Due to the impact of the epidemic, the 2022 International Consumer Electronics Exhibition (CES) has come to an early end. At this CES exhibition, more than 2300 companies participated, showing the latest technologies in the automotive industry, smart home, artificial intelligence and other aspects, so that long-awaited electronic technology fans feasted their eyes.
In recent years, with the intelligent process of the automotive industry, the scientific and technological attributes attached to the vehicle itself are also increasing day by day, which also makes CES increasingly become the best display platform for major car companies and related manufacturers.
Although this year's CES has a good heat in terms of intelligent technology and the concept of "meta-universe", it is still difficult to hide the strong performance of the automotive industry. What kind of surprise can the cutting-edge technology of more than 200 vehicle technology companies bring? Let's take a look at the "high-energy moment" of the automotive industry at this CES!
1, black technology takes you to glimpse the future
Electronic ink (E-ink) changes the color of the body with one click
To say that the most eye-catching black technology of this CES is the electronic ink (E-ink) technology brought by BMW, which can realize the one-button color change function of the body. Officials said that this technology is also conducive to improving the comfort of the car and reducing the energy required for the electrical system.
From the principle point of view, it is somewhat similar to the screen design of commonly used e-books. "E-ink" contains millions of transparent microcapsules, just the thickness of a single hair. Each microcapsule contains a negatively charged white pigment and a positively charged black pigment. By controlling the electrodes on both sides of the microcapsule, the desired color appears on the body surface. BMW manufactures different sizes of "electronic ink" according to the pattern and the curvature of the car surface, which is then fixed to the car, and finally achieves a key change of color through the change of electrodes.
This new technology is different from the traditional manufacturer customization, and more like a new era of users freely customizing vehicles. But then again, this one-click color-changing function of the body is still debatable in road laws and regulations, so the possibility of implementation is not large.
In addition, BMW also released four new theme modes such as soothing, joyful, digital art, and cinema at this CES exhibition, BMW suspension giant screen, BMW electric vehicle sound wave simulation and many other new technologies and products. Among them, bmw electric vehicle sound wave simulation will be the first to be installed in the first half of 2022 on pure electric i4 models, and will be gradually applied to more BMW electric models in the future.
Bosch E-BIKE bike
The E-BIKE bicycle brought by Bosch is also full of heat, combining traditional bicycles with electrification and the Internet of Things. This new E-BIKE has very powerful interconnection functions, which can provide users with richer riding pleasure.
The Bosch E-BIKE features a color display in the middle of the handlebar, a rechargeable battery and a drive, and can be controlled remotely via the App. This electric bike can plan navigation routes in advance, with automatic activity tracking and personalized riding modes, so that you have a more colorful riding life.
Small mobile platform – MobED
At this exhibition, Hyundai Motor launched the future vision of the metacosmity and the new concept of small mobile platform "MobED" based on the "future mobile ecosystem". MobED will improve the daily mobility of the elderly and disabled in the future, and will also be used in strollers and single-person mobility.
MobED is a mobile platform equipped with four independent wheels on a flat body sound. MobED is equipped with 4 independent suspension eccentric wheels, this independent suspension eccentric wheel by freely adjusting the wheelbase and steering angle, even on inclined or uneven road driving can maintain stability, can achieve 360 degrees of in-situ steering and all-round movement, can meet the complex urban environment smooth movement.
2. Flying in the intelligent driving lane
Qualcomm has fully entered the automotive field
At the CES show, Qualcomm CEO Ammon said: "As automakers continue to transform into technology companies, technology is becoming more and more important and giving rise to new partnerships. As cars continue to shift to support cloud connectivity and intelligent experiences, automakers are beginning to establish direct partnerships with tech companies and chip makers. ”
Qualcomm, which has a strong position in the field of mobile phone chips, has now also fully expanded its business scope to the automotive field. Qualcomm announced that it will cooperate with 37 car companies, including providing components based on the company's Snapdragon processor to Honda, Volvo and Renault, and reaching cooperation with BMW, General Motors, Hyundai, Xiaopeng, India's Mahengda, Jietu, Weilai, Weima, SAIC and Jidu. In addition, Qualcomm also announced that it will work with Microsoft to develop a new, customized Snapdragon augmented reality chip that will power future augmented reality (AR) glasses in Microsoft's ecosystem.
According to official sources, Qualcomm's cooperation with automakers is mainly based on Products such as Snapdragon digital chassis and Snapdragon digital cockpit. The Qualcomm digital chassis unveiled this time can provide vehicles with technical capabilities across multiple fields, covering in-vehicle networking, intelligent transportation, vehicle-to-cloud services, digital cockpit, driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving.
