Horizon Robotics Timeline

Events

2026-09-03 - Production Milestone - Horizon Robotics passes 15 million Journey SoCs shipped - Journey-series chips are used in vehicles owned by approximately 8 million customers across more than 40 automobile brands. Horizon has secured nominations for 500 production vehicle models, including nearly 130 models with mid- to high-level… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
2026-07-30 - Production Milestone - Volkswagen begins Journey 6M vehicle deliveries in China - The two vehicles launched and entered customer delivery on 23 May 2026. Journey 6M powers the delivered vision-only configuration as standard equipment. A Journey 6H lidar configuration remained planned for later in 2026 and is excluded from the completed… - source: horizon.auto
2026-07-27 - Production Milestone - Horizon passes 200,000 Journey sets delivered across FAW models - The installed base spans more than 20 FAW vehicle models. A separate 2026 HSD production plan remains forward-looking and is not counted as completed volume. - source: horizon.auto
2026-07-23 - Market Signal - Horizon Robotics prices $450M zero-coupon convertible bonds - The offering is expected to generate about $445.5 million in net proceeds, with about $398.9 million allocated to CARIAD-related payments and loan settlement. The amended arrangement gives CARIAD a 9.9% holding after early conversion while Horizon redeems… - source: 4g.stockstar.com
2026-07-23 - Partnership - Horizon and Volkswagen deepen L3/L4 driving cooperation - The announced technical direction covers future Level 3 and Level 4 driving systems. Those deployment levels remain forward-looking; the event records a cooperation milestone, not completed vehicle rollout. - source: horizon.auto
2026-07-21 - Regulatory - HSD 600 domain controller earns ASIL D certification - UL Solutions certified the controller at the highest automotive functional-safety integrity level. HSD 600 is the central hardware platform for Horizon SuperDrive and uses Journey 6P compute. The controller supports highway navigation, urban assisted… - source: horizon.auto
2026-06-22 - Regulatory - HSD development platform earns dual ASIL D certification - TROS Core and Communication Core were each certified at ASIL D. The platform provides distributed middleware for full-scenario assisted-driving applications. Communication Core uses zero-copy shared-memory communication while TROS Core supplies the… - source: horizon.auto
2026-05-18 - Regulatory - Journey 6 toolchain receives ISO 26262 certification - The runtime software achieved ASIL B certification. The AI-model development tools achieved ASIL D qualification. The toolchain covers model quantization, compilation, deployment and vehicle-side execution. - source: horizon.auto
2026-04-25 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and Astemo agree intelligent-driving platform co-development - confirmed platform selection and co-development Exact scope: 地平线牵手安斯泰莫：中国智驾芯片再入全球顶级Tier 1供应链体系 The record is scoped to the announced collaboration and does not imply a completed deployment or exclusive arrangement. - source: horizon.auto
2026-04-24 - Partnership - Horizon and PATEO signed a strategic agreement to integrate Horizon Starry for cockpit-driving fusion, intelligent driving and robot systems - Exploratory strategic cooperation at signing; no completed vehicle integration, production award or shipment is inferred. The record is scoped to the announced collaboration and does not imply a completed deployment or exclusive arrangement. - source: horizon.auto
2026-04-22 - Product Launch - Horizon Robotics launches Starry chip family and KaKaClaw vehicle OS - The release expands Horizon from driving compute into cockpit-and-driving integration. HSD V1.6 was announced alongside the new compute and operating-system stack. The milestone concerns automotive AI infrastructure, not a complete robot product. - source: en.horizon.auto
2026-03-10 - Partnership - Horizon and PhiGent pass three million production nominations - confirmed nominations, not delivered unit count Exact scope: 量产定点超300万套！地平线携手鉴智机器人，加速推进全民智驾时代！ The named product or component configuration does not imply exclusivity across the customer's wider portfolio. - source: horizon.auto
2026-03-03 - Demonstration - Horizon demonstrates HSD assisted driving on iCAR V27 - The demonstration covered the system's assisted-driving behavior across the box-style SUV platform. HSD is positioned as Horizon's full-scenario assisted-driving system rather than a vehicle developed by Horizon itself. - source: horizon.auto
2026-02-10 - Partnership - Horizon and CATL unit partner on intelligent vehicle platforms - The technical programme combines CATL's skateboard chassis with Horizon's full-scenario driving technology. The companies will pursue coordinated vehicle hardware and driving-compute development for new-energy manufacturers. - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-19 - Production Milestone - Single-Journey-6M urban driving systems enter production phase - The first partner group included Bosch, DJI Automotive, QCraft, Denso, CoreTura and neueHCT. The neueHCT Astra program had received an automaker nomination for 2026 production. Journey 6M provides 128 TOPS and supports multimodal sensor fusion from one chip. - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-12 - Partnership - Horizon and BAIC jointly develop urban NOA system - The system is based on a dual Journey 6M compute configuration. BAIC plans to integrate the work into its Yuanjing AI vehicle-computing architecture. - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-10 