A world-class car, opening a new era of intelligent cars

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A world-class car, opening a new era of intelligent cars

Volkswagen Kanche

2022-05-0820:07

Sichuan

Qiancheng Digital Intelligence (Beijing) Network Technology official account, creator of high-quality automotive field

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I still remember the visual shock of a video of the new HI version of the Polar Fox Alpha S driving autonomously on public roads on the eve of the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show. In the video, the car behaves with ease in the busy city with complex traffic and unmanned driving, whether it is lane change, turning, traffic light start and stop, or automatically dodging oncoming cars, it is easy to deal with, very accurate, comparable to the old driver. No wonder everyone exclaimed, the era of automatic driving has arrived!

Later, we learned that this is a new HI version of the Alpha S developed by Polar Fox Automobile in cooperation with Huawei.

It is also this performance that makes Jihu Autonomous Driving famous in the first battle, allows the outside world to appreciate the appearance of future smart cars in advance, and makes people have more expectations for China's intelligent smart cars, which far exceeds the impact brought to us by Tesla.

On May 7, The highest-level intelligent driving car in the world, the highest level of intelligent driving car cooperated by Jihu and Huawei, the new HI version of Jihu Alpha S was officially launched, which not only has the manufacturing level of luxury cars, but also reaches the global leading level in intelligent driving and intelligent cockpit. The new car is divided into two versions: the advanced version and the high-end version, the advanced version is priced at 397,900 yuan, and the high-end version is priced at 429,900 yuan.

At the press conference, Yu Chengdong, managing director of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., CEO of terminal BG, and CEO of intelligent vehicle solution BU, came to the scene to promote the listing platform of the high-end products of the Jihu family, full of confidence in the "crystallization" of cooperation between the two sides, and also let the outside world's previous doubts about the cooperation between the two sides disappear, and the two strivers partners contributed a world-class good car.

A world-class intelligent electric vehicle

In the past 10 years, China has become the country with the highest internet usage. Chinese the need for "connected" and "social" is unusually strong. Therefore, under the influence of the concept of "Internet +", when the car realizes the separation of software and hardware, and successfully moves towards intelligence, grabbing commercial value from it has become the focus that every car company must pay attention to.

When the "new four modernizations" began to be fully integrated into the automobile industry, it ushered in a major change that had not been seen in a hundred years. As the first technology company in China to cooperate with a technology company like Huawei, presumably Jihu saw the hidden development opportunities and chose the best and most suitable partners to create new cars together.

The new HI version of Polar Fox Alpha S has arrived as promised, which is the fruitful result of the cooperation between Pole Fox and Huawei, Magna, Bosch and so on.

The new HI version of Polar Fox Alpha S supports high-level intelligent driving on urban roads and is equipped with Huawei's HI smart car full-stack solution. Equipped with 34 high-perception hardware, including 3 lidar, 6 millimeter-wave radar, 13 cameras, 12 ultrasonic radar, such hardware configuration is second to none. With 400TOPS super computing power, it has reached huawei's highest level of automatic driving, which can meet the full-scenario automatic driving of cities, and at the same time realize functions such as valet parking + remote summoning, and the competitiveness of the new HI version of Alpha S is unparalleled.

With the help of Huawei's top automatic driving technology, the new HI version of Jihu Alpha S can easily achieve full-scene automatic driving, covering urban areas, highways, parking lots and other full-field attractions to point traffic, supporting the community, congestion and car/jamming, traffic light intersection, mixed traffic and vehicle obstacle avoidance, fast road cruise, get out of trouble, large trucks press line to avoid driving, up and down ramp/sink in and out, automatic parking, entering the office and other driving assistance functions, far ahead of the same level of pure trams.

At the same time, the new HI version of The Extreme Fox Alpha S is also the first high-end pure power production sedan equipped with Huawei's smart cockpit - Hongmeng Car Machine OS. Hongmeng Car OS creates a multi-an-everything intelligent space for users, and the software platform based on Hongmeng Machine OS can bring a more secure software environment and achieve rapid start-up. The application of the vehicle ecosystem platform is more abundant and perfect, fully supporting voice interaction and the seamless flow of software functions on the vehicle and mobile terminals.

At present, there are more than 25 applications of car machines, including Changlian Call, AutoNavi, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, etc., which can realize the integration of human-vehicle interaction and interconnection with a number of intelligent devices, bringing a more convenient intelligent interactive experience.