Pushing the VISION-S 02 concept car, Sony finally entered the game
Different from traditional car manufacturers, THIS CES Sony has also launched its own new pure electric SUV - VISION-S 02 concept car. Although it said when it launched vision-S 01 at CES last year: "Sony does not want to be a car manufacturer, and vision-S 01 has no plans for mass production." ”
However, the change in things was sudden, and Sony officially announced at this conference that Sony Travel will be officially established in the spring of 2022 and will be commercialized. Therefore, the VISION-S 02 concept car is very likely to usher in mass production both from the design level and the company's prospects.
The new car will be equipped with a number of new autonomous driving technologies, the Internet of Vehicles and up to 40 sensors, showing its strong technical advantages in sound and streaming services. In addition, at this exhibition, Sony also demonstrated its 5G remote driving technology, the official operation of a VISION-S test car in Germany 9400 kilometers away in the R & D center in Japan, through the steering wheel, throttle and brake simulator, remote driving of German cars, so that the speed of 61km/h, and showed a series of actions such as turning, acceleration, deceleration, braking and so on.
Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX concept car
On the eve of this exhibition, Mercedes-Benz can't wait to show off its new pure electric concept car - VISION EQXX. The car is an extreme to "paranoid" model, pushing energy efficiency issues to the other extreme.
Inspired by Mercedes-Benz's IAA aerodynamic concept car Concept IAA released in 2015, the VISION EQXX is not obsessed with increasing battery capacity in terms of energy consumption, but aims to increase drivetrain efficiency, energy density and aerodynamic performance.
As the most energy-efficient model in Mercedes-Benz's history, its battery pack is 50% smaller in size and 30% lighter than EQS, consumes less than 10 kWh of energy per 100 kilometers, and has an endurance of more than 1,000 kilometers on a single charge, achieving 95% energy efficiency level. What's more, vision EQXX roof ultra-thin solar panels can also provide an additional range of 25 kilometers for the battery system.
3. Serve the way of travel with the power of science and technology
Mobileye has three chips in a row
In the field of in-vehicle chips, Mobileye officially launched the EyeQ Ultra system integration chip specially built for autonomous driving. Optimized for energy efficiency at 176 TOPS, the chip is positioned as a streamlined self-driving car chip that is expected to be available by the end of 2023 and fully automotive-grade mass production in 2025.
Two new EyeQ system integration chips for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) were also released – eyeq 6L and eyeq 6H. Among them, the new EyeQ system integration chip EyeQ 6L for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), is a successor to EyeQ 4 and is expected to be mass-produced in mid-2023; EyeQ 6H can achieve high-end ADAS and partial automatic driving functions through the configuration of full-surround view cameras, with computing power equivalent to two EyeQ 5 system integration chips, and is expected to be mass-produced by the end of 2024.
In addition, Mobileye also announced that it will cooperate with Extreme Kr to develop a new consumer-grade pure electric vehicle with L4 autonomous driving capabilities, which will be equipped with six EyeQ 5 system integration chips, which is expected to be launched in China as early as 2024.
New solid-state lidar
In terms of the much-watched lidar, Sagitar Juchuang's second-generation intelligent solid-state lidar RS-LiDAR-M1, the only one in the world to achieve mass production and delivery of front-loading vehicle rules, was officially unveiled and publicly demonstrated real-time point cloud images to the audience.
Sagitar Juchuang is the only enterprise in the world to realize the mass production and delivery of the second-generation intelligent solid-state lidar front loading gauge, creating the "first year of mass production" of lidar. The RS-LiDAR-M1 is extremely streamlined in structure and extremely small in size, providing great convenience for the front-loading of mass production models. M1 Point Cloud is of excellent quality, adapts to a wide range of extreme operating conditions, and has passed a series of rigorous vehicle regulation tests, with a high degree of maturity and safety reliability.
In addition, Sagitar Juchuang's latest generation of customized lidar RS-Helios also made its debut at overseas exhibitions. In addition to the above two new products, RoboSense's ultra-high resolution 128-line lidar RS-Ruby, unique 80-line lidar RS-Ruby Lite, high-precision near-field blindfolding lidar RS-Bpearl, high-standard truth data and evaluation system RS-Reference also met with exhibitors at CES 2022.
Write at the end:
In addition to the eye-opening black technology that makes people look at this exhibition, the words electrification, intelligent travel, and automatic driving have undoubtedly become the hot spots sought after by major car companies and suppliers.
From the "arms race" in computing power and energy consumption of enterprises such as NVIDIA and Mobileye in the chip field; to the "zero-to-piece" parts, system suppliers and vehicle companies working together on automatic driving; and then to Sony changing its wait-and-see attitude and entering the establishment of Sony Mobility, it can be said that the display of this series of innovative technologies will break the boundaries of future mobility, and the ensuing new era of intelligent travel will also completely change our lives.
(This article was first published on the Titanium Media App, author/often laughs)