On January 26, NIO launched the latest Banyan 2.4.0 intelligent system, which covers five functional areas: driving experience, entertainment, NOMI, active safety, and basic car experience, with more than 50 new functions and optimizations. In addition, as of today, the OTA version of NIO's intelligent system has been updated 108 times worldwide, and more than 1,600 functions have been added and optimized.
Notable features in this update:
4D Comfort Pilot
Function introduction: It opens up the intelligent chassis domain, intelligent cockpit domain and intelligent driving domain, and uses the industry's first crowdsourcing map application, combined with cloud road information data and user data, to realize the evolution of AI intelligent learning, and to actively adjust the suspension with a smarter and more comfortable feed-forward, reducing the discomfort caused by large potholes, road protrusions, bumpy potholes and bridge longitudinal slopes, bringing a comfortable experience in the 4D dimension of the vehicle. This suite of features has four technical highlights:
1. In-depth self-developed intelligent suspension control field: through the intelligent driving field of NIO's models, real-time monitoring of suspension information, wheel information and body information transmitted from the chassis; intelligent driving domain control uses the front camera and lidar to detect the road surface image features of the visible area of the road in front of the vehicle, and sends it to the cloud for fusion and reasoning together with the data based on road elevation to form a bump comfort layer, and uses the type and characteristics of distance and bump events in 4D The Comfort Pilot function controls the suspension in advance, and actively adjusts the damping control strategy to achieve optimal driving comfort.
2. Road type recognition algorithm to build a road event layer: use many dynamic sensors on the body, such as suspension height sensors, acceleration sensors, and wheel speed sensors, and thus derive signals such as pitch roll length, longitudinal speed, etc., in addition to external cameras and Lidar The algorithm side fuses these signals to accurately estimate and predict the bumps on the road surface, defines the feedback of the vehicle driving over the road surface as an event, and constructs the road event layer by identifying and fusing the event, and the accumulated layer will become the basis for the subsequent vehicle to adjust the suspension.
3. Multiple aggregation algorithms and evaluation algorithms for bump events: The data fusion of the 4D comfort navigation function collects and processes tens of millions of road bump event information every day, and each bump event information contains thousands of vehicle sensor information, processing more than tens of billions of data every day, and through real-time and offline big data analysis, the final bump event aggregation results are stored on NIO's private cloud and presented to terminal users; 4D Through the spatial clustering method, the target turbulence event inference category label is used, the event is aggregated according to the label and the activity index is evaluated for the event turbulence, and an iterative algorithm for data generation and dissipation is established to continuously improve the confidence of the turbulence event, and the data upload and processing are fully automatic without human intervention, which greatly reduces the data operation and maintenance cost.
4. Different road bump characteristics, intelligent suspension real-time solution of optimal control parameters: real-time delivery of the type of road bump in front of the vehicle, according to the type of road bump, according to the type of road bump, solve the optimal control parameters of vehicle acceleration, displacement, rate, to keep the front and rear axles of the vehicle dynamic consistent; distinguish the ordinary road surface and bumpy road surface separate control, give full play to the ability of semi-active shock absorber, can not only eliminate the energy of the flat road surface, but also timely control the suspension oscillation when the bump is large; according to the characteristics of the road bump, adjust the suspension height, suspension stiffness, The damping coefficient reserves the tensile/compression stroke of the suspension, and the lifting height reduces the impact at the end of the stroke, and dissolves the impact energy of the road surface.
GOA special-shaped obstacle warning and assistance
Added GOA special-shaped obstacle warning and assistance, which can identify 30 types of objects such as cones, water barriers, cardboard boxes, umbrella pedestrians, etc., and the maximum braking speed can support 90km/h. In addition, the AEB automatic emergency braking system breaks through the speed limit, and the maximum speed can be carried out from 4 to 150 km/h.
It is worth noting that a total of three NIO models have received a Euro'NCAP five-star safety rating, with the NIO ET5 receiving the highest score in 2023.
