"Trillion GAC" writes a new chapter.
As we all know, the current competition in China's auto market has reached an unprecedented height, with price wars raging everywhere and industry involution intensifying. In the competitive environment full of gunpowder, car companies are increasing their horsepower and sprinting with all their might. And GAC Group is even more determined: by 2030 to build a "trillion GAC" goal.
Boosted by the blueprint of "becoming a world-class enterprise with excellent products, outstanding brands, leading innovation and modern governance", GAC Group has released the NEXT plan, and has made initial achievements in forward-looking scientific and technological fields such as next-generation battery cell technology, hydrogen energy, and flying cars.
According to the data, GAC Group has achieved steady development in 2023, with both production and sales exceeding 2.5 million units, setting a new record high. Among them, the sales of its own brands increased by nearly 40%, and GAC Aion sold more than 480,000 units, ranking among the top three in the pure electric market and becoming the world's fastest auto brand to achieve million sales.
Now, in the context of the wave of intelligent networking and electrification penetrating into the hinterland of the industry, GAC Group is also continuing to transform. During the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, the Group will bring five major vehicle brands to the exhibition, and its own brand "Gemini" will debut two new vehicles. At the same time, the "Zhixing 2027" action plan was released, hoping to achieve a leading position in product experience and travel scenarios on the basis of the existing intelligent advantages, through the upgrading of intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit and the creation of intelligent three-dimensional travel scenarios, and add intelligent support to the grand blueprint of "trillion GAC".
Independent "Gemini" to create a feast of intelligent electric technology
At present, the competition in China's auto market has changed to all-dimensional competition. Among them, Chinese brands have mastered the "new automobile" first, and with the help of the first-mover advantage of new energy vehicles, the brand has accelerated its global growth. At present, the production and sales of new energy vehicles in mainland China have ranked first in the world for nine consecutive years, and the export volume has also jumped to the first place in the world.
Under the new development opportunities, GAC Group's brands have launched blockbuster models to seize the market. Among them, GAC Aion, as the group's trump card in the field of intelligent electric vehicles, released the first global strategic model of the second-generation AION V at this auto show, and is committed to bringing advanced, trendy and fun intelligent new technology to global consumers.
According to reports, the second-generation AION V not only has the excellent quality of traditional classic cars, but also integrates 23 breakthrough technologies, and has 8 core values such as self-evolving AI cockpit and international wide temperature range of 750km long range. At the same time, in order to further accelerate the pace of GAC Aion's globalization, GAC Aion also announced the full use of the AION letter mark. The second-generation AION V has also become the first product to apply the AION letter mark, and will be launched globally in July this year.
Another ace player, GAC Trumpchi, brought the latest achievements in the high-quality transformation of new energy technology enterprises.
During the auto show, GAC Trumpchi and Huawei announced that they would deepen their cooperation, and the two sides will launch the "new" plan for Trumpchi and Huawei, focusing on in-depth cooperation and research and development in multiple fields such as intelligent chassis and intelligent human-computer interaction. Thanks to this, GAC Trumpchi has also become the first brand to be equipped with a new generation of Huawei's intelligent technologies such as Qiankun Intelligent Driving and Hongmeng Cockpit in all fields of sedans, SUVs and MPVs, and the first model will be launched and delivered in the first quarter of 2025.
Not only that, thanks to the 20 years of accumulated car manufacturing heritage, GAC Trumpchi also released the full-cycle, full-scene worry-free solution "EV+" at the auto show. Undertaking the "EV+" solution, the 2024 Trumpchi New Energy E9 was launched, with the addition of the Premium Edition and the State-Guest Customized Edition, and the Trumpchi E9 four-seater high-end haute couture version jointly created by the German high-end automobile custom brand also started pre-sale.
In addition, the Trumpchi M6 MAX was also officially unveiled, and the whole system is equipped with the HiCar intelligent interconnection system as standard, which realizes the seamless connection between the mobile phone and the car machine, providing users with a more convenient and intelligent driving experience.
It is worth noting that the Haobo brand also participated in the exhibition for the first time, and brands such as GAC Honda and GAC Toyota also made every effort to accelerate the implementation of intelligence, bringing pure electric vehicles equipped with leading intelligent technology, creating a scientific and technological feast in the era of smart electricity.