In addition to Huawei's high-end intelligent autonomous driving technology, the new HI version of the Polar Fox Alpha S, which was born at the Magna plant in Blue Valley, has the production and manufacturing quality comparable to luxury cars such as BMW Jaguar, equipped with super electric drive and supercharge technology, 3.5S 100 km acceleration and 2.2C super fast charging convenience. With a maximum power of 187kW, it can replenish the cruising range of 197km in 10 minutes, thus providing worry-free protection for users' smart travel.

The listing of the new HI version of Alpha S is the debut of the high-end products of the Jihu family and the benchmark of the intelligent level of mass production vehicles, as Liu Yu, deputy general manager of BAIC Group and chairman of BAIC New Energy, said, "For Jihu, the new HI version of Jihu Alpha S is a symbol of the intelligent transformation of BAIC New Energy, the first work of our intelligent transformation, and the first work submitted in the industry, which will help BAIC continue to occupy the position of pattern leader in the new wave of intelligent transformation." ”

For Huawei, it is a sign of the large-scale commercialization of HI, allowing the public's dream of autonomous driving to gradually shine into reality. "The self-driving system we made should be the strongest autonomous driving system in the world today." Yu Chengdong said, "There is no hardware architecture, but the software still needs to be polished and iterated. "As the first car mass-produced by intelligent driving, this is the pride of Chinese automakers, and it is also possible for Chinese cars to lead the development of smart electric vehicles in the future."

A powerful alliance of two strivers partners

After a large-scale industrial elimination, 2022 will be a year that determines where the new car-making forces will go, and it will also become a new stage for the differentiation of many traditional OEMs in China. With the increased competitive pressure of various market segments, jihu automobile has now stood at the development node of the industry from energy change to smart travel.

Jihu took the lead in holding hands with Huawei, laying out the on-board intelligent system, and is breaking through the future "intelligent car ceiling" and forming a new benchmark for industry intelligence.

In fact, Huawei has now become a partner of many car companies, but BAIC BJEV is the first car company to join hands with Huawei and launch AN models. As early as September 2017, BAIC BJEV signed the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement with Huawei. At the beginning of 2019, BAIC BJEV and Huawei jointly built the "1873 Davidson Innovation Lab" to comprehensively develop the next generation of intelligent vehicles, continuously cooperate in intelligent transformation, deeply integrate ICT technology and intelligent networking, and gain the first opportunity to create a solid technical foundation.

So far, BAIC BJEV and Huawei have signed agreements four times in four years, deepened their strategic partnerships, and made continuous breakthroughs in technology research and development, product innovation, and intelligent transformation, realizing in-depth cooperation from core technologies to marketing terminals throughout the life cycle.

The advantages of this cooperation are vividly displayed in the user experience, taking the intelligent cockpit of intelligent cockpit of The new HI version of Alpha S, equipped with Hongmeng OS, supports up to 30 application ecosystems, including Changlian Call, AutoNavi, Huawei Video, Bilibili, etc., through deep integration with applications, builds a smart travel space, bringing a new cabin experience of thousands of people, interconnection of all things, intelligent interaction, and continuous growth.

Polar Fox looks at China as technology, and Huawei also bases on the IMC architecture that Polar Fox has ahead of the electronic and electrical architecture, so that the technology can have landed products in advance. This is a two-way rush, the two sides based on the combination of superior resources, relying on Magna car manufacturing system and the most cutting-edge technology in the field of intelligent travel, the new HI version of The Extreme Fox Alpha S into the "smart car ceiling version".

At present, the development ideas of many car companies and technology companies are to feel the stones to cross the river, because the development trend of the industry is not clear, enterprises in the premise of self-control, try a variety of development paths, the mouth is very open, but the behavior is very conservative.

"In the future, the cooperation between Huawei and Jihu needs to be deepened, including AI upgrades and OTA iterations, so (Huawei and Jihu) is not a relationship between Party A and Party B, but a close partner," Yu Chengdong said. When the cooperation between the two sides is no longer blindly limited to "technical loading" again and again, but truly reaches a new stage of technological integration and brings new development opportunities to the two, What Jihu and Huawei have to do is to open up a new perspective for the development of China's new energy.

However, the cooperation between the two is not smooth sailing, in response to the delay in the delivery of the new HI version of The Extreme Fox Alpha S, there are many doubtful voices on the interactive platform, which has also adversely affected the Extreme Fox Automobile, but the reason behind it is that the Extreme Fox Automobile refuses to take the same "semi-finished product" delivery method as other new car-making forces.

