Affected by factors such as the Spring Festival holiday, car sales in February fell month-on-month, and the same situation also appeared in the OTA upgrade of car companies.
According to the incomplete statistics of Cheyun, in the past month, a total of 7 brands of multiple models have undergone OTA upgrades. Compared with the "opening red" in January, the number of car OTA brands in February has a certain "slippery slope".
Although the number of OTAs has declined, there is no shortage of important updates to some hot models, and both the Xiaopeng P5 and The Krypton 001 have ushered in the first major version of the OTA upgrade. Among them, Xiaopeng P5 launched the first mass production auxiliary driving function that integrates lidar capabilities through OTA - cross-floor parking memory parking VPA-L; the OTA upgrade of Extreme Kr 001 covers 34 vehicle ECU units, which improves the experience of many aspects of the vehicle.
In addition, Nezha U Pro also ushered in the first OTA upgrade in 2022 in February, focusing on upgrading the voice function and realizing intelligent voice in all scenarios. Weipai's Mocha and Macchiato models, Co-creation Z03 and Dongfeng Citroën's Versailles C5 X have also undergone new upgrades.
Let's take a look at the details of recent upgrades:
Xiaopeng:
In February, Xiaopeng P5 ushered in the first large version of the OTA public beta after the listing, the version number is Xmart OS 3.1.0, and the upgrade focuses on the two modules of intelligent assisted driving and intelligent cockpit.
In this upgrade, Xiaopeng P5 opened the VPA-L cross-floor parking lot memory parking function, which is also the industry's first mass-produced and cross-floor intelligent parking, once again reflecting Xiaopeng's leading edge in intelligence.
Specifically, the feature allows users to learn and use cross-floor parking routes with ramps, and the maximum memory distance is upgraded from 1 km to 2 km. Whether it is B2, B3, B4, Xiaopeng P5 can detour downstairs, through ramps and speed bumps, turn left and right to the memory parking spot.
The realization of this function is mainly due to the lidar equipped with Xiaopeng P5, because it has the characteristics of centimeter-level ranging, all-weather scene coverage, and high spatial resolution, which solves the problem that millimeter-wave radar is interfered with by too much information in the use of the basement, and the location and distance of obstacles under the ramp are not accurately identified, so that the slope obstacle recognition can be carried out well.
A learning B with memory route sharing is also a highlight of this VPA function upgrade, which allows Xiaopeng users to share the route map of memory. And after the OTA, the car terminal will be built into the first batch of more than 1100 Xiaopeng charging piles (including cooperation) in more than 60 cities across the country + residential building entrance + elevator entrance memory route, users can directly use the memory parking route that has been built-in. In this regard, some Xiaopeng users directly called: This time the OTA is really strong!
However, it is necessary to remind every car owner that the parking lot memory parking is not completely autonomous driving, and the driver still needs to observe the environment throughout the process of functional use and be ready to take over at any time.
In addition, NGP intelligent navigation assisted driving optimizes the night assisted safe driving tips, cone barrel display experience, under ramp experience, congestion follow-up experience, etc.
In terms of intelligent voice upgrades, Xiaopeng P5 voice assistant Xiao P has added more real-life AI sounds and can express 14 emotions. The voice also increases the function of the voice knob, the owner can say "Hello small P, the volume is big" and other commands, the vehicle to adjust some functions, with a certain degree of fun and playability.
In addition to the large version of Xiaopeng P5 public beta, Xiaopeng P7 also ushered in the update of Xmart OS 2.7.1 on the last day of February, mainly upgrading the intelligent air conditioner of the car control module, which can reduce the probability of odor in the car.
ZEEKR 001：
On February 12, Extreme Krypton pushed ZEEKR OS 1.1.1 updates to ZEEKR 001 users, which is also the first major version of OTA since the launch of the model.
The OTA upgrade covers 34 vehicle ECU units to improve the experience in terms of voice, navigation, energy consumption, third-party software, vehicle display and interaction.
Although this upgrade has upgraded the functions of manual opening of electric doors, automatic window locking, driving mode memory, seat memory active interaction, second song of light show, Bilibili application, etc., which are relatively concentrated in the early stage of user attention, from the feedback point of view, the biggest voice of users is still looking forward to continuing to optimize.
Many users reported that they could not wait for the new OTA push and complained about the speed of batch push. Extreme Kr has delivered more than 10,000 new cars, which is not a huge number compared to other new forces.
Secondly, the functional upgrade of "manual opening of electric doors" has also caused dissatisfaction among car owners. Some users said that the owner hopes that the automatic door will further ensure safety while taking into account the intelligent convenience, rather than a simple one-size-fits-all approach.
