Dialogue with Nezha Automobile Fang Yunzhou: It is recommended to coordinate the construction of an intelligent car operating system ecology

Recently, Fang Yunzhou, deputy to the National People's Congress and founder and chairman of Nezha Automobile, said in an exclusive interview with the surging news reporter that the development of China's intelligent vehicles has a certain first-mover advantage, and it is necessary to seize this opportunity, integrate multiple forces, and coordinate the construction of an intelligent car operating system ecology.

Fang Yunzhou, founder and chairman of Nezha Automobile

Smart cars are known as the next generation of mobile smart terminals, different from traditional cars, smart cars are no longer a single travel tool, but also an important carrier of the digital economy, and the intelligent car operating system is a key step for traditional cars to move towards smart cars.

Fang Yunzhou believes that this role change means that whether from the perspective of energy or from the perspective of network security, the development of smart cars requires the combination of the bottom and upper layer of the industry, and to establish a safe and efficient operating ecology.

Build an ecosystem that incorporates non-automotive technology

Fang Yunzhou proposed that the new energy automobile enterprises represented by the new forces have their own advantages in the research and development of the operating system, and have done research and reserves of related technologies, but the research and development of enterprises is currently closed and not shared or open source by the industry.

At present, all countries in the world are studying intelligent car operating systems, and China has a certain first-mover advantage in smart cars and new energy vehicles. At the same time, China also has its own institutional advantages, and relevant departments can coordinate the various enterprises in the intelligent car operating system ecology and the developers who do the ecological layout to build an ecosystem.

In addition, if a good ecology can be established, it can absorb non-automotive industry technologies such as new technologies related to intelligence, new technologies in the IT field, etc., and join the operating system ecology, which will further promote the development of China's intelligent vehicles.

Fang Yunzhou introduced that Nezha Automobile began to develop intelligent car operating system in 2017, after years of exploration, it has formed certain specifications and interfaces, and has also cooperated with domestic related enterprises such as Huawei, 360 Security and other cooperation to develop the architecture of the entire system.

In software development, Nezha Automobile has invested heavily in recent years, including software hierarchical architecture, software security, software protocols, etc. In the third quarter of this year, the first model based on the "Shanhai Platform" Nezha S is about to be listed, Nezha S will also be equipped with Nezha OS system, from Nezha S, you can see the technical characteristics of Nezha OS very well.

In terms of hardware, Nezha Automobile and Huawei jointly develop standardized hardware and promote it to the industry. Fang Yunzhou introduced, "After the implementation of this standardized hardware, other relevant hardware units in China can be developed in accordance with the standard, so that the entire industry and even the entire operating system can enjoy the results of standardization." ”

Fang Yunzhou said, "At present, the intelligent car operating system represented by new forces in our country is still in its infancy, so at this time, we need to build this ecology together, guided by the state or guided by the industry, and it is timely to jointly build this ecology." If you develop to a certain stage and then do integration, the difficulty of integration is also very large, and it will also cause waste of resources. ”

He believes that in the construction of the intelligent car operating system ecology, we must pay attention to three major points.

First of all, it is necessary for the state to concentrate relevant forces on technical research, such as the chip of the operating system, the software development of the operating system, etc., all of which need to be guided and concentrated by the state.

Second, we must pay attention to the standards, protocols and specifications of the operating system. At present, including Nezha, all car companies are doing operating systems, and the future development of operating systems needs to be shared and open source, which requires certain standards, specifications and protocols to truly become a shared and open source resource for the whole industry.

Third, the construction of the tool chain cannot be ignored. Our country's current development software tool chain is still relatively weak, with the process of this operating system ecological construction, you can also build the operating system tool chain, after completion can also be used by other industries.

From the perspective of specific measures, Fang Yunzhou stressed that the ecological layout of the intelligent car operating system should be carried out around the four aspects of APP application ecology, upstream and downstream integration and sharing of the value chain, technology collaboration and sharing, and standard ecology, so as to build China's technical standards for China's operating system ecology.

China's smart cars have a first-mover advantage, and three aspects need to be crossed

Fang Yunzhou mentioned that China has a certain first-mover advantage in the development process of new energy vehicles and intelligent vehicles, and China is in the forefront in terms of safety, intelligent cockpit and intelligent driving, and truly achieves overtaking in curves. At the same time, China's smart car in the market or application market is also the largest, from last year's sales, it is also relatively leading in the world.

He believes that there are still three aspects to be spanned and broken through in the development of follow-up smart cars.

The first is the well-known car chip. The chip not only includes the chip of the operating system, but also the chip of the intelligent cockpit and intelligent driving of the car that needs to be broken. It is reported that Nezha is also currently working with domestic chip companies to jointly develop and strive to achieve chip localization.

The second aspect is software development. At present, many of the basic software used in the domestic automotive industry comes from abroad, and China is also making further efforts in software, and it needs to be improved in the supply chain and basic software development.

The third is the basic process and basic materials. This is not only what smart cars need to be upgraded, but also what China's automotive industry and the entire basic supply chain need to be improved, and basic materials and basic process innovation need to be leapfrogged.

Policies should continue to support new energy vehicles

In 2022, the development of New Energy Vehicles in China will not only continue to suffer from the impact of various aspects brought about by the epidemic factors, but also face the problem of the decline of subsidies for new energy vehicles. Based on this, Fang Yunzhou suggested that the policy should continue to support the development of new energy vehicles.

He said, "By the end of this year, the national supplement for new energy vehicles is about to withdraw, but Europe and the United States are continuing to increase subsidies for new energy vehicles." Our new energy vehicles in China have a certain first-mover advantage, and I am worried that foreign countries will catch up with China's new energy vehicles through their subsidies, and even surpass China in some aspects. Therefore, new energy vehicles are the core strategy of the country, and we must continue to support them. ”

Fang Yunzhou pointed out that in research and development, we must continue to increase investment, not only the investment of the enterprise itself, but also at the national level, we must also tackle key problems in some core technologies such as chips, battery raw materials, new batteries, and new technologies of motors, and always maintain China's advantages.

In terms of subsidies, it can provide individual subsidies for individual car purchases, or personal income tax deductions, which will play a supporting role in the promotion of new energy vehicles and their application in society.

From the perspective of the new energy vehicle market, at present, new energy vehicles have been promoted in first- and second-tier cities on a large scale, and it is time to support the construction of new energy vehicle infrastructure, car purchase subsidies, new energy vehicles going to the countryside and other measures in rural areas, which is also in line with the requirements of "common prosperity".