On April 12 this year, GAC R&D Institute took the lead in launching a pictureless pure visual intelligent driving system that puts "safety" first and can be applied to complex and changeable scenarios at the 2024 GAC Science and Technology Day.
Not only that, the effective thermal efficiency of the engine has exceeded 46%, the first integrated dual-motor multi-gear series-parallel hybrid special transmission, the continuous promotion of the world's first ammonia fuel engine for passenger cars, the world's first mass-produced application vehicle-cloud integrated centralized computing electronic and electrical architecture, with the ability to develop and apply intelligent driving from L2 to L4, and the flying car has completed more than 300 flight tests......
In the past year, GAC Group's nationally recognized enterprise technology center was once again rated as "excellent", GAC Powertrain's independent R&D team was awarded the title of "National Excellent Engineer Team" by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, GAC's design team was awarded the "National Worker Pioneer" by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and the Party Committee of GAC Research Institute won the first prize of the "Pioneer Cup" Work Innovation Competition of Guangdong Provincial Municipal Organs......
In the context of intensified competition in the automotive industry, GAC Group's production and sales in 2023 will exceed 2.5 million units, a year-on-year increase of 1.97% and 2.92%, among which, the sales of new energy vehicles will continue to grow significantly, with annual sales of nearly 550,000 units, a year-on-year increase of more than 77%, the cumulative production and sales of independent brands will reach a record high of 890,000 units, and the sales of new energy vehicles among independent brands will account for about 58%.
In 2023, GAC Research Institute will successively complete the development of a number of new, facelifted and derivative models of the Trumpchi, Aion and Haobo brands. In 2024, GAC's own brand plans to launch new and facelifted models such as GAC Trumpchi's new A-class SUV, A-class plug-in hybrid SUV, seven-seat MPV, GAC Aion's five-seat pure electric SUV, A-class pure electric sedan, and Haobo's new large six-seater pure electric SUV, striving to achieve sales of more than 1 million units of its own brand.
In 2023, GAC's own brand will achieve overseas sales of 55,000 units, complete the development of 2 global models, introduce 3 regional models, cover 42 countries and regions with international products, and the global R&D network covers Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen, Los Angeles in the United States, and Milan in Italy. In 2024, GAC will make every effort to build global best-selling models, achieve new breakthroughs in key markets overseas, and strive to become a global brand.
In 2023, three mid-to-high-end pure electric vehicle models, Haobo SSR, Haobo GT and Haobo HT and three plug-in hybrid models of Trumpchi New Energy E8, E9 and ES9, will be newly launched, which fully proves the leading position and market insight of GAC Research Institute in new energy vehicle technology. Among them, the self-developed Julang hybrid GMC 2.0 brings multiple advantages such as strong power, quiet and reliable, and ultra-low energy consumption, and has become a solid backing for GAC Trumpchi's electrification transformation.
In the field of intelligent networking, the ADiGO POLIT INTELLIGENT DRIVING SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH MULTI-SENSOR FUSION TECHNOLOGY, which can realize "navigation can be driven when there is navigation" in high-speed and urban NDA, and the Garcia intelligent driving system equipped with pure vision technology without pictures can realize complex and changeable full-scene intelligent driving.
In the field of forward-looking technology, GAC has made a forward-looking layout of independent research and development of flying cars, and the first flying car GOVE achieved its first flight in the world in June 2023, and achieved flight verification over Guangzhou CBD in March this year. At the same time, GAC R&D Institute is developing a composite wing configuration flying car with a longer range and more passengers, which will meet the intercity travel needs of 150km in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
China's automobile industry is experiencing "great changes unseen in a century" with the "new four modernizations" as the core, and the historical opportunity for automobiles to go overseas is unprecedented. In the past year, GAC Research Institute has been striving to be the first and at the forefront. （ZW）