The first model of the AVATR brand co-created by the three giants of Changan, Huawei, and CATL, is a new brand, with a background and a strong alliance.
Times have changed, and the days of going it alone are a thing of the past. Nowadays, it is no longer about joining forces and huddling together to keep warm, but more important is whether each participant can show their talents and create eye-catching products.
In the case of AVATR Technology, Changan Automobile holds a 40.99% stake in the company, while CATL is the second largest shareholder with a 14.1% stake. Huawei does not hold shares, but only carries out technical cooperation. Even though AVATR is a brand new brand, it has the support of the Big Three. AVATR 11 is its first emotionally intelligent electric coupe SUV, with a total of 27,589 units delivered as of 2023.
AVATR 11 attracted a lot of attention with its "smart price ratio" when it was unveiled, and put forward the concept of standard configuration that is full matching. Huawei Technologies has taken a stake, which makes me curious if it has hidden features to look forward to. I'm curious to see if this car's intelligent driving system will surprise me.
The AVATRANS intelligent navigation system is developed based on Huawei's ADS intelligent driving solution, which fully supports NCA intelligent driving navigation assistance functions at the hardware level. Thankfully, this technology has also been opened up in Beijing. THE OFFICIAL SAID THAT THE COMBINATION OF AVATRUST SUPERSENSING SYSTEM AND AVATRUTH SUPERCOMPUTING SYSTEM IS A MASTERPIECE OF STRONG COOPERATION.
AVATRUST THROUGH 34 intelligent driving sensors, especially 3 semi-solid-state lidars, you will find that it does not appear abruptly on the roof like a normal car, but appears on the front and sides of the car. This design builds a four-layer perception protection system, which realizes 360° all-round perception of the surrounding environment through the training of AI algorithms, and can accurately identify complex road conditions.
AVATRUTH INCLUDES A HIGH-PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENT DRIVING COMPUTING PLATFORM, A FUSION PERCEPTION ALGORITHM, AND A VRU INTERACTION AND GAME ALGORITHM. Through the combination of powerful software and hardware, as well as the capabilities of the vehicle and the cloud, AVATRUTH can make the vehicle more agile, and have an extraordinary level of decision-making and decisive handling ability, which is closer to the accurate judgment and agile response of a real driver. After experiencing it firsthand, I was very impressed with the results they have achieved in learning big data, and sometimes they show the feeling of being overconfident old drivers, especially the thrill of speeding on the accelerator in corners.
In scenarios such as highways and urban expressways, the vehicle can autonomously get on and off the ramp according to the route set by the navigation, and choose the optimal lane and path, which is the evaluation of flexibility and decisiveness. Realize the whole process of navigation and assisted driving from starting point A to end point B, and the ability to follow the vehicle in front autonomously, overtake and change lanes autonomously is also not a problem.
In terms of intelligent avoidance, the vehicle can completely autonomously respond to the encroachment of other vehicles on the driving line, slow down, change lanes, and accelerate overtaking in one go. Common obstacles such as roadblocks and cones can also be detected. The vehicle's agility, slowdown, stopping, or detouring are very friendly to novice drivers if they were fully opened sooner. The urban NCA intelligent driving navigation assistance can only be experienced on the ring road in Beijing, and the entry and exit ramps are very smooth, and when you want to leave the ring road, you will be notified to take over and exit the assist.
AVATR 11's APA smart parking feature is one of my favorite features. Unlike other models, it doesn't need to stop and press the button and then slowly look for a parking space, which is not only difficult to grab a parking space, but even difficult to find a parking space, so it has become a very weak feature. When the intelligent parking function of AVATR 11 enters the parking range at low speed, the third-generation fully converged sensing parking solution developed based on Huawei ADS has been activated. It has accurate 360° perception capabilities, powerful computing power, and various scene matching capabilities, and can accurately identify various objects such as static obstacles, dynamic pedestrians, and dynamic vehicles.
APA supports vertical, horizontal, diagonal and space parking spaces, and adapts to complex parking spaces, such as guillotine roads and narrow parking spaces. When I found out that the whole parking process was automatically recognized, with just one click, the vehicle could smoothly enter the parking space I wanted, and I only needed to sit quietly in the car and enjoy its performance. With a fast-spinning steering wheel, gentle acceleration and braking feel, the whole process is easy and smooth. The AI reinforcement learning parking regulation algorithm is more flexible for handling special parking spaces, and the parking success rate is higher, which completely solves the pain points encountered in traditional parking, such as "not parking, not placing properly, taking a long time, and easy to scratch", and can bring a relaxed and pleasant intelligent parking experience through a simple touch.
The intelligent driving technology brought by Huawei is indeed very good, and let's take a look at the high-value design brought by Changan as a major shareholder. The design of the vehicle is inspired by aircraft, with a saucer-wing front fascia, a floating body and a fluid rear porthole, showing an avant-garde technological aesthetic. Through the minimalist design, a large number of sensors are hidden in the interior of the body, creating a simple and atmospheric appearance, and the light and shadow effects on the surface of the body are full of elegance. The four-wheel design provides more interior space, while the low center of gravity creates a low-lying visual effect for greater driving stability. The standard 21-inch wheels are also available as an option with 22-inch wheels and are equipped with Continental PremiumContact 6 tyres, which are characterized by low rolling resistance and excellent comfort.
The wrap-around induction cockpit in the car follows the keystone principle, focusing on the primary and secondary visual levels of interaction and design. The car is equipped with three screens, of which the "Vortex" in the center of the center console has a very original design that interprets different theme modes according to the lighting effects. Huawei's HarmonyOS intelligent cockpit in-vehicle operating system is used to achieve smooth conversion between the three screens through a multi-screen design.
First of all, AVATR 11 currently has two capacity battery packs of 90kWh and 116kWh, and uses CATL CTP2.0 high-efficiency grouped nickel ternary lithium batteries, of which the energy density of the 116kWh battery pack is as high as 190Wh/kg. The most lethal thing is that the first high-voltage ternary system 2.2C fast charging battery in China was the first to be installed in AVATR 11, with a charging voltage range of 400V~750V.
Test drives are always so short, AVATR 11 on the new energy track, thanks to Changan Automobile, Huawei, CATL, with the three characteristics of "new architecture, strong computing, high-voltage charging", you can see the concerted efforts of the three giants behind AVATAR, the communication between the three giants is very smooth and real, AVATR 11 has made a lot of fierce moves, I believe that the future models will not disappoint everyone, it is worth looking forward to.