On December 29, Geely Holding Group announced that it has reached a cooperation with Waymo, a world-renowned driverless technology company, and Extreme Kr will develop driverless exclusive vehicles for the Waymo One fleet and put them into commercial operation in the United States. According to reports, the model is based on the Krypton intelligent travel platform - Haohan-M (SEA-M) architecture, designed and developed by the Krypton European Innovation Center (CEVT). The center has developed a range of first-class cars for Geely.
An Conghui, CEO of Extreme Kr Intelligent Technology, said: "This time, Extreme Kr and Waymo have become strategic partners to jointly develop driverless exclusive vehicles for the Waymo One fleet, which fully proves the technical research and development strength and commercial expansion potential of Extreme Kr. We are excited to work closely with our industry-leading global partners to complement each other's strengths and develop synergies to provide smart and sustainable mobility services to users around the world." ”
Different from the design ideas of traditional models that focus on drivers, this time, Extreme Kr and Waymo join hands to create exclusive travel service products for unmanned driving application scenarios. The model is designed with the occupant at its core and pays more attention to passenger preferences.
In terms of appearance, the model has low ground clearance, flat floor shape, and the cancellation of the B-pillar design, creating ample head and legroom for passengers, bringing a more convenient boarding and getting off the car. At the same time, the model is oriented to unmanned driving application scenarios, adopting a more flexible cockpit design, which can support two schemes with and no driver control mechanism, as well as a variety of seat layouts.