The 2024 Beijing International Auto Show will be held from April 25 to May 4, 2024 at the Shunyi Pavilion and Chaoyang Pavilion of the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing. Volkswagen Kanche and its senior automobile editorial team have arrived in Beijing one after another, bringing you the most forward-looking new car trends and industry trends! We learned from the official Aion brand that on April 22, the Aion brand officially released the information of its new models. The new car is positioned as a pure electric SUV and will be the second generation of Aion's model, with a new design language. The front logo of the new car has been replaced with a new "AION" lettering logo.
Earlier, we learned in the announcement of the GAC Aion bidding project that the internal code name of the new model is "AY5"! Volkswagen Kanche Visiting Team, so far in Beijing has not captured any relevant real car photos and other information about the "AY5". We predict that this new second-generation model should be quite high, so the secrecy is quite high!
According to official information, the new Aion "AY5" car will adopt the "human-machine symbiosis" car design concept, equipped with dragon claw-style headlights and urban adventure-style wheels. At present, we have learned that the most bright information is that in addition to the styling design, the Aion "AY5" will be improved in terms of high-end intelligent driving assistance, the hardware will provide LiDAR and Orin-X chips, the technology uses multi-camera BEV OneModel, multi-sensor and multi-task Transformer, supports urban NDA and high-speed NDA functions, and also has a self-learning navigation function.
The Aion "AY5" is based on the latest pure electric platform, and will also be upgraded in terms of intelligent cockpit.
According to the latest retail sales statistics released by the China Passenger Car Association, GAC Aion's cumulative sales in 2023 will be 483632 units, a year-on-year increase of 76.7%. On April 11 this year, Feng Xingya, general manager of GAC Group, revealed at the 2023 annual performance briefing that the company's new energy vehicle brand GAC Aion has completed financing of more than 20 billion yuan!
Kanche Says:
From the perspective of the industry, the market share of independent brands will be further increased in 2024, and it is expected to stand at more than 50% and become the dominant force in the market! With the arrival of the second-generation model "AY5", it is predicted that the Aion brand will continue to maintain a growth trend, and it will also greatly enhance the industry influence of the Aion brand in intelligent driving!