Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (Leiphone · Oct 16, 2026)

JAECOO and Momenta Complete Zero-Takeover Arc de Triomphe Roundabout Drive in Paris

KEY FACTS

On October 12, during the Paris Motor Show, JAECOO and Momenta completed a zero-takeover smart-driving challenge at the Arc de Triomphe.
The test vehicle was a JAECOO 7 equipped with Momenta's R7 world model, and the route covered approximately 11.38 kilometers in total.
The route covered complex scenarios including unmarked roads, 12 roundabout exits, and priority-to-the-right rules.
JAECOO entered the French market in April this year, with 2,589 new vehicle registrations in September, a 1.6% share.
In the same month, the JAECOO 7 topped the UK's overall model sales chart.
The smart-driving system is still in the testing and validation phase and will be officially rolled out to European users in the future.

KEY DATA

11.38 kilometersChallenge route total distance

12Arc de Triomphe roundabout exits

2,589 vehiclesJAECOO France September registrations

1.6%JAECOO France September market share

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

Completing the Arc de Triomphe roundabout with zero takeovers shows that Chinese smart-driving solutions are starting to tackle Europe's most complex traffic-rule scenarios. Momenta uses a world model plus local data for adaptation, a path that is harder to replicate than simply piling on compute. For European users, the smart-driving competition is shifting from highway scenarios to old-city maneuvering, and whoever gets there first earns the trust vote.

Source: Leiphone report