Land Rover new car?
No, this is self-touring NV.
It is a new energy vehicle brand established by Li Yinan, the founder of Niu Electric, after his release from prison, NIUTRON (Niu Innovative Energy). There are many wonderful stories about Li Yinan, and interested friends can read this article we wrote before (the end of entrepreneurship is car building: the last addition of a entrepreneurship to the genius teenager Li Yinan).
The Self-Touring NV is NIUTRON's first medium- and large-sized urban exploration SUV, offering pure electric and extended range two power versions, and its body size is similar to that of the ideal ONE and Lantu FREE.
(Left: Self-Touring NV Right: Range Rover)
The exterior design of the body is quite similar to the Land Rover Range Rover, and the design of the headlight shape is "a little similar" to the classic headlight shape of the Ford Bronco off-road vehicle.
(Left: From the tour home NV Right: Ford Bronco)
Whether the appearance is good to see ren zhizhi,
Its smart cockpit is worth noting.
Although this car has not yet been officially listed, from the information released by it, there are many details worth sharing with you.
The self-touring NV intelligent cockpit is equipped with the NIUTRON OS operating system, which focuses on the concept of "no perception" interaction.
The system is based on Android Automotive, officially known as NIUTRON OS, and adopts the Smart Stacks brick patchwork interaction mode. In addition to supporting the common wireless charging and wireless CarPlay functions, it also supports AR navigation, using the central large screen to display the real road scene.
In addition, the biggest highlight of this system is the support for NIUTRON OS and CarPlay screen integration display.
In the era of smart cars, the screen of the car machine is getting bigger and bigger, and its ease of use will affect the use of driving. Therefore, major manufacturers also have different understandings of the interaction mode of large screens, which can be divided into two categories.
One is represented by Tesla, following the trend of the times and adopting a full-touch operation. With strong research and development strength, we have created a set of our own car and machine systems. The car machine can be regarded as excellent in terms of functionality, touch response, interaction logic, etc.
The other type is represented by traditional car companies such as Toyota, Honda, etc., which are more conservative in the application of new technologies, still stick to the operation mode of physical buttons, and are inherently insufficient for touch screen and intelligent operation support, which can only be assisted by supporting mobile phone mapping methods such as CarPlay, and the bottom of the car machine experience.
Self-traveling NV provides a new idea, can be CarPlay and other interconnected platforms as a window that can be freely switched for display, both to control the entertainment function, but also to display vehicle information, so that different application functions of the same screen display.
In fact, this function is similar to the split screen function on the mobile phone.
(Screenshot of Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phone)
Back in 2012, Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phones supported multi-window functionality. Under the same page, two different apps are displayed, which is exactly the advantage of the large screen.
The same is true of the self-touring NV, which also uses the 15.6-inch large screen in the middle to display different information. The main page is divided into four sections, namely the status bar at the top, the map navigation (which can also be the CarPlay interface), the driving settings, and the dock bar at the bottom.
DisplayIng CarPlay at the top of the screen can implement functions such as navigation and music playback. Below you can view vehicle information, including driving patterns, driver assistance and more. The different application functions are displayed on the same screen to maximize the display of content information, while reducing the jump between different applications and making the operation faster.
So, what is the purpose of this?
First, it can reduce the development pressure of car companies.
An objective fact is that a set of intelligent and easy-to-use software systems requires a strong development team and R & D investment support, and it is difficult to improve in a short period of time, and it needs continuous iterative updates. For recruits like NIUTRON, the lack of experience is even more difficult.
So when carplay, Carlink, and HiCar are used, even if their systems are difficult to use, users will at least say, "Well, yes, CarPlay is supported." "It also gives the development team more time to develop."
Second, take into account the usage habits of more users.
Although each of us uses a different mobile phone model, the overall operation logic is the same. Sliding inward on the side is the return; sliding up at the bottom is exiting. When it comes to smart cars, the operating logic of each car machine system is different. For novices, interactive learning costs are relatively large.
Self-traveling NV supports the car-machine interconnection system launched by apple, OPPO and Huawei, three major mobile phone manufacturers. First of all, from the number of users, the user base is large and the market share is large. Secondly, the car-machine interconnection system launched by mobile phone manufacturers is similar to that of mobile phones in terms of interface, operation logic and mobile phones, and then through the manufacturer's "education", the cost of interactive learning is much lower than that of the original car system of car companies, and it is easier for mobile phone users to get started.
It can be seen that as a technical leader in the Internet industry, Li Yinan is still very keen and very smart about the functional points of the product. At this point, it also reflects his ultimate pursuit of details.
For example, I was surprised to find that on the screen of the self-touring NV, it is also equipped with 6 linear motors, which will make the operation experience of the screen closer to the real physical vibration feedback, and at the same time increase the safety of operation in the car.
The linear motor configuration has been fully popularized on high-end mobile phones, and it can provide a stronger and crisper vibration. In the text input scene, pressing the phone button is like tapping the real physical keyboard; in the game scene, in the scene of releasing skills, shooting, driving and other scenes can provide rich vibration feedback, providing a more immersive game feel experience.
Maybe you can play "Glory of the King" on the self-touring NV in the future, and it is not impossible.
It is foreseeable that in today's serious car screen, adding linear motors will be a new selling point, even if its experience can not be as good as mobile phones.
With the development of the new energy vehicle market more and more vigorous, the interaction mode of the car machine is also varied, since the Youjia NV car machine on the Smart Stacks block mosaic interaction mode has created a new interactive way, whether from the presentation method or convenience point of view, I think it is very good.
What do you think?