First UN R171-certified Geely G-ASD model to hit European roads in June Geely Auto Group has announced that its intelligent driving assistance system, Qianli Haohan G-ASD, has officially received the UN R171 international certification from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The certificate was jointly issued by CATARC and IDIADA of Spain, marking the first time Chinese intelligent driving technology has been approved for legal operation on European roads. UN R171, a regulation under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, is a mandatory international certification for driver control assistance systems in the EU, setting high entry barriers in terms of functional safety, cybersecurity, and human-machine interaction. Public information shows that previously, certifications were mostly granted to intelligent driving systems from traditional Tier 1 suppliers such as Bosch and Continental, as well as automakers from Europe, the U.S., and Japan. It is worth noting that China is currently also developing a mandatory national standard corresponding to UN R171, titled “Intelligent and Connected Vehicles — Safety Requirements for Combined Driving Assistance Systems.” The draft for comments was released on September 17, 2025, and the standard is scheduled to be implemented in phases starting from 2027. Qianli Haohan G-ASD receives China’s first UN R171 certification The Qianli Haohan G-ASD adopts a Smart AI Agent architecture and applies the complete WAM world behavior model, establishing an intelligent closed loop of “understanding, planning, rehearsal, judgment, and correction” with continuously evolving judgment capabilities. According to the company, the system is capable of adapting to different countries’ traffic rules and driving habits. In terms of data, Geely currently has 8.5 million models equipped with assisted driving, with a cumulative driving distance exceeding ten billion kilometers and 25 million model data segments. Additionally, the cloud computing power of the Xingrui Smart Computing Center is as high as 23.5 EFLOPS, which can support model iteration. Geely holds massive datasets. On the technology implementation front, on the software side, G-ASD serves as a unified version covering L2 to L4 autonomous driving capabilities; on the hardware side, different configuration solutions from H1 to H9 meet diverse market demands. Among them, the top-of-the-line H9 solution comes standard with five LiDAR sensors and is equipped with dual Thor chips, with computing power as high as 1,400 TOPS, enabling triple 360° full-dimensional environmental perception. According to the plan, in June of this year, the first Geely Qianli Haohan G-ASD model certified with UN R171 will officially hit the roads in Europe. In the future, this system will be fully integrated into brands such as Geely, Zeekr, Lynk & Co, and Lotus.