There are also user feedback that there is a very obvious motor noise on the co-pilot side after the OTA upgrade, which has brought great trouble to the driver.
It can be said that although Extreme Kr has carried out this big version of the OTA, there are still many problems, and the road to extreme Krypton's OTA is a long way to go.
At the same time as the announcement of the big version of the OTA, Extreme Kr said that the ZEEKR 0S2.0 Beta version, including the first functions of the ZAD Extreme Kr Intelligent Driver Assistance System, will also be pushed to the "OTA Pioneer Experience Officer" from February 15.
After that, Extreme Kr will complete the final test together with the "OTA Pioneer Experience Officer" and further optimize on this basis. After the optimization is completed, ZEEKR OS version 2.0 will be pushed to all users after the ZEEKR OS 1.1.1 version is pushed.
Nezha U Pro:
On February 22, Nezha U Pro ushered in the first OTA upgrade in 2022, corresponding to PIVOT OS 1.7.0.
The intelligent voice function upgrade of "all scenarios" is the focus of this OTA. "Hello, Nezha" has become a new awakening word, and has been comprehensively improved in the four dimensions of "listening accurately", "listening to understand content", "coherent speaking" and "speaking visible".
In addition to the intelligent voice function upgrade, Nezha U Pro also adds a new mini program, adds custom profile mode function, integrates Huawei mini programs, and provides services such as "baby bus" and "flight butler", without installation and download, point-and-click. In addition, Nezha U Pro has also upgraded the face recognition function, after the face recognition failure, the user can actively trigger the face brush login function.
NIO:
Following the large version upgrade of 3.1.0 in January, Weilai pushed the small version upgrade of Aspen 3.1.0c CN to car owners in February, mainly due to the repair of some problems, including system audio stuttering, Bluetooth call page display abnormality, occasional navigation and positioning drift, charging indicator display abnormality and other issues.
Wei Pai:
In February, Weipai upgraded the OTA to the Macchiato DHT & Marchi DHT-PHEV, Mocha and other models.
In terms of interaction, Xiao Wei upgraded to version 2.0, not only has a new anthropomorphic IP formation, but also has a more powerful voice function, adding visible speaking, continuous dialogue, voice control navigation and other functions.
In terms of intelligent cockpit, the new driving mode is quick to operate, the touch screen experience is optimized, and the phoenix FM and other content are added, bringing a comprehensive upgrade of visual, auditory and tactile sense.
In terms of intelligent driving, three new intelligent lane change modes have been added to improve the accuracy of parallel auxiliary obstacle recognition and the accuracy of instrument lane line recognition. The most important thing is the mocha NOH function online, mocha's high-speed intelligent pilot assistance function can cover 6 high-speed scenes, so that its intelligent driving assistance level has been further advanced.
Co-creation Z03:
On February 25, Hechuang Z03 pushed the first OTA update, bringing a number of new features such as Voice ID, mobile navigation route synchronization, and multiple entertainment applications.
Specifically, Voice ID can realize the owner's voiceprint to log in to the car machine account, unlock and unlock the voice personalized reply; add music, navigation account binding function, when logging into the account, the associated software will also be able to log in synchronously; the mobile phone navigation route synchronization function can push the navigation information of the mobile phone Gaode Map App to the car machine; add six entertainment applications such as fruit ninja, fishing master, happy bucket landlord and so on. In addition, the new system has also optimized some functions and fixed problems.
Versailles C5 X:
On February 17, Dongfeng Citroen's Versailles C5 X model ushered in an OTA upgrade, and the adapted model is versatility, leading and brilliant configuration level, and the applicable vehicle is C-Connect3.0 (4G) intelligent networking system IVI2020 vehicle (NHC).
After the completion of this OTA upgrade, it will improve the connection stability of the 4G signal of the car machine; open the remote unlock and whistle flashing functions; add important functions such as trip trajectory query, vehicle positioning, vehicle condition report, single trip travel information; in addition, dongfeng Citroen Zhixing App built-in online mall includes new product recommendation, brand activities, and network services, which can provide car owners with a richer car experience.
In addition to the new version of the above models of OTA upgrades, the app store of the Volkswagen ID series has also been "updated", adding three new apps of Sing Bar, Cloud Listening and iQiyi, where users can sing K, listen to information and watch video dramas, further enriching the entertainment life in the car.
Che Yun Summary:
There are only 28 days in February, coupled with the long holiday of the Spring Festival, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of working days in the month, which has had a certain impact on car companies' OTAs, which is also the main reason for the decline in the number of OTAs. Although the number has decreased, the major version upgrades of some celebrity models have added some bright colors to the February OTA and brought users a new car experience.