On February 25, a number of car owners said on the complaint platform that the Changan UNI-K fuel premium version car listed in 2021 had advertised that the car had "APA6.0 automatic parking, L3 level automatic driving, face recognition ignition start car, timing welcome light" function before it was listed, but after using it for a period of time after the actual purchase of the car, it was found that there was no one of the above functions, and the vehicle OTA upgrade several times did not improve such functions, believing that UNI-K had fraudulent behavior.
In this regard, Auto Toutiao consulted the customer service of Changan Automobile's official website on the above issues. The customer service statement said that with the development and change of products, Changan Automobile has the right to improve the model, technical parameters and configuration, optional parts at any time, if there is any change, without notice, please refer to the latest model configuration table officially announced, please consult the local dealer for details.
In fact, as early as March 1 last year, Changan Automobile held the "Changan Automobile Live Broadcast Room Big Brand Cargo Officer Series Ten Square Meter Press Conference", officially announcing that it had completed the technical debut of APA6.0 remote intelligent parking, at that time, Changan declared itself the first Chinese brand automobile enterprise in the industry to realize this high-level automatic driving technology.
Perhaps in order to further demonstrate APA6.0 remote intelligent parking technology and highlight the core "selling point" of UNI-K, Changan chose to demonstrate its ability to "remotely monitor parking on the mobile phone side" in the UNI-K cockpit, which was not officially listed at that time. Engineers at the Jiefang Monument in Chongqing, 19 kilometers away, remotely controlled UNI-K via mobile phones and completed a series of parking operations.
Zhu Huarong, chairman of Changan Automobile, said that "Changan APA6.0 remote intelligent parking has great value for the future tight parking spaces and parking tensions in cities." According to reports, the technology can automatically find parking spaces within 30 meters of the vehicle, when the width of the parking space line is greater than the width of the car 65cm, you can actively identify the parking space, and complete the vertical, parallel, oblique and other parking operations.
In this case, UNI-K is also believed by most people to be equipped with Changan's latest APA6.0 remote intelligent parking technology, and the owner's body is also affixed with the words "APA Parking Assistance System" when purchasing.
But in fact, after the official listing of UNI-K on March 28 last year, its early launch of 4 models including the premium model, as well as the two models pushed in October, the official website configuration does not show that it is equipped with APA6.0 remote intelligent parking technology, and the only thing similar to the owner's depiction function is the FACE ID facial recognition account login, which is used for the face recognition login of the car machine account, and the remote car control of the mobile phone APP (remote query, diagnosis, positioning, air conditioning, door, car search).
Auto Headlines learned from the customer service consultation on the official website of Changan Automobile that the remote car control of the mobile APP is different from the APA6.0 remote intelligent parking technology. She said that the automatic parking function demonstration was promoted as a technological innovation point at the time, and the UNI-K used in the video was an internal test product only for technical demonstration.
In addition, according to the current relevant national laws and regulations, mass production is not supported for L3 level automatic driving, because L3 level automatic driving and APA6.0 automatic parking function are bundled and developed, so the APA6.0 automatic parking function has not been equipped.
It is understood that changan automobile has been in the product debut publicity, indicating that the mass production version is not equipped with related functions, and at the same time, in the subsequent mass production and listing of the official model of UNI-K, there is no description with this configuration.
When asked about the lighting, she also said, "The lighting effect seen is mounted on the engineering test vehicle, and the listed mass production model is not equipped with this function, and changan automobile's official promotion of the listed mass production model has no vehicle publicity and display of this function configuration." ”