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and KargoBot partner on L4 autonomous freight - KargoBot contributes freight-operation data and autonomous-driving models from commercial trunk-logistics services. Horizon supplies its Journey 6P computing platform and development toolchain for the partners’ L4 heavy-truck stack. - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-09 - Partnership - DeepRoute.ai and Horizon develop Journey 6P driving solution - The programme combines DeepRoute.ai driving software with Horizon's automotive compute foundation. Development priorities include balancing driving performance, functional safety and system cost. - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-09 - Partnership - Horizon and FAW Bestune expand urban ADAS programme - The programme builds on earlier production deployments of Journey 2 and Journey 3 across Bestune models. HSD uses an end-to-end architecture with reinforcement learning, while Journey 6P provides up to 560 TOPS of compute. - source: horizon.auto
2025-12-09 - Partnership - Excelland and Horizon develop mass-production L4 logistics vehicle - The target maturity is Level 4 operation in unmanned logistics workflows. The agreement covers joint development toward mass production rather than a completed vehicle rollout. - source: horizon.auto
2025-11-24 - Production Milestone - Horizon HSD reaches its first production-model group - Exeed ET5, Fengyun T9L and iCAR V27 were among the named HSD vehicles. HSD had nominations from ten automaker brands covering more than 20 vehicle models. Journey 6P provides 560 TOPS for the HSD urban assisted-driving stack. - source: horizon.auto
2025-11-19 - Product Launch - Deepal L06 launches with Horizon Journey 6 and AD Max - The vehicle pairs Journey 6 processing with LiDAR and the DEEPAL AD Max system for highway, urban and parking assistance. Its production software uses an end-to-end architecture with reinforcement learning and more than 30 active-safety functions. - source: horizon.auto
2025-11-10 - Partnership - Zaihe and Horizon develop intelligent heavy-truck platform - The programme uses coordinated hardware and software development for production-oriented commercial vehicles. Its stated goal is scaled intelligent-driving adoption in the new-energy heavy-truck market. - source: horizon.auto
2025-11-05 - Partnership - ZF introduces coPILOT urban-driving system powered by Horizon Journey 6P - The system uses ZF ProAI hardware with Journey 6P and supports highway, urban, parking and space-to-space driving functions. The system secured a nomination from a Chinese vehicle brand, with series production planned for 2026. - source: horizon.auto
2025-10-31 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and Unity China partner on assisted-driving HMI - The planned HMI renders the assisted-driving system’s perceived environment and intended behavior for occupants. The partners emphasized predictive visualization and clear human-versus-automation mode boundaries to improve driver trust. - source: horizon.auto
2025-10-27 - Partnership - ZF and Horizon Robotics announce Level 3 driver-assistance collaboration for China - ZF and Horizon Robotics announced plans to jointly launch a driver-assistance system for the Chinese market up to SAE Level 3. The ZF ProAI compute platform uses Horizon Robotics' Journey 6P processing hardware for full-scenario assisted driving. The… - source: press.zf.com
2025-10-24 - Production Milestone - Horizon HSD enters production-validation phase - Exeed ET5 and Deepal L06 were the two named production vehicles at the validation event. The system used Journey 6P compute for full-scenario urban assisted driving. The milestone marked production validation rather than a claim that customer deliveries had… - source: horizon.auto
2025-09-12 - Partnership - Horizon and HelloRide partner on robotaxi commercialization - The planned system combines autonomous-driving software, automotive-grade domain controllers and supporting hardware for end-to-end integration and production validation. HelloRide intends to use the stack as the core system for its robotaxi fleet, including… - source: horizon.auto
2025-09-01 - Production Milestone - Journey chip shipments exceed ten million units - The milestone was measured through August 2025. Journey programs covered more than 40 automaker brands and over 400 vehicle models. The Journey 6 family spans 10 to 560 TOPS across different assisted-driving tiers. - source: horizon.auto
2025-08-26 - Product Launch - Horizon upgrades SuperDrive to a one-stage end-to-end architecture - The stack maps sensor inputs directly to planned trajectories without separate lateral and longitudinal pipelines. HSD runs on the 560-TOPS Journey 6P computing platform. Horizon said the updated system was approaching production on Chery Exeed’s Exlantix E05. - source: horizon.auto
2025-04-25 - Regulatory - Horizon receives ISO 8800 road-vehicle AI certification - The certification was issued by exida for Horizon’s AI safety process system. The process integrates ISO/PAS 8800 with ISO 26262, ISO 21448 and ISO 21434. The certificate ceremony took place at the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition. - source: horizon.auto
2025-03-24 - Production Milestone - Journey 6 automotive compute enters production deployment - Journey 6 uses Horizon’s Nash BPU architecture. The family covers entry active-safety through urban assisted-driving workloads. The milestone marked the transition from the 2024 launch to customer production programs. - source: horizon.auto
