Nvidia(US:NVDA) Changjiang Securities·2026-01-07 10:46Investment Rating - The report maintains a "Positive" investment rating for the industry [7]. Core Insights - NVIDIA has released the Alpamayo series of open-source AI models, simulation tools, and datasets aimed at advancing the development of safe and reliable inference-based assisted driving vehicles. This initiative is expected to accelerate the commercialization of advanced intelligent driving technologies [2][4]. - The intelligent driving industry is anticipated to benefit from new technologies, leading to accelerated scaling and commercialization, positively impacting the entire industry chain. The report suggests focusing on intelligent driving hardware providers and autonomous driving operation platforms like Robotaxi [10]. Summary by Sections Event Description - NVIDIA launched the Alpamayo series on January 5, 2026, to promote the development of safe and reliable inference-based assisted driving vehicles [4]. Event Commentary - The Alpamayo model introduces a visual-language-action (VLA) reasoning model for assisted driving decisions, showcasing the logic behind each decision and identifying unique driving situations that may not occur during normal driving. The model is based on a 10 billion parameter architecture, with future models expected to have larger parameter scales and enhanced reasoning capabilities [10]. - NVIDIA also released the open-source simulation framework AlpaSim and a large-scale open dataset containing over 1,700 hours of driving data, which supports high-fidelity autonomous driving development and rapid validation and strategy optimization [10]. - The Alpamayo model has garnered significant attention from leading companies in the mobility sector, such as Lucid, Jaguar Land Rover, and Uber, as well as experts from institutions like S&P Global and Berkeley DeepDrive. The core value of Alpamayo lies in advancing physical AI development and addressing unpredictable driving scenarios [10].