BMW Group and Momenta today jointly announced that their co-developed next-generation solution for the Chinese market will first be integrated into the domestically produced next-gen BMW iX3. The system is slated for mass production and market launch in 2026.
At the core of this new system is Momenta’s end-to-end “flywheel” large model, employing an integrated “perception-planning-control” architecture.
The domestically produced next-gen BMW iX3 is expected to commence production at BMW Brilliance’s Shenyang production base in 2026. Its global debut and official market launch are also scheduled for the same year.
BMW initially announced its partnership with Momenta in July, focusing on intelligent driving assistance. The system, fine-tuned by joint German and Chinese teams, promises Chinese consumers a pilot driving assistance experience that is more aligned with local traffic scenarios, covering both urban and highway roads. Following its debut in the 2026 next-gen BMW iX3, the system will progressively be applied to future BMW models.
In September this year, CarNewsChina had reported spy photos of this model undergoing testing in urban areas of China.
About Momenta
Momenta is one of China’s few “full-stack” autonomous-driving companies. The company adopted a “one flywheel, two legs” strategy: mass-producing L2/L2+ advanced-driver-assistance systems (ADAS) for car makers while simultaneously collecting real-world data to feed its L4 driver-out algorithms.
This dual-track approach has made Momenta the default outside supplier for urban NOA (navigate-on-autopilot) in China. According to research firm Auto Insight, Momenta supplied 60 % of the city-NOA solutions shipped between January and October 2024; Huawei’s HI mode accounted for ~30 %, leaving all other vendors with roughly 10 %. The company’s customer list now spans the four largest global auto blocs—China, the U.S., Japan and Germany—and covers seven of the world’s top-ten OEMs. By late 2024, 26 Momenta-equipped models had reached showrooms, with more than 130 additional models under joint development.
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