Focusing on intelligent driving and cockpit, the "Zhixing 2027" action plan was released
In the context of the accelerated transformation of the automotive industry to "new cars", "electrification is the first half of new energy vehicles, and intelligence is the second half of new energy vehicles" has become an industry consensus.
At present, in the first half of the competition, GAC Group has successfully seized the opportunity, and its GAC Aion has become the world's fastest automobile brand with sales exceeding one million, helping the group become the mainstay of the electrification wave. In the second half of intelligence, GAC Group will also make every effort to speed up while actively deploying. At this year's Beijing Auto Show, GAC Group announced the "Zhixing 2027" action plan.
According to the plan, the group plans to continue to consolidate the three technical foundations of "GAC AI Large Model Platform", "GAC Xingling Electronic and Electrical Architecture" and "GAC Connected Big Data Platform" in three years, promote the rapid optimization of intelligent driving and intelligent cockpit, and achieve a significant improvement in user product experience.
It is worth mentioning that as one of the earliest independent brands to apply the Internet of Vehicles technology, as early as 2013, GAC Group realized the mass production of the first domestic Internet of Vehicles system T-Box, in 2019 to create the first domestic L2+ model mass production and delivery, and in 2020 launched the world's first model supporting 5G-V2X, AION V, bringing consumers an advanced experience.
In 2024, when intelligent driving technology explodes, the two major routes of GAC Group's ADiGO PILOT intelligent driving system, "multi-sensor fusion" and "pure vision without pictures", have achieved industry-leading "true maplessness" that does not rely on high-precision maps, so that "navigation can be driven".
Among them, the L2++ level mapless city NDA function based on the "multi-sensor fusion" technology has been installed on the Haobo model, and it is planned to achieve nationwide coverage in 2024, and the pictureless pure visual intelligent driving system is planned to be installed in 2026 to further reduce the cost of high-end intelligent driving. In addition, as one of the first domestic L3 autonomous driving access application car companies, GAC L3 autonomous driving is continuing to be tested in Guangzhou, and will be able to achieve mass production next year. In 2026, L3+ autonomous driving, which has a wider range of use scenarios, will be mass-produced, and in 2027, GAC will launch user-oriented L4 autonomous driving, opening a new era of GAC's autonomous driving technology.
In addition to intelligent driving, GAC Group has also been deeply engaged in intelligent cockpit for many years. This year, GAC Group will mass-produce the "GAC Device-Cloud Integrated Large Model Agent", which will allow the cockpit to have dual brains on the vehicle and in the cloud, with a three-fold increase in response speed and a two-fold increase in interaction capabilities, bringing a more humanized and user-friendly intelligent interaction experience.
It is understood that compared with the traditional large model that cannot retrieve information in real time, the GAC large model is more intelligent, able to retrieve massive real-time information and process it, and any question can be answered immediately, with pictures and texts. In 2025, GAC Group's on-board space interaction system will break through the limitations of the screen and realize virtual reality hybrid interaction, in 2026, GAC Group will build a complete operation system covering life and entertainment, car-home interconnection and health services, and in 2027, it will realize the active emotional interaction of all scenarios and intelligence in the intelligent cockpit, reaching a leading position in product experience.
Not only that, GAC Group is also committed to building three-dimensional travel and laying out a low-altitude economy. It covers the full scene and three-dimensional mode from private travel to shared travel, individual travel to group travel, land travel to low-altitude travel.
Among them, Andi Technology, established by GAC and Didi, will launch the first commercial L4 autonomous driving model in 2025. The first intelligent small and medium-sized bus with L4 function, Robobus, incubated by GAC, will also be mass-produced by the end of this year.
In terms of building a low-altitude economy, the Group plans to launch a demonstration operation plan for flying cars by 2027 and create a model of intercity three-dimensional travel in 2-3 cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. By 2027, the Group will use the whole chain of three-dimensional smart travel to help build a "one-hour Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area living circle".
It can be seen that through the release of the "Zhixing 2027" action plan, GAC Group is committed to bringing consumers a smarter travel experience. The expansion of new quality productivity through scientific and technological innovation also provides intelligent support for the development blueprint of "trillion GAC", helping the group to achieve its long-term goals and laying a solid foundation.