NOMI Remembering Function
It is the first cabin-wide user perception function based on face recognition, which makes the interaction more natural, end-to-side preservation, and privacy does not go out. Support custom nicknames, and family members in other seats in the car can be called and referred to, instead of being called by the co-pilot and the rear row. For example, it can be changed to "Mr. Wang", "Lele", etc. The new version now supports the storage of up to 18 unique passenger accounts in the car, which can remember music content and seat preferences.
Specific operation examples: recognize the process (get to know the co-pilot/get to know the rear passenger), understand my greetings (NOMI actively triggered), remember the media, remember the car control, etc.
No microphone karaoke
Thanks to the 23 top-of-the-line acoustic speakers as standard, all NIO Gen II models have a powerful 20-channel 1,000W power amplifier output. In addition, through the application of leading spatial acoustic technology, the 7.1.4 immersive sound system is created, and under the premise of standard Dolby'Atmos technology, high-fidelity and horseless karaoke is realized through algorithms, which is the first technical achievement of Nanjing University's intelligent audio laboratory on the vehicle side.
After the function is turned on, when users want to sing, they can directly perform no-song karaoke through QQ Music and all-in-one karaoke, and there is no need to connect to a handheld microgram, and the in-car singing experience can be used for both driving and stationing. It has the characteristics of full scene, pure algorithm, high fidelity, no delay, anti-howling and noise suppression.
EP MODE track mode
EP MODE mode allows special track performance tuning through dual-motor torque distribution, drivability, ESP, TCS, ABS, and brake pedal touch. In addition, under extreme conditions, the user has more freedom of control. For example, you have more room to play around corners at the extreme, while at the same time providing better driving pleasure and lap times.
In addition, in the mode, it has an exclusive instrument panel (real-time power, brake temperature, tire pressure temperature, brake pedal opening and closing and timing time, etc.) and center control status items (motor/battery/brake system temperature, vertical load, G value, tire pressure and temperature, etc.), and the center control screen settings page includes VDC Sport switch and forced cooling switch (ET5/ET5T), N-gear switch, dash cam switch, steering settings, mirror adjustment, steering wheel adjustment, timing selection, sound switch adjustment and ambient light switch.
Secondly, the entire cabin atmosphere lighting and EP sound are close to the feeling of EP9, and NOMI has an exclusive EP MODE track mode expression. Finally, key events such as maximum G-value, sharp turns, and sharp acceleration can be recorded or presented in video, and finally shared in the NIO App community.
Other updates
1. The function of changing the car without powering off is implemented in this version update, and the functions of the vehicle's air conditioning, audio, NOMI, and making and receiving calls can be used normally during the battery swap process; The queuing details of the battery swap station have also been optimized, so that users can more clearly obtain the total queuing and number of people going to the battery swap station around the current vehicle through the central control interface, further improving the efficiency of user station selection.
2. For daily travel scenarios such as passing through intersections and switching at traffic lights, AutoNavi Map has also ushered in a version upgrade to further improve travel efficiency. The higher-definition graphics and smarter scale adjustment help users prepare for lane changes earlier, and the Green Wave Speed Reminder can predict the traffic light switching time, combined with the calculation of the best speed time, to bring users a smooth traffic experience all the way to the green light.
3. For models equipped with HUD head-up display, a warm color mode has been added to optimize the visual effect and the snow information recognition is clearer, and the air conditioning system has added a man-to-person/avoidance mode to provide users with more choices.
Full text summary: Shortly after the beginning of 2024, NIO will send a system update gift package to its car owners. The Banyan 2.4.0 system has as many as 50 new functions and optimizations, which can comprehensively upgrade the model products in terms of driving control, entertainment, safety and intelligent interaction, and further show that NIO's value system is based on the interests of users. (Photo/text/photo: Pan Honghan, Pacific Motor)