Now, after the arrival of the new energy era, the technical competition between automobile manufacturers, especially the new forces that build cars, is more important. Because most of the new power companies are light assets, there are relatively few factories, land and buildings. The most valuable, or can support the value of the stock, only patented technology.
Among them, new car companies such as Tesla, Weilai Automobile and Li have many unique technologies. Even Jia Yueting's Faraday (Faraday? Future) also has a lot of technology, otherwise there won't be so much capital invested in it.
Recently, there was a very attractive news that Tesla CEO elon musk made some remarks on Twitter. Xpeng Motors used an old version of Tesla software and stole the code from Apple.
The word "stealing technology" is really eye-catching, so for a time, Xpeng Motors was pushed to the forefront.
Coincidentally, at the 2020 Guangzhou Auto Show, He, Chairman and CEO of Xpeng Automobile, announced that the software and hardware system of the next generation of self-driving of Xpeng Automobile will be greatly upgraded. It also brings many improvements, including control domain integration, power level calculation, high-precision positioning, sensing fusion ability and so on.
At the same time, in 20021year, Xpeng Motors will be the first in the world to launch the first mass-produced smart car equipped with laser radar. At present, lidar can effectively improve the high-precision recognition performance of vehicles, cover more and more detailed usage scenarios, and effectively support the realization of low-speed NGP function in future cities.
Just after Xpeng Motors finished the press conference, elon musk bombarded Xpeng Motors to steal technology, which really embarrