According to media reports, Xia Zhongpu, the head of the "end-to-end" model for assisted driving at Ideal Automobile, will resign in the near future. Xia Zhongpu's rank is level 21 and he reports directly to Lang Xianpeng, Vice President of Ideal Assisted Driving Research and Development. According to informed sources, Xia Zhongpu has withdrawn from the VLA project team of Ideal's latest assisted driving solution and has not attended business meetings for several weeks. But after leaving, Xia's whereabouts are still unclear. As of press time, there has been no official response to the above information.
It is reported that Xia Zhongpu joined Ideal in 2023 and is mainly responsible for the planning and control models of the assisted driving system. Previously, Xia Zhongpu worked in Baidu's autonomous driving department. The technical module under the responsibility of Xia Zhongpu was the key to the implementation of the "end-to-end" assisted driving solution for Ideal Automobile at that time. Due to the good effectiveness of the plan, Xia Zhongpu officially became the "end-to-end" model leader and reported directly to Lang Xianpeng when the assisted driving team was adjusted to three major departments: "end-to-end" model, world model, and mass production research and development.
In the ideal two-year period, Xia Zhongpu was promoted from P9 (corresponding to the ideal new job level system of level 19) to level 21, which is not a common promotion speed within the ideal organization. However, insiders suggest that Xia Zhongpu's departure may be related to a change in the ideal assisted driving technology route. Xia Zhongpu believes that there is still room for optimization in the end-to-end route, but Ideal has already bet on the VLA (Vision Language Action) model route internally. ”According to informed sources.
