Publicity! The first batch of 6 companies/product solutions were shortlisted to compete for the annual intelligent driving/chassis award

Entering 2024, the automotive industry is about to usher in a new technological revolution. This new revolution is not only about the intelligent driving model, end-to-end software algorithms and system innovation, but also the integration and further integration and optimization of the intelligent driving system and chassis control to improve the driving experience. For example, the magic carpet suspension is a typical fusion case, which is based on the integration of intelligent driving perception and air suspension system to achieve functional upgrades.

At the same time, the intelligent driving system is also shifting from functional competition to experience competition cycle. According to the monitoring data of the Gaogong Intelligent Vehicle Research Institute, from January to June 2024, 580,700 new cars equipped with NOA were delivered as standard in the Chinese market (excluding import and export), a year-on-year increase of 177.05%, and the pre-installation rate was 6%.

Whether it is Huawei's Turing chassis, Geely's AI digital chassis, or Zhiji's Lingxi digital chassis, they all emphasize new competitiveness such as multi-modal fusion perception and intelligent body collaborative control, further improving driving safety, and greatly enhancing comfort and stability.

Another set of data shows that from January to December 2023, 7,957,700 new cars were delivered to passenger cars (excluding imports and exports) in the Chinese market, a year-on-year increase of 60.31%, and the installation rate rose to 37.68%; Among them, the assembly rate of new energy vehicles is more than 80%.

At the same time, from the supply chain level, higher requirements are also put forward for relevant participants. On the one hand, intelligent driving solution providers need to further strengthen the integration ability of chassis control and the optimization of motion control algorithms. On the other hand, for chassis-by-wire suppliers, whether it is steering, braking or suspension systems, there is also a need for further integration of body perception and dynamic control capabilities.

In late September 2024, the 17th Gaogong Intelligent Vehicle Developer Conference and Intelligent Driving and Chassis Integration and Upgrading Forum will focus on the upgrade of intelligent driving experience and the comprehensive wire-controlled chassis "tuyere", and the annual intelligent driving/chassis benchmarking product solutions and supplier awards will also be awarded at the same time.

The following is the first batch of shortlisted candidates:

Qiangu Technology

EHBI electro-hydraulic braking system

EHBI is a hydraulically decoupled intelligent braking system that uses an electric motor and solenoid valve to achieve brake-by-wire. As a hydraulically decoupled Onebox product, EHBI integrates ESC and EHB functions to achieve a high degree of integration, which can provide good pedal feel and emergency braking capability.

This system is designed for the intelligence and electrification of vehicles. At the same time, it is also the first Onebox product in China to integrate full-featured VMC, and integrates many intelligent functions to meet the needs of intelligent driving (L2+/L3/L4/L5, with SBM module).

Up to now, Qiangu Technology has obtained more than 40 mass-produced models from 8 major customers, covering passenger cars and commercial models of mainstream domestic brands. At the same time, the team has more than 4 million sets of intelligent chassis brake product industrialization experience, and has the milestone achievement of ranking first in domestic independent ESC shipments.

Honeycomb intelligent steering

For L3+ autonomous driving electric power steering system

In order to meet the needs of autonomous driving L3+ level and above, Honeycomb Intelligent Steering has developed DP-EPS with redundancy technology (sensor, motor, ECU redundancy), which can support the whole vehicle to realize autonomous valet parking and highly autonomous driving functions. When a single point of random failure occurs, it can still provide 75% assistance, and the vehicle function will not be degraded.

Considering hardware redundancy and software fault tolerance, the system adopts a highly integrated 32-bit dual-core chip with lockstep technology, a dual-winding motor, a dual-bridge drive, a dual-channel CAN-FD, a torque sensor redundancy, and a motor rotor position sensor redundancy, which can realize the failure of a single hardware at the drive level, meet at least 50% of the power output, and achieve ASIL D level for functional safety SOLA, fully covering the medium and large passenger car and pickup truck markets.

