Pudong's innovative enterprise Nullmax unveiled its groundbreaking automatic driving technology — Nullmax Intelligence (NI) — at the Zhangjiang Science Hall, located in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, on July 16. NI targets full-scenario automatic driving, leveraging pure vision, map-free, and multimodal capabilities to propel automotive intelligence.

NI includes innovative multimodal models and safety-inspired brains to help cars gain the ability to see, hear, read, and output visualization results, scene descriptions, and driving behaviors. Based on NI, Nullmax plans to implement full-scenario intelligent driving applications by 2025.

According to Dr. Xu Lei, founder, CEO and CTO of Nullmax, in addition to vision capabilities, NI has added input support for sound, text, gesture and other information, reasoned on tasks through a multimodal end-to-end model, and developed a safe brain-like system based on real neural networks.

Without reliance on LiDAR or special maps, NI's pure vision enables precise obstacle detection, 3D reconstruction, and real-time local mapping, facilitating true map-free operation, Xu added. Its low computational demand and cost-effective sensors make it suitable for widespread adoption.

Nullmax's data and algorithm platforms accelerate model development, especially for scarce high-value data, while supporting multiple vehicle types and sensor configurations. Beyond autonomous vehicles, NI's AI capabilities can be repurposed for robots, enhancing vision-based navigation, human behavioral understanding, and interaction with the physical world.

Since 2016, Nullmax has evolved from a newbie in automatic driving to an industry leader, contributing to Pudong's AI ecosystem. With NI, the company aims to democratize advanced driving assistance, drive full-scenario autonomous mobility, and expand embodied AI applications, marking the start of a new era in automotive intelligence.