As we all know, many of the new technologies of the new HI version of Polar Fox Alpha S are applied for the first time, and there is not much precedent to follow. Previously, Huawei said that many ideas are completely new and can bring users a very different intelligent driving experience. However, intelligent landing and mass production are not so easy, and stability and reliability need to be repeatedly verified.

In the process of research and development, the engineers of the two sides have cooperated for more than 1200 days, the generalization test mileage has exceeded one million kilometers, and has undergone more than two years, three rounds, nearly 300 kinds of chassis tuning, and hundreds of thousands of kilometers of various weather pavements.

According to Jihu, at present, there are 100 vehicles in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other cities to carry out actual road tests, based on high-precision maps for automatic driving, intelligent driving system continuous testing, verification and optimization, has completed the first round of complete functional logic and performance testing of the new HI version of the ADS system, is intensively carrying out more rounds of complete logic and performance regression testing, only to bring users an excellent car experience.

After all, a state-owned enterprise baicac new energy enterprise that is immersed in research and development, and Huawei, a technology company that does not hesitate to invest heavily in research and development, will inevitably focus on safety, experience, reliability and other aspects in the promotion and application of high-end intelligent driving technology, and will inevitably push new technologies with a foolproof mentality. Intelligent driving is a very complex system, and there is a long "long tail effect" to be overcome from function realization to functional perfection. Nowadays, the new HI version of the Polar Fox Alpha S is finally officially available, which is a good thing.

The stubbornness of China's pioneers of new energy vehicles

Speaking of "China's new energy vehicle pioneers", BAIC BJEV, founded in 2009, has participated in and witnessed the rapid development of China's new energy vehicles in the past ten years, and has taken electrification as a breakthrough and taken scientific and technological innovation as the core to create a new development path. It not only promotes the development of China's new energy vehicle technology, but also explores the marketing model in the fields of charging and replacing operation, time-sharing leasing and so on.

If you live in Beijing, you will definitely have a deep impression of BAIC's new energy products, when electrification has just entered the market, BAIC's products can be described as the identity of "popularizers", and also take this opportunity to support the entire industrial chain through its own research and development in the field of new energy hardware.

Nowadays, the new energy vehicle itself has also opened the transformation and upgrading, after the product can meet the needs of consumers, people have put forward higher requirements for vehicles, which is also the only way for new energy vehicles, that is, high-end and intelligent development routes.

As the first BAIC BJEV to enter the new energy industry, compared with other brands, the integration of technology accumulation and supply chain is one of its biggest advantages. Today, when the private domain traffic of new energy high-end products is rising, BAIC BJEV, which has taken the lead in foreseeing the transformation of consumer demand and the trend of product intelligence, brand high-end and technology autonomy, chooses to start again.

In the core level of the three electric fields, Jihu has many years of rich technology accumulation of BAIC; in terms of quality and manufacturing, Jihu brand has cooperated with Magna to establish a high-end intelligent pure electric vehicle research and development and manufacturing center, of which Alpha S white body has won two awards of "China's Top Ten Body" and "Best Material" with a number of industry-first technologies and new material applications.

And at the level of networking, BAIC BJEV has joined forces with Huawei, Baidu and other technology companies, and the products launched will combine BAIC's hardware strengths in new energy vehicle manufacturing and the software advantages of Internet companies.

Technological progress has provided a foundation for the high-end transformation of BAIC BJEV. In the past two years, with the vigorous development of the private market for new energy vehicles, BAIC BJEV has established a new partnership with Magna, Huawei and other enterprises, jointly promoting the development of its high-end intelligent electric vehicle brand Jihu.

After all, at this stage, in China's new energy industry, it is difficult to find the next veteran new energy vehicle company that can qualify for contractual relations with Magna, Huawei, Bosch and so on.

As a pioneer, BAIC BJEV has made great contributions to the development of the new energy vehicle industry, and at the same time, as a pioneer and pioneer, BAIC BJEV has been developing in innovation.

"Today we can confidently say that in the process of intelligent transformation of the industry, we are still qualified to be a technology exporter and standard definer, just like we did in the process of electrification transformation," Liu Yu said.

As a high-end intelligent electric vehicle brand under BAIC BJEV, Jihu's journey has just begun.

Kanche said:

The epoch-making cooperation model between Huawei and Jihu will also become a model of cooperation in the domestic new energy industry, which will undoubtedly more effectively drive the rapid development of the domestic new energy industry, and then promote the further rise of mainland new energy vehicles in the world. Two strivers work hard for a world-class car.

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