Kr partnered with waymo, a driverless technology company, to commercialize operations in the United States

Blue Whale Automobile, December 29, Geely Holding Group announced that it has reached a cooperation with Waymo, a world-renowned driverless technology company: its high-end intelligent electric brand Extreme Kr will provide exclusive vehicles for the Waymo One driverless fleet and put it into commercial operation in the United States. The model is based on the KR intelligent mobility platform SEA-M (SEA-M) architecture, designed and developed by the Krypton European Innovation Center (CEVT).

An Conghui, CEO of Kr Intelligent Technology, said: "The Krypton brand adheres to the value concept of equality, diversification and sustainability, not only co-creation with users, but also adheres to co-creation with global high-quality ecological partners. 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." ”

It is reported that as early as June 2020, Waymo reached a global strategic cooperation with Volvo Car Group to fully promote the deployment of Waymo Driver, and Waymo became the exclusive global partner of Volvo Car Group's strategic investment brand PoleStar and Lynk & Co L4 autonomous driving technology. The first official announcement was indeed Extreme Krypton Automobile, but Extreme Kr Automobile is raising independent financing and plans to IPO.

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 adopts a passenger-centric design concept, pays more attention to passenger preferences, and highlights the comfort and convenience of the ride experience.

In terms of appearance, the model has the characteristics of low ground clearance and flat floor shape, while eliminating the B-pillar design, creating ample head and leg space for passengers, bringing a more convenient boarding and getting on and 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. According to the plan, the model will be equipped with Waymo Driver driverless solution after delivery.

This jointly developed vehicle was born from the exclusive architecture created by Extreme Kr for the future of intelligent travel - the HAO-M (SEA-M) architecture. This architecture is the latest evolution of the SEA Vast Architecture for the era of unmanned driving. The SEA Vast Architecture is the creation that triggers a series of creations. Different from the traditional automobile manufacturing platform, it starts from the user's travel experience and takes the hardware layer, system layer and ecological layer as the core, creating a three-in-one layout suitable for the era of intelligent electric.