Axera's ADAS Chip Arrived in Europe with Leapmotor, Advancing Global Expansion

SHANGHAI — Axera's intelligent driving chip has entered the European market in Leapmotor's new global compact electric hatchback, marking a major step in the company's international automotive expansion. Purpose-built for global markets, the chip brings Axera's production-proven driver assistance technology to European consumers.

The vehicle is a core offering in Leapmotor's global lineup, designed to make intelligent driving more accessible and support the automaker's international growth. Industry data show that Leapmotor delivered over 660,000 vehicles from January to September 2026, including over 150,000 exports, with overseas sales approaching 23% of total deliveries.

Designed as a standardized ADAS SoC for global applications, the chip features Axera's proprietary AXNeutron mixed-precision NPU. It natively supports BEV perception models and dynamic allocation of compute resources across INT4, INT8, and INT16 precision levels. Its proprietary AI-ISP supports 8MP@50fps, enabling reliable detection of pedestrians, non-motor vehicles, and road signs in challenging lighting conditions, including backlit scenes, rainy nights, and tunnels.

The chip first entered mass production in China in April 2026 and debuted in a best-selling Leapmotor model. Since mass production began, it has scaled to more than 50,000 vehicle installations per month and is deployed across key models from leading Chinese brands including Leapmotor. Axera's share of its intelligent driving chip market segment rose from 8.9% in the first half of 2025 to 33.32% in the first half of 2026. Its first-half 2026 financial report recorded shipments of 420,000 automotive intelligent SoCs and 24 new design wins, and the number of vehicle brands it serves grew to 25, including seven international and joint-venture automakers.