The first batch of 200 Beta Trial Editions of Zhiji Automobile L7 were delivered off the production line
On December 26, the first batch of 200 Beta Experience Editions of Zhiji Automobile L7 officially rolled off the production system for test users at SAIC Lingang Intelligent Factory, and launched the "Urban Parade" in 9 cities across the country.
"Zhiji Automobile should closely focus on 'user-centric', strive to create a new benchmark for China's intelligent electric luxury brand, and make greater contributions to SAIC's full speed into a new track and to shanghai's cultivation and expansion of new kinetic energy." Chen Hong, chairman of SAIC Motor, said at the ceremony on the same day that the off-line delivery of Zhiji Automobile is not only a milestone, but also a charge.
From being regarded as "Project No. 1" in the interior, to the official registration and establishment on December 25 last year, to the delivery of the first batch of Beta Experience Editions, Zhiji Car took only 22 months, creating the "Zhiji Speed" of high-end intelligent electric vehicle development.
This not only embodies the unremitting efforts of zhiji automobile team in the past two years, but also condenses the innovative practice of SAIC Motor group in the past few years for the transformation of the "new four modernizations". Nowadays, SAIC Motor is using "wisdom speed" to run out of the transformation "acceleration" of user-oriented high-tech enterprises.
From CSOP to "data cooker" and "user intention"
"This time, the off-line is the Zhiji L7 Beta Experience Edition, which will open a new model of 'data cooker'." Jiang Jun, CEO of Zhiji Automobile, said.
"Data cooker" is a new concept proposed by Zhiji Automobile, which is intended to "start" the intelligent performance of intelligent electric vehicles with real scene data. After delivering the system test users, zhiji L7 Beta experience version transmits the real environment data cloud of 9 cities across the country back to the data factory for the fine tuning of the intelligent performance of the software system and the optimal calibration of the perception system.
"The L7 is very intelligent, there are many technical challenges encountered in the development process, and very good technical verification and testing have been carried out, and these 200 vehicles are delivered to the real use environment." Liu Tao, co-CEO of Zhiji Automobile, elaborated.
Zhiji Automobile defines the "data cooker" as Data Feed Validation (real scene data verification), in which "Feed (Feeding)" clearly shows zhiji Automobile's views and attitudes towards user data. "The data provided by users through the use of products is the core fuel for engineers to further iterate on products, and there is no one." Liu Tao said that Zhiji Automobile should not only recognize the greatness and value of the value of user data, but also share the growth of the brand due to user data with users, "which is the original intention of Zhiji Automobile".
It is based on this thinking that Zhiji Automobile has taken out 4.9% of the equity from the beginning of its establishment to formulate the world's first CSOP user data rights plan. Under the plan, Zhiji Automobile confirms the value of users' data in the form of digital rights and shares the value of enterprise growth with users.
Whether it is CSOP or "data cooker", or user co-creation in the development process, the core starting point of a series of innovations of Zhiji Auto is always the user.
From hard power to soft power "agile development" is inclusive
"At present, it is the best era for the development of intelligent electric vehicles in China. Whether it is product innovation or mechanism innovation, Zhiji is not afraid of competitors in the current market segment. Liu Tao said.
One detail is enough to say that the competitiveness of the wise car is. Compared to the on-board system of the competitor model with a start-up time of about 10 seconds, the Zhiji L7 can be "seconds" to start up. In this regard, Liu Tao explained: "Qualcomm 8155 chip only supports the logic control of the Android system dynamic random access memory, and Zhiji Auto separately asked Qualcomm to develop a Linux-based SYSTEM STR (a standby technology). ”
Just as intuition is the chip of hardware and logic is software, the strength of the zhiji car comes from the fusion of hard power and soft ability.
"The traditional performance of a good chassis, power and security is important, but what is more important is the improvement of data-driven computing power, the iteration of intelligent scenarios, the level and success rate of OTA (over-the-air download). These software- and data-based capabilities are the real core differentiating points of future smart cars. Liu Tao said.
Because of this confidence, he defined the 22-month "super development" as "doing the hard and right thing", "'multi-new at the same time' is a huge challenge for our project, it is a platform + three electricity + software + power of the synthetic development, by no means a simple model renewal." ”
As a vehicle brand, the total number of software development codes for Zhiji Automobile has reached 280 million lines. In the past month, the Zhiji L7 software has iterated a total of 88 versions, and large in-vehicle domain systems such as smart driving, smart cabin, chassis, and small functional modules such as Carlog can be upgraded through OTAs.
"Zhiji Auto learned the logic and concept of agile development from the software industry, and carried out innovative practices in the field of in-vehicle intelligence." Liu Tao concluded. With the development method of "agile development", Zhiji Automobile has established a complete set of mature intelligent vehicle development system, and finally ran out of the "Zhiji Speed" for 22 months.
From technological innovation to institutional innovation SAIC's transformation runs out of "acceleration"
From the new four development strategies of "electrification, intelligence, networking and sharing" that took the lead in the industry in 2014, to the adjustment of the new four modernizations to "electrification, intelligent networking, sharing and internationalization" in 2018, to the acceleration of the transformation to "a user-oriented high-tech enterprise with technological upgrading, business globalization, brand upgrading, and experience maximization" in June this year, SAIC Motor's innovation and transformation is accelerating in an all-round way.
In the journey to the "new", SAIC Motor on the one hand incubated nearly 20 "science and technology innovation small giants" such as Jie Hydrogen Technology, Zhiji Automobile, and Zero Bundle internally; on the other hand, it invested in star enterprises such as Momenta, Horizon, and Ningde Times externally, and 15 invested companies were listed during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period alone.
Scientific and technological innovation increases strength, and institutional innovation adds vitality. As the integrator of SAIC's system capabilities, Zhiji Automobile is not only a key carrier of innovative technology, but also an important platform for transformation and upgrading.
The two CEOs of Zhiji Automobile wrote in an internal letter: "Jointly with fraternal units and partners such as passenger cars, technology centers, zero beams, zebras, Momenta and Huayu, we will launch multiple rounds of offensive battles, overcome difficulties and develop them with agility." It is precisely because SAIC's long-term investment in the field of new four modernizations has formed an industrial pattern of "multi-point blossoming" that it can "join forces" to help run out of "wisdom speed".
With the off-line delivery of Zhiji Automobile, a "development chain" of intelligent electric vehicles with innovative technology landing, user product launch, data-driven iteration, and mature application popularization is taking shape within the SAIC Group system. It is foreseeable that this will help SAIC to run out of the "acceleration" of transformation and upgrading.
