OPENADAS / RESEARCH NOTE 01

Three stacks.
Start with what the evidence supports.

A first-pass review of AITO M9, Li Auto L6 Max and XPENG G7 Max for a China-market configuration comparison.

Working draft v0.1 · Sources accessed 18 October 2026 · Read-only research

Verification is incomplete. Eight bounded claims have primary-document support; three remain unconfirmed. Family-level and table-entry evidence is labeled below. This is a research preview, not a completed commercial report.
AITO M9 · 2026
1 + 1 + 4

Preserve the lidar allocation instead of reducing it to an unexplained total.

See M9-002 below. Cabin placement alone does not establish what the sensor monitors.

Li Auto L6 · 2025 refresh
Scope matters

Supplier adoption and chip specification need separate evidence.

The exact trim still needs a dedicated configuration record.

XPENG G7 · 2026
Separate workloads

Record AD compute and cockpit compute in different fields.

Do not turn a whole-car sum into a driver-assistance rating.

What was checked

The statements below describe inspected documents. They do not establish independent road performance or current software rollout.

ClaimBounded findingEvidence and limits
M9-001 / 003The inspected eight 2026 M9 columns list ADS 5 Advanced and five 4D radar units.问界 M9 参数配置表 — 鸿蒙智行官网
Primary configuration; dynamic page, publication date unavailable.
M9-002The lidar row separates one 896-line unit, one cabin-mounted unit and four solid-state units.问界 M9 参数配置表 — 鸿蒙智行官网
Preserve the original categories. No performance inference.
L6-001Hesai confirms ATL across the refreshed L Series.全系标配!理想L系列智能焕新版搭载禾赛ATL全天候激光雷达正式发布
9 May 2025. Family-level evidence; exact L6 unit count pending.
L6-002Li Auto confirms Thor-U for refreshed AD Max models.Li Auto Inc. Announces Unaudited First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
29 May 2025. Family-level evidence; 700 TOPS and chip count remain unconfirmed for this L6.
G7-001 / 002Base table entry: 750 effective AD TOPS. Ultra package: 1500 effective AD TOPS plus 750 effective cockpit TOPS.2026款小鹏G7参数配置表
Manufacturer ratings. Exact per-trim option markers need visual verification. Production-month applicability is unknown; the maker warns configurations can vary by production month.
G7-004The maker names four 2026 Max variants across EREV and BEV.2026小鹏全球新品发布会上市多款新车
8 January 2026. A generic “Max” label is insufficient for the final data key.

Three fields deliberately left open

How this changes the research product

Use a key containing market, model year or refresh, exact trim, option package and production month. The applicable production months for the inspected G7 specifications remain unknown. Attach sources to individual fields. Record a document’s publication date separately from the date it was inspected. Keep rollout evidence separate from hardware specifications.

For the next pass, the priorities are exact trim mapping, the unresolved hardware fields and market/build-specific rollout evidence. Until those checks pass, the older memo’s capability and availability labels are excluded from this preview.

v0.1 revision: Added the G7 production-month limitation and retained “effective TOPS” for both Ultra compute ratings following independent review. Scope and claim counts are unchanged.

Download the first-pass evidence register (JSON)