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2022, the big year of smart electric vehicles.
Judgment comes from two dimensions of support.
First of all, this year, almost all mainstream car companies will bring mass production of electric vehicles, including the once conservative Japanese; secondly, almost all market segments will usher in the baptism of smart electric, from SUVs to MPVs, and then to cars.
One of the brightest in the wave is the electric car.
2022 will become a key node in the outbreak of smart electric cars in China. Whether it is a new car or an autonomous car company, it will launch its own smart electric car this year.
Moreover, this batch of electric cars also carries the wild hope of China's automobile industry to attack the high-end. From power and workmanship to intelligent cockpit and intelligent driving, the domestic intelligent electric car in 2022 will officially challenge the "order" of traditional cars.
There are many players in the list: Zhiji L7, NIO ET7, Xiaopeng P7/P5, WM M7... Wait a minute.
Today's topic is the attack of domestic electric cars, and the main product used to carry the topic is Zhiji L7.
In the past year, the Zhiji L7 has been highly discussed, first of all because it is saic's number one project, and even one of the "high-end geminis" comparable to SAIC Audi, and it is also an automotive science and technology innovation company co-built by Ali and Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and SAIC.
Secondly, it is very much in line with the "ultra-high configuration" of the 2021 car owner melody, whether it is intelligent or basic quality.
Moreover, it also represents the technology trend of independent brands of independent car companies in 2021, and the ambition to evolve to the high-end.
We have rarely mentioned the Zhiji L7 before, but when it comes to the rise of China's intelligent electric cars, the L7 represents a force that cannot be ignored.
1. Smart, 2022 admission ticket
Intelligent electric cars, cars are the product form, electric is the underlying architecture, and intelligence has become the core of the differentiated experience. At the same time, comprehensive and in-depth intelligence is also the standard of high-end electric vehicles in 2022.
Time back to the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show.
Looking back at the Shanghai National Exhibition and Convention Center on April 19, 2021, history will give it multiple definitions, among which the far-reaching impact is that this year's Shanghai Auto Show has witnessed the full high-end of its own brands.
Among them, zhiji L7 is also really on the stage at this auto show. Weilai ET7 represents the smart car of the new force, while the Zhiji L7 leads the high-end intelligent electric car of its own brand.
Along with the Zhiji L7, the "IM AD" intelligent driving system developed by Zhiji and the "IMOS" intelligent cockpit system were unveiled.
As we mentioned in the 2021 year-end special article, the main theme of the smart car in 2021 is the rushing and stacking of configurations. In the camp of independent brands, it is Zhiji L7 that first launched this "arms race".
On September 27, 2021, Liu Tao, co-CEO of Zhiji Automobile, sent this Weibo: "This is the first NVIDIA Orin X sample, and it is also the first appearance of the chip sample."
The first chip was released, which in the past only appeared in the field of mobile phones and computers. After entering 2021, smart cars have also joined the game of computing power competition, and even camera competition.
The background of the pursuit of higher computing power chips and stronger sensor configurations is the pursuit of higher capabilities and "more human-like" assisted driving.
On the morning of June 23, 2021, Zhiji Auto's WeChat video account released a video with the title: "Is automatic driving far away from us?" 》
In the video, Zhiji showed the "door to door pilot" function demo for the first time. After walking near downtown Shanghai, a 21-kilometer highway + urban road, Zhiji claims to have achieved "40 minutes 0 takeover".
Subsequently, Zhiji released a number of DEMO videos of autonomous pilots in the next few months, covering scenes such as downtown areas of Shanghai, Suzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and other cities, rush hours, and expressways under complex weather.
According to the data currently published by Zhiji, the IM AD system has achieved a 99.3% success rate of up and down ramps, as well as a 969 km MPD cut-in (mileage per manual intervention).
And this set of 12 cameras + 12 ultrasonic + 5 mmwave drive, and support for the late upgrade of the lidar intelligent driving system, will also become one of the biggest expectations of 2022.