2024-10-24 - Market Signal - Horizon Robotics begins Hong Kong trading - The listing was one of Hong Kong’s largest technology IPOs of 2024. Horizon Robotics supplies autonomous driving compute and software to automotive customers. - source: clearygottlieb.com
2024-10-24 - Funding - Horizon Robotics completes Hong Kong IPO with HK$5.873B net proceeds - The company received about HK$5.217 billion of net proceeds at listing and a further HK$656 million after partial exercise of the over-allotment option. Class B shares began trading on the HKEX Main Board under stock code 9660 on 24 October 2024. Seventy… - source: www1.hkexnews.hk
2023-11-22 - Partnership - STRADVISION and Horizon Robotics partner on production ADAS - SVNet had completed adaptation and optimization for the Horizon Journey 3 processor before the agreement. The companies target cost-efficient driving and parking perception systems for Tier 1 suppliers and vehicle manufacturers. - source: horizon.auto
2023-07-04 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and NavInfo expand intelligent-driving collaboration - The programme combines Horizon Journey 5 compute with NavInfo driving software for advanced assisted-driving solutions. They also plan a high-compute cockpit-and-driving controller that merges the two vehicle domains and reduces duplicated hardware. - source: horizon.auto
2023-07-03 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics, Aptiv and Wind River collaborate on vehicle software stack - Wind River products supported on Journey processors include VxWorks, Helix virtualization, Linux, Studio, containers and middleware. The programme targets integrated edge-to-cloud systems for software-defined vehicles and automated-driving applications. - source: horizon.auto
2023-05-19 - Partnership - JOYNEXT and Horizon Robotics partner on advanced driving systems - Horizon contributes automotive processors, reference algorithms, development tools and vision-perception technology. JOYNEXT plans to combine those components with its vehicle-domain, connectivity and cockpit engineering for production programmes. - source: horizon.auto
2023-04-18 - Product Launch - Horizon launches next-generation BPU compute architecture - The architecture was introduced at the 2023 Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition. It was positioned for high-level assisted-driving compute and production deployment. The architecture formed the technical base for Horizon’s subsequent… - source: horizon.auto
2023-04-12 - Partnership - Dazhuo Intelligent and Horizon Robotics partner on ADAS - The programme uses Horizon Journey processors across ADAS and domain-control products intended for Chery vehicle brands. Co-development spans hardware, software, algorithms and toolchains to shorten integration and production deployment cycles. - source: horizon.auto
2022-04-21 - Partnership - BYD selects Horizon Journey 5 for production vehicles - BYD was the first automaker to publicly announce a Journey 5 series-production design-in. The programme targeted start of production in mid-2023 and expansion to additional vehicle models. Journey 5 combines automotive computing with Horizon’s BPU… - source: horizon.auto
2021-08-04 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and Hesai align on autonomous-vehicle commercialization - The technical configuration includes lidar and compute collaboration. The work is scoped to autonomous-vehicle commercialization. The announcement identifies a named and bounded programme or configuration. - source: hesaitech.com
2021-06-11 - Funding - Horizon Robotics adds $600 million at final Series C close - Series C final close: USD 600,000,000. The cited source confirms the completed financing. Horizon Robotics completed a final $600 million Series C tranche, taking total Series C proceeds to $1.5 billion for its automotive AI chips and autonomous-driving… - source: semiengineering.com
2021-02-09 - Funding - Horizon Robotics completes $350 million C3 financing - Series C3: USD 350,000,000. The cited source confirms the completed financing. Horizon Robotics completed a $350 million C3 financing backed by automotive-sector investors including BYD, Changjiang Automobile Electronic and Dongfeng Asset Management. - source: cnevpost.com
2020-12-21 - Funding - Horizon Robotics secures $150 million first Series C close - Series C first close: USD 150,000,000. 5Y Capital, Hillhouse Capital and Capital Today led or co-led the financing. Horizon Robotics secured $150 million in the first close of a planned Series C financing for automotive AI chips and autonomous-driving… - source: techcrunch.com
2019-04-16 - Partnership - Hesai and Horizon Robotics announced strategic cooperation combining lidar and autonomous-driving processing - Hesai Technology was invited to exhibit its latest products – the Pandar64 (64 – channel mechanical LiDAR) and PandarGT 3.0 (third – generation solid – state LiDAR). The strategic cooperation between these two advanced technology companies is a positive for… - source: hesaitech.com
2019-02-26 - Funding - Horizon Robotics raises $600M Series B at a $3B valuation - Horizon Robotics announced approximately $600 million in Series B financing. SK China, SK Hynix, and automotive groups led or co-led the round. The company stated a $3 billion valuation after the Series B. - source: prnewswire.com
2017-12-20 - Funding - Horizon Robotics raises over $100 million Series A+ - Series A+: more than USD 100,000,000. Intel Capital led or co-led the financing. Horizon Robotics raised more than $100 million in Series A+ financing from Intel Capital, Hillhouse Capital and other investors as it launched its Journey and Sunrise AI… - source: global.chinadaily.com.cn

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