Huawei landed, and the polar fox entered the city

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Around this time last year, a video of Huawei's self-driving car suddenly caught fire. The complex environment in the urban area, the whole process without intervention, the vehicle can even independently judge the environmental safety and take the initiative to borrow the road, "Huawei made a car" just made everyone shine.

A little later than everyone expected, the original video protagonist Polar Fox Alpha S new HI version was finally officially launched on Saturday after a year of pre-sale. 397,900 yuan, you can have the same urban high-end assisted driving capabilities, the world's first Huawei full-stack intelligent solution mass production car.

Without one of the "strongest in the world"

As we all know, Huawei, which does not build cars, currently "builds" cars, and already has several Xilis/Qijie, BAIC Jihu, and Avita, among which the newborn Qijie is regarded as Huawei's "pro-son" by the outside world.

But in fact, the new HI version of the Polar Fox Alpha S with the title of "HI (Huawei Inside)" is the first mass production model built according to the HI model in the true sense, that is, from the beginning, it was jointly defined and jointly developed by both parties, with a built-in Huawei full-stack intelligent system.

The previous Q&I M5 was only equipped with the HarmonyOS smart cockpit, and did not have the high-level assisted driving capability that was exploded like the new HI version of Alpha S today. Another familiar HI is Avita, a three-party joint venture between Chang'an, Ningde and Huawei, but the mass production and listing has been taken by the Extreme Fox.

Alpha S's new HI version of the hardware and software configuration and capabilities, in fact, last year has been quite fully demonstrated, Huawei and Jihu spent this year to improve the original test version into today's mass production state that can be assured to consumers.

Yu Chengdong very confidently described it as "the most powerful [model) in the world" this time, and also deliberately emphasized that "there is no one".

Although in the past year, lidar and high-computing platforms seem to have blossomed everywhere, once the mass production progress begins, you will find that the combination of Polar Fox + Huawei still cannot find an opponent. The new HI version of Alpha S has 34 sensors consisting of three 96-line lidar, six millimeter wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars and 13 cameras, matching Huawei's MDC810 intelligent computing platform. More intimidating than it is still in its infancy, and what has been sold is more rudimentary than it.

The result is the first "can enter the city" full-scene high-level intelligent assisted driving, and unlike those systems that can only allow you to relax on the highway, the new HI version of Alpha S can achieve a series of "super-class" applications such as unprotected left turn at intersections, close-range gazing recognition processing, and motorized road avoidance of non-motorized vehicles in complex urban environments without human intervention.

In addition to intelligence, the new HI version of Alpha S is also equipped with dual motors from Huawei, and the acceleration time of 0-100km/h is only 3.5s. In order to give full play to the advantages of high performance, Polar Fox has also added a choice of track mode and rampage mode. The vehicle is based on an 800V high-voltage platform, which can support a fast charge power of up to 187kW, and can be charged from 30% to 80% in just 15 minutes.

Huawei leans over, polar fox turned over?

Huawei, which "does not build cars", has to face the three aunts of Qingjie, Jihu, and Chang'an, and no one can lose a bowl of water. And Cyris still has an implicated question, won a full set of HarmonyOS smart cockpit, Chang'an side of Avita still has time to wait, the Polar Fox side has the opportunity, with Huawei Inside's first landing qualification.

It is this HI leaning body that makes Jihu the first mass-produced and listed in a number of high-end intelligent driving systems based on multi-lidar in China.

In the past two years, lidar has appeared more and more frequently on the configuration sheet of production vehicles, and this trend has not long been "involved" in the quantity race. From last year to this year, we have seen 3 lidar WM7, Zhiji L7 (reserved can be upgraded), GAC Eian LX, etc., and 4 lidar coverage of 360 ° king of the king, Sharon Mecha Dragon.

The LiDAR budget of the car company is like water in the sponge, as long as it is willing to squeeze, there will always be a few drops. However, the hardware cost is simple, the software experience is difficult to return to the fare, and most of these multi-lidar models that have not yet been mass-produced or fully enabled are still facing the classic problem of "what to use with so much".

Huawei did not swing too high-profile at previous auto shows, using eight radar probes to baptize everyone's eyes, but outside the stage, the test car of Polar Fox and Huawei a year ago has already shown its true ability. Although the system was highly dependent on high-precision maps at that time, at the launch of the new HI version of Alpha S, Huawei has said that it will gradually reduce its dependence on high-precision maps, and finally do not refuse to come.

Yu Chengdong has repeatedly revealed that "our strength is actually enough to be helpless enough to not allow the law to allow (completely liberate the driver)", although it may not be completely true, but it can also be seen that Huawei's confidence in this high-end intelligent driving system. After all, as early as a year ago, the test car has been able to avoid 1,000 kilometers of difficult actions such as avoiding non-motorized vehicles and borrowing wrong cars without taking over, and it is a demonstration in the complex environment of Shanghai's urban area. The system went through a whole year of polishing.

The price of nearly 400,000 yuan seems to be not low, and it is more expensive than the ordinary version of Alpha S by more than 30%, but first of all, the HI version is the top high-performance version with full configurations, and secondly, the HI version of the urban high-end assistance is the only one on the market at present. This is the only option for consumers who value the level of advanced assisted driving, or who are eager to experience the latest mobility technology.

For its first HI landing model, Polar Fox is full of confidence and expectations, and even excitedly said that "it is going to be sold out of stock, there is no inventory." For Polar Fox, the "car" of smart cars has been almost done with the high specifications of the new platform with the deep cooperation with Magna. But these are obviously not enough, when the mechanical foundation has caught up with the advanced, polar fox found that it is still poor to "intelligent" experience this piece.

For the world, Huawei is the promoter of the birth of the brand; for Avita, Huawei is one of the three joint venture parties; for the Polar Fox, Huawei's role and role are very clear, that is, to use the most cutting-edge intelligent system as the sexy selling point in the new era, supporting the scientific and technological tone and brand height of the entire Polar Fox brand.

Once, the word BAIC always reminded people of online car-hailing and shared travel; now Jihu is using the high-level intelligence of "can enter the city" to kill Wei Xiaoli's waist and abdomen.