New Car Notes
Written by | Zeng Wei
Photography | Wang Siyuan
In terms of the level of intelligence, Chinese brands are absolutely ahead of the joint venture for several years, of which Changan belongs to the model that must be mentioned, and its intelligent advantages are mainly reflected in several aspects: First, the technical reserves are strong, and the mass production speed is very fast; second, the functions are extremely rich, and the OTA upgrade speed is fast; third, the operating system is convenient and fast, and the operation is stable.
Of course, all the advantages are ultimately reflected in the sense of experience. As Changan's heaviest model, is the intelligent driving assistance system of the second-generation CS75PLUS good or not? Two days ago, the author took a new car for actual testing.
Before the test, the author made a comprehensive understanding of the functions included in the second-generation CS75PLUS intelligent driving assistance system. Click on the "Vehicle Center" on the vehicle central control screen, you will see "driving control", "driving assistance" and "safety assistance" three major sections, each section of the integrated functions are quite rich, including L2 level IACC full speed segment intelligent cruise system, forward pre-collision system, intelligent traffic recognition, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, lane keeping and so on, and each configuration can be manually opened or closed according to their own preferences and driving habits, very humanized.
In and out of the corners, intelligent deceleration, acceleration
The work can be enriched, how to use it? In order to actually feel the intelligent driver assistance system of the second-generation CS75PLUS, I took advantage of the rush hour to drive it on the Chongqing Inner Ring Expressway, which was a very dense traffic and complicated road conditions, which was the perfect time to test it.
A button on the left side of the steering wheel can turn on the IACC function, and then you can set the speed of the car. The second-generation CS75PLUS features a speed increase or decrease of 5 km/h each time. This is much more reasonable than many increases or decreases of 1km/h per click, and it is more in line with the common scenario of high-speed cruising. In addition, the second-generation CS75PLUS has a 4-speed adjustment of the car's follow-up distance.
On the highway, for safety reasons, you can set the distance between the car in the 4th gear, leaving a sufficient distance, in case of sudden slowdown in front of the car, leaving your own braking distance fully guaranteed. If it is in a congested section of the city, you can set the following distance to 1st or 2nd gear. After all, the speed is not fast at this time, and the jam can be avoided to a large extent.
When the second-generation CS75PLUS turned on full-speed domain IACC adaptive cruise, the entire system responded smoothly and softly. The lane centering keeps the routing very fine, unlike some cars that will be unilateral. The process of automatically following the acceleration and deceleration of the car in front of it is also natural and soft, and there is almost no situation of depression and setbacks, like an old driver.
It is worth mentioning that the second generation of CS75PLUS is very accurate in the identification of road markings, and it is no exception in curves. Another intelligent configuration will also play a role at this time, that is, intelligent deceleration and cornering. When the system recognizes that the forward curve amplitude is large, it will intelligently and slowly decelerate into the corner, and then intelligently accelerate back to the speed set by the driver after exiting the corner. For example, if the cruising speed of the straight track is 100km/h, you don't have to worry about it also "floating" into the corner at a high speed of 100km/h. This was quite satisfying after I experienced it myself.
Smart W-HUD, the icing on the cake
What raises the convenience and pleasure of the second-generation CS75PLUS intelligent driver assistance system to another level is undoubtedly the intelligent W-HUD head-up display technology for the first time in this new replacement model. This technology is installed on 1.5T top-mounted, 2.0T sub-top-mounted and top-mounted models. Based on the visual algorithm, the IMS system is cleverly combined to achieve a high degree of adaptation that only a few models with AR-HUD can achieve, bringing a cross-level technology experience.
In the actual use process, this set of intelligent W-HUD head-up display can analyze the user's sitting height in real time, as well as the visual field position of the eyeball, so that the display information within 9 inches is always in the best viewing angle when the user is seated.
The most important sense of experience is twofold: First, it shows a rich amount of content. Including real-time speed, navigation guidance, speed limit signage, lane keeping, etc. The driver does not have to look down at the dashboard at all, all the driving-related information is unobstructed on the W-HUD, which guarantees the safety of high-speed driving; second, the information it displays is moderately large, not too small to be seen clearly, nor too large to obstruct the line of sight, and the clarity is first-class.
To be honest, this high-definition effect of the head-up display, before I still had a similar experience on the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class AR-HUD. The domestic SUV of the same level is the first time to see.
By the way, the second-generation CS75PLUS really has a lot of reminder functions when using intelligent driver assistance systems. Before the vehicle enters the tunnel and ramp, it will intelligently alarm in advance and give sound and image prompts. When human intervention or system takeover, there will also be corresponding prompts, which can be described as minimizing security risks.
On a good budget, the top-of-the-line 2.0T automatic flagship also comes with an APA5.0+ remote-controlled valet parking system. Driving the vehicle into the parking area with a clear guidance line, the parking system can be opened through voice control, and after the user's confirmation, the vehicle intelligently finds a parking space within 20 meters, parks into the garage and completes the parking.
This system supports multi-scenario parking functions, which can not only realize the basic horizontal parking, vertical parking, oblique parking, remote control access functions, actively identify more than 95% of the parking scenarios of common parking spaces, and can also identify parking spaces lines, vehicles, pedestrians, obstacles, etc. through ultrasonic and high-definition camera data fusion, so that parking is more intelligent and safe. At the same time, the system can intelligently learn the forward trajectory, open the trail reversing can control the vehicle to reverse according to the original forward trajectory, and realize the narrow alley to easily reverse.
『 Write at the end 』
In recent years, the intelligent configuration of Chinese brands is very high, and 80% of the domestic models currently on sale are equipped with L2-level intelligent driver assistance systems, which also makes many consumers have cognitive biases, thinking that there is a line.
But in fact, everyone has things, but after loading the car, it is good to use or not. The second-generation Changan CS75PLUS, which is about to be officially launched, has an intelligent driver assistance system that still shows a very high level in practice. Whether it is reaction speed, recognition efficiency, processing capacity, it is an excellent level in Chinese brand models.
If you happen to like to use these features in your daily driving, then the second-generation Changan CS75PLUS is undoubtedly one of the most worthy models in its class.
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