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一 | Alia Bhatt offered a deeply personal reflection on her decade-long journey in cinema during a conversation at the Red Sea Film Festival. She traced how her craft, instincts, and inner voice have evolved from her teenage years to her early thirties. The actor entered the industry at just 17. She took this moment to describe the past ten years as a transformative period shaped by emotional maturity. Bhatt recalled her early years as an actress, when she started out with films like Student of the Year and Highway. She recalled the time in her career when she was wide-eyed, eager, and fuelled by a tireless desire to prove herself. “Maybe earlier I was way more enthusiastic and fuller of beans, trying really hard because it’s normal when you’re just starting out,” she said. She noted how every opportunity felt urgent and every moment on set carried the thrill of discovery. Back then, she admitted, she was constantly pushing to be everywhere, do everything and absorb every ounce of the industry. Today, though still driven by the same passion, her approach has shifted. She described her current mindset as more grounded, intentional, and measured. “I’m still enthusiastic, still full of beans, but the approach is more silent,” Bhatt said, emphasising that her choices come with greater clarity and purpose. She explained that age and experience bring a change. To emphasise the same, she said, “There's just emotional and physiological and just life changes that happen. The way you look at a situation, the way you approach a situation.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by ✮ (@archivesalia) Despite this maturity, Bhatt confessed that a part of her wishes to ‘hold on’ to the innocence and spontaneity of her younger self. A need to stay true to the version that leapt into performances with instinct rather than calculation. Currently, she is gearing up to star in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Love and War opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal. She is also set to lead the first female-driven spy film of the YRF Spy Universe. Sharvari and Bobby Deol will also be seen the film, Alpha, alongside her. The film is set to release in April 2026. Also Read: Alia Bhatt carries her spark to the Red Sea Film Festival in a couture ensemble. See pics:。
Chinese autonomous-driving company Pony.ai said on Monday that its cumulative autonomous-driving distance worldwide has surpassed 100 million kilometers, marking the latest milestone as China's driverless sector moves from technology validation toward mass production and scaled commercial deployment.
The milestone comes as L4 autonomous driving gains commercial traction across passenger transport and logistics in China, while Chinese companies are accelerating overseas deployment through partnerships with local operators in markets including Europe and Southeast Asia.
Industry experts said that the significance goes beyond rising distance. As commercialization gathers pace, the next phase of competition will increasingly hinge on whether autonomous-driving technology can be deployed at scale, brought down to commercially viable costs and replicated across different transport scenarios and markets.
At a recent media briefing, Pony.ai said that its fourth-generation L4 autonomous electric heavy-duty truck had entered mass production, with commercial operations expected to begin in the coming months. The company plans to deploy 500 to 1,000 trucks over the next two to three years across long-haul freight, bulk cargo transport and port logistics.
A notable part of that transition is the sharp decline in costs. Autonomous-driving hardware costs for Pony.ai's fourth-generation heavy truck are about 70 percent lower than for the previous generation, according to the company.
Similar cost reductions are also emerging in robotaxis. Pony.ai said on its official blog that the bill-of-materials cost of the autonomous-driving kit for its seventh-generation robotaxi has fallen 70 percent from the previous generation, helping the company achieve unit-economics breakeven in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province.
China's autonomous-driving sector is moving from technology validation to large-scale commercial deployment, underpinned by the rapid accumulation of real-world driving data, Pan Helin, a member of the Expert Committee for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told the Global Times on Monday.
"Continuous road testing allows L4 systems to better adapt to local traffic conditions, laying the groundwork for wider commercial use," Pan said.
China has opened multiple cities to autonomous-driving applications, with commercialization gathering pace. As deployment expands and marginal technology costs fall, autonomous driving is expected to unlock significant commercial value and emerge as a new form of mobility, veteran industry analyst Liu Dingding told the Global Times.
Pony.ai aims to expand its robotaxi fleet to more than 3,000 vehicles by the end of 2026 and operate in 20 cities worldwide, with nearly half of those cities overseas. It also plans to develop an international version of its seventh-generation robotaxi tailored to different regulatory requirements and infrastructure, supporting the deployment of more than 1,000 vehicles in overseas markets.
Pony.ai's ambition also reflects a broader push by Chinese autonomous-driving companies to expand overseas.
On August 3, WeRide announced a partnership with Danish shared-mobility platform GreenMobility to deploy autonomous ride-hailing services in Denmark, marking its first entry into the Nordic region and sixth European market. Subject to regulatory approval, the service is expected to open to the public in the first half of 2027 using WeRide's latest GXR L4 robotaxi.
WeRide said on its website that its autonomous-driving products are now deployed in more than 40 cities across 12 countries. The company holds autonomous-driving permits in eight markets and operates a global L4 fleet of more than 3,000 vehicles.
A similar expansion is taking place in public transport. On July 17, Chinese autonomous-driving company MOGOX announced a strategic partnership with Singapore-based ComfortDelGro Bus. The two companies will cooperate on autonomous-vehicle deployment and operations, commercial expansion and coordination with regulators.
Pan said that China's autonomous-driving sector has two key advantages: a broad supplier base for major components and a large domestic market that allows companies to deploy services widely and accumulate real-world data. Advances in simulation and synthetic-data technologies have further strengthened the sector's ability to train and refine autonomous-driving systems.
Liu pointed to the cost benefits of scale. As deployment expands, the cost of key automotive-grade components such as lidar and chips continues to fall, improving the economics of commercial operations and creating more room for technological iteration, he said.
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