But only intelligent driving is not enough, intelligent interaction, intelligent cockpit, intelligent ecology, is also the key to the upward mobility of autonomous electric cars.
39 inches, this is not the size of the TV, this is the screen size of the Zhiji L7.
According to the previously disclosed interior information, the L7's dashboard + central control screen resolution reached 4320x720, and the co-driver entertainment screen that can be lifted and lowered independently also reached a resolution of 1920x720.
If these three screens are independent individuals, each sweeping the snow in front of the door, then the promotion of 39 inches is not quite right - but the main "unbounded" interaction concept of the Zhiji IMOS intelligent cockpit system is to render these three screens uniformly and display them in a unified way.
The 39-inch triple screen driven by snapdragon 8155 chip, behind which is based on the multi-core heterogeneous distributed technology architecture of IMOS, is designed to achieve complete multi-screen linkage.
In addition to the 39-inch joint screen, L7 also arranged a 12.8-inch, 1888x1728 independent control hub screen in the central control area - just to say that the L7's control screen is already equivalent to the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, or the central control entertainment screen of the Weilai ET7.
Such a luxurious screen is equipped with not only IMOS, but also the "Carlog" function that Zhiji debuted on L7.
Vlog is a more familiar word, referring to the recording of life moments; and Carlog, referring to the wisdom of the intelligent car, should also have the ability to record travel life, self-driving moments can be shared.
On NIO Day this year, NIO equipped et7/ET5 with VR/AR equipment, and said that in the future, it can shoot VR videos with outside cameras and share what you see on the road.
Cars are the new digital device, and that's the trend. Represented by Carlog, Zhiji also embarked on this trend and followed the idea of "arms race" to this point.
Zhiji installed three ultra-clear cameras with 48 megapixels each on the roof of the L7, and different lenses can cooperate to achieve 180° ultra-wide angle distortion-free, 4K ultra-clear, super night view, high dynamic range and other functions.
And L7's built-in intelligent car camera system can realize one-click video sharing, and even linkage live broadcast platform, when the "live car" is opened.
The digitization of on-board sensors is not the end of automotive technology, or the end of intelligent interaction of cars. Interaction with other participants on the road, and interaction between the driver and the outside of the car, is also the direction that smart cars are exploring.
2.6 megapixels, which is not a camera, but the DLP headlights of the Zhiji L7.
DLP is a technology that is born from the projector, Mercedes-Benz's DLP technology is called Digital Light, Audi's DLP is called DML, digital matrix LED.
Zhiji's DLP headlights are currently one of the highest-pixel digital headlights, in line with the new generation of Mercedes-Benz S-Class, but with higher nominal brightness than Mercedes-Benz S-Class. At the same time, Zhiji said that the functions that its DLP headlights can achieve are also richer than the Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
In addition, the L7's taillights also use ISC taillights with 5000 pixels, which can project visual information for the rear car.
What is the use of the pixels of the headlights?
Taking L7's DLP headlights as an example, it can realize the linkage with the high-precision map, using the headlights to project road navigation information, such as turning/turning/speed limiting, projecting lane trajectories to remind other vehicles that they are about to overtake in the pilot assist state, taillights can give back car projection instructions when giving way to pedestrians, and so on.
Intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit, intelligent interaction, they together constitute the experience of intelligent electric vehicles closed loop, but also to test whether an electric vehicle is eligible to add "smart" standards.
In 2022, we will usher in a domestic electric car that has made breakthroughs in the above three dimensions, and the Zhiji L7 will be the first model to be tested by the market.
Second, three electric + driving control, the cornerstone of high-end
On his feet, he was wearing Xie Gong's shoes and ascending the Qingyun Ladder.
In 2022, to push open the door of the high-end market, relying on the "hand" in the field of intelligence; then to stand in the high-end market, it is necessary to "feet" in the field of three electricity, chassis and suspension, that is, to lay a good foundation for "electric vehicles".
Summarizing the "standard" of high-end electric vehicles this year, dual motors, 700 km working range, and differentiated steering technology, they are the "just need" to become high-end, and they are also the infrastructure threshold for more than 400,000 electric vehicles.
