeekr RT robotaxi to Waymo will begin later in 2025.

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Zeekr RT is already undergoing testing and will be the “first mass-produced vehicle purpose-built for autonomous driving,” according to Zeekr. During the CES launch event, Zeekr CEO Andy An said that this will mark the the first Chinese car brand to enter the US.

Geely’s all-electric brand unveiled the Zeekr RT today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas. The company also unveiled an autonomous driving domain controller based on the Nvidia Drive AGX Thor chip.

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Thor is a high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) developed by Nvidia specifically for autonomous driving and intelligent vehicle applications. Thor is the successor to the Nvidia Drive Orin platform.

Zeekr claims the new domain controller makes them the first automaker to integrate the Thor SoC. The mass production of the new domain controller will also start in 2025, and the first EV that will feature it will be a large SUV codenamed DXE1. Zeekr didn’t specify the DXE1 launch date, but according to previous information, it will be in the third quarter.