In addition, based on the cloud upgrade technology, the firmware/software upgrade is carried out for each system device to realize the wireless bug repair of the vehicle ECU, solve the after-sales batch problem without entering the station, and the wireless software flashing can improve the customer experience and optimize the product performance;

At the same time, the characteristics of modular design, based on the Autosar software architecture design, can realize modular transplantation and multi-platform sharing; It integrates 10FIT highly integrated redundant MCU to realize the standardized design and development of software modules for ADAS advanced driving assistance functions such as L2-urban NOH.

Continental

Multi-chamber air springs and integrated closed air supply unit system

The complete air suspension system consists of a gas spring strut assembly with integrated shock absorbers on the front axle, independent air springs on the rear axle, and an integrated air supply unit (which integrates the traditional solenoid valve block, air compressor and control unit) with closed control logic.

The system supports OEM and third-party black box software integration, and provides faster/more symmetrical body height adjustment (up and down) speed = 4~10mm/s; and shorter full-life compressor run time (~70%), less heat generation, lower energy consumption, and longer service life.

Currently, Continental has more than 27 years of CAD/CAE experience in the single-/double-/three-chamber gas spring portfolio, with a global CAD team of more than 100 people and a global CAE team of more than 30 people. At the same time, it has an international development platform and a localized R&D team, production and supply chain.

BWI Group

Fourth-generation MagneRide® magnetorheological suspension

MagneRide® magnetorheological shock absorber technology was developed by BWI Group in 2002 and put into production in 2003. At present, BWI Group is accelerating the pace of local mass production, including magnetorheological suspension, to reduce the production cost of products. This includes the construction of China's first magnetorheological suspension production line, which will be mass-produced locally at the Group's Zhangjiakou production base in the first half of 2025.

The fourth-generation system scheme can achieve fast response and 1000 times per second control; Moreover, every beating of each wheel can be controlled; Valve-free parts, higher reliability and wider dynamic range; At the same time, the excellent damping range can produce large damping at low speed of the piston;

At present, BWI Group is also the only company in the world with the R&D and mass production capabilities of magnetorheological shock absorbers, which were first installed in supercar models such as Ferrari and Lamborghini. At the same time, the fourth-generation magnetorheological technology has also been applied to some high-end models.

Aclage Automobile

Double solenoid valve electronically controlled shock absorber

Compared with the traditional product solution, the double solenoid valve electronically controlled shock absorber can separately control and adjust the compression damping force and recovery damping force of the shock absorber while adjusting the damping force, which can meet all the needs of ordinary shock absorbers and single-valve shock absorbers, and can also solve the damping requirements of vehicles under special circumstances, and improve the comfort, handling and safety of vehicles.

The predecessor of Anzhi Technology is the suspension project team of Zhejiang Yaoning Technology Group, and the intelligent manufacturing factory will be settled in Nanxun, Huzhou in January 2024, and Anzhi Technology will be established in February 2024. There are nearly 100 technicians in the R&D center in Shanghai, all of whom are from international manufacturers or major mainstream vehicle companies, with a master's and doctoral rate of more than 50%.

The person in charge of the company has more than 20 years of working experience in the industry and has successfully industrialized a number of R&D projects. It only took more than 1 year to complete the project incubation, the factory settlement and the establishment of the company, and now a number of products have been pre-research and mass production projects.

Likr Technology

集成式智能制动系统IHB-LK®️（One-box)

Likr IHB-LK® decouples by controlling the solenoid valve to simulate the pedal sense, which can use 100% of the motor for braking energy recovery, and also solves the problem of the design defects of the idle stroke of the main cylinder in the existing mechanical decoupling scheme on the market through innovative system design, so as to ensure that the driver can brake immediately under any circumstances and ensure driving safety.

At the same time, the weight of Likr's integrated intelligent braking system is 5.1kg (the total weight of the traditional vacuum booster + brake master cylinder + body stability control system ESC + connecting pipeline is about 15kg), and the volume is reduced by more than 50%; The platform can cover traditional fuel, hybrid and pure electric vehicles below 3t.

By associating with different components, IHB-LK® pioneered the One-box brake redundancy solution. While meeting the need for high-level autonomous driving braking redundancy, it can also help OEMs smoothly transition from wet braking to fully dry braking.