And we are pleased to find that the domestic voices that are leading the basic technology of high-end electric cars have become more and more.
Let's talk about Sandian first.
This year, BMW Benz's flagship electric models will be listed one after another, but the fact that cannot be ignored is that domestic brands are not lagging behind at all in terms of peak power, working energy consumption and absolute mileage.
For example, the Zhiji L7 we are talking about today, equipped with a 93kWh battery, can run out of 615 kilometers of working life performance - in the face of BMW i4, Mercedes-Benz EQE and other later models, even have energy consumption advantages.
More importantly, in the context of achieving longer endurance, China's intelligent manufacturing has not sacrificed the necessary configuration of power, which is a high-end car.
Taking the NIO ET7 as an example, it has achieved 3.8 seconds of 100-kilometer acceleration with a total power of 480kW, but the model equipped with a 75kWh battery pack can still run 530 kilometers of CLTC operating conditions.
The Smarter L7, which is more affordable than the ET7 75kWh version, combines 425kW dual motors, 3.87 seconds of acceleration, and 615 km of operating life.
This may be the parameter breakthrough that chinese cars will hardly appear in the era of gasoline cars.
In addition to the rush of core power components, the high-end road of domestic electric cars is also reflected in more advanced details.
Mercedes-Benz's flagship electric sedan, the EQS, uses rear-wheel steering technology to increase the flexibility of the 5.1-metre ultra-long body. The same configuration also appeared on the Zhiji L7, which is also the first domestic electric vehicle equipped with four-wheel steering.
10.8 meters, which is the turning diameter of the Zhiji L7 equipped with a bi-directional 12° four-wheel steering system.
For example, the latest generation of TNGA architecture Toyota Corolla achieved a turning diameter of 10.4 meters, which has become a publicity point - and the Corolla is just an A-class car, nearly two levels smaller than the L7.
With four-wheel steering, the C-Class can achieve the control data of the A-Class, and detailed thinking is indispensable.
The three-electric capacity and power configuration are easier to quantify and more likely to stimulate the senses of consumers. But they're just one of the must-haves for hitting the high end.
On September 22, 2021, Liu Tao sent this Weibo: "After 180 days of meticulous polishing, #智己 L7# completed williams tuning verification."
Williams is an F1 team founded in 1977, and "Williams Verification" refers to the fact that Zhiji approached Williams' forward-looking engineering team and spent 180 days deeply tuning the L7's handling, including 108 indicators such as braking, riding, high-speed stability, acceleration/braking attitude control, roll control, steering, etc.
The final tuning result was that zhiji said that the L7 achieved an official 100 km braking performance of 32.69 meters and a maximum lateral acceleration of 0.968G steady state.
Another sign of entering the high-end is to spend effort on a few scenes of users, such as manipulation and posture.
The front 245mm and the rear 275mm with custom Pirelli P ZERO tires and Brembo calipers are not available to all users, but they must be more in line with the L7 positioning, so Zhiji has equipped it.
Similar examples include custom audio with a power of up to 1120W, a Bavarian semi-aniline leather in Germany, a "clean taste workshop for baby-class eco-friendly cockpits", a CDC continuously variable damping damping system with 10 milliseconds of adjustable damping, and so on.
In 2022, the high-end of domestic electric cars needs to win in intelligence and also needs to win in details.
Third, the high-end road of independent brands
Among the domestic high-end electric cars that will be mass-produced this year, there are many models with high traffic, such as the WEILAI ET7.
As the pearl in the palm of SAIC, the Zhiji L7 has also triggered a high degree of public opinion enthusiasm in the past period of time. When we discuss "China's new car", L7, as a representative of its own brand products, is an object worth observing.
On December 26 last year, the first batch of 200 Units of Zhiji L7 Beta Experience Edition has been officially launched, which will open the user experience in 9 cities across the country, and will open user test drives at the end of March this year, and will be delivered in April.
How to go on the high-end road of independent brands, we will soon get the answer.
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