Deepal chairman Deng Chengshao announced on October 21 that the "little blue light" on the Deepal SL03 has been certified for use, calling the car part of the first batch of L3 autonomous-driving models holding permits, IT之家 reported. The report recalls that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published its first L3 conditional autonomous-driving access permits late last year for two models — Changan's SC7000AAARBEV (the Deepal SL03) and Arcfox's BJ7001A61NBEV (the Arcfox Alpha S) — for pilot road use in designated areas of Chongqing and Beijing, respectively. Deng also said many earlier industry claims of "L3" or "L3-level" capability were skirting the rules, and argued that L3 is "a word of responsibility, not a marketing term," with real L3 meaning the system backs the user up.