Smartphone brands began to build cars and will build cars are not a few, in the face of the huge dividends of the new energy vehicle market, no one can do indifferent, Xiaomi car, Apple car "sharpen the knife", Huawei also launched the world M5, Sony at the CES exhibition, brought - VISION-S 02 concept car, which is a newly designed pure electric SUV, and announced that It will officially establish Sony Motors in the spring of 2022. It can be seen that cross-border car manufacturing has become the consensus of all walks of life, real estate to build cars, chip giants to build cars, mobile phone brands to build cars, TV brands also want to build cars, as if not to build cars on the "big reverse", the problem is that the market suddenly poured into so many "new forces of car manufacturing", can consumers eat and consume? Can the market be accommodated?
Sony unveils the VISION-S 02 concept car
VISION-S 02 concept car is not the first model launched by Sony, before that, Sony released the Sony VISION-S concept car, the release of vision-S 02 concept car is more technological, such as it is equipped with a new automatic driving technology, the Internet of Vehicles and up to 40 sensors, and other new car-making forces, Sony Car is also the main focus of these high-tech configurations, to highlight its difference from the new energy vehicles launched by traditional car companies. In the exterior part, the VISION-S 02 concept car still looks very heavy, the front face adopts a closed grille, and is equipped with a through-type headlight group, and the front face design is decent. The side of the car is designed with contrasting colors, the black roof is very stylish, and the hidden door handles enhance its sense of technology. In terms of size, the VISION-S 02 concept car has a length, width and height of 4895*1651*1930mm, and a wheelbase of 3030mm, making it a medium and large sedan.
There aren't many highlights in the rear design either, and through-the-taillights are now common. In the interior part, the center console is three side-by-side large screens, compared with domestic new energy vehicles, vision-S 02 concept car as a whole looks very general. In terms of power, the VISION-S 02 concept car is equipped with dual motors front and rear, the system has a comprehensive power of 400kW, and is equipped with an electric four-wheel drive system with a maximum speed of 180km/h. The chassis adopts the structure of the front double wishbone + rear air suspension, and the power and chassis performance are remarkable, but Sony did not announce its maximum range.
Qualcomm officially entered the new energy vehicle market and provided car companies with vehicle specification chips
At the CES exhibition, in addition to the "fairy fight" of new energy vehicles, even the chip giants have come to join in the fun, such as Qualcomm announced that it will officially enter the new energy vehicle market, but it entered as a supplier of vehicle rules chips. From its announced partners, you can see luxury brands such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Cadillac, Lincoln, Volvo, etc., as well as joint venture brands such as Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda, Kia, Chevrolet, etc., and you can also see new car-making forces such as Weilai, Tesla, and Weima, and domestic brands, including SAIC, Geely Automobile and BYD Automobile, etc. One shot is a big deal! It can also be seen how much the current car brand is eager for the car specification chip.
Of course, Qualcomm not only provides car specification chips, but more importantly, it provides a complete set of automotive solutions for car companies, the same as Huawei, for example, in addition to providing the car specification chips of the Snapdragon processor, it also provides digital chassis, driver assistance systems, car connection services and car cloud services, etc. It includes the Snapdragon cockpit platform, the Snapdragon auto intelligent connection platform, the Snapdragon car-to-cloud service, etc. In addition to the motor and battery pack, the intelligent configuration qualcomm is almost all-in-one. One sentence to sum up: the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.