AI scooter demo by Niu + Qwen 3.5

Niu held its product strategy launch in Beijing on March 17, 2026, where it introduced the Lingxi AIOS in-vehicle system and two new models named NXT2 (a “new national standard” e-bike) and NX2 (a high-performance electric motorcycle); the company said the Lingxi beta and voice assistant “Xiao Niu” are rolling out and will ship preinstalled with the NXT2. (finance.sina.cn) The NXT2 and NX2 will use Hesai’s FTX solid‑state blind‑spot lidar for short‑range perception, with Hesai quoting a 180°×140° field of view, a claimed 66% weight reduction versus prior units, and a target unit cost around $200 through chip integration and volume production. (carnewschina.com) Niu said Lingxi AIOS will pair multimodal sensing with edge compute partners: Qualcomm’s Snapdragon “digital chassis” SoC family was named as a platform partner and Niu’s omnidirectional perception stack will integrate D‑Robotics’ Sunrise series compute modules in production vehicles. (finance.sina.cn) Alibaba’s Qwen 3.5 — publicly released in mid‑February 2026 as a native multimodal, mixture‑of‑experts model (the flagship ~397B‑parameter variant) — is the foundation‑model family Niu cited as the anchor for Lingxi’s large‑model capabilities. (rits.shanghai.nyu.edu) Alibaba and analysts have emphasized Qwen 3.5’s smaller open‑weight variants and on‑device deployment options, which Alibaba and coverage say make it feasible to run parts of the model or distilled agents on lower‑power vehicle hardware. (news18.com) Niu simultaneously published 2025 results showing revenue of roughly ¥4.3 billion (about $624 million) with a 31% year‑over‑year increase, underlining management’s strategy to position AI as the company’s core differentiation going forward. (finance.biggo.com)