Inceptio Technology has provided an updated outlook on the development of its autonomous trucking systems, projecting that cumulative real-world mileage collected from its commercial fleet will exceed 5 billion kilometers by mid-2028.
The company presented the figures at the Next Truck 2025 conference in Berlin, noting its current fleet of more than 4,000 L2+/L3 trucks has accumulated over 400 million kilometers in operation across China. Founder and CEO Julian Ma described the company’s long-term pathway toward higher automation levels, saying, “We see L4 autonomy not as a sudden revolution, but as an accelerating evolution.”
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According to Inceptio, autonomous functions accounted for 95% to 99% of total driving mileage across its fleet, generating operational data across varied roads, weather conditions and traffic environments.
The company said typical fleet economics reflect a payback period of 10 to 24 months, supported by fuel-efficiency gains of 3% to 7%, equal to about 6,000 liters of diesel saved per vehicle annually. Other reported benefits include reduced driver fatigue, lower insurance costs and improvements in overall safety performance.
The company uses its deployed fleet as a data-collection platform supporting Level 4 system development. The 400 million kilometers collected to date are used for pre-training and validating algorithms, reproducing real-world scenarios for testing, and generating synthetic data for rare or complex edge cases.
Inceptio’s structured “Label Tree” process is designed to systemize data annotation and model optimization. The company views cumulative mileage growth as a core factor in refining its world-model architecture, which integrates multi-sensor fusion and vision-language processing.
Inceptio also highlighted its development pipeline, which includes the “Agile Iteration Loop,” a feedback system intended to align rapid AI iteration with automotive-grade safety and validation requirements. The company said the mechanism allows continuous adjustments based on real-time operational performance while maintaining compliance with industry safety expectations.
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Inceptio launched the first series-production L3 autonomous heavy-duty trucks in China in 2021 and received approval for driverless road testing in 2022. Its autonomous-capable trucks are currently in use in express delivery, full-truckload transport, less-than-truckload operations and cold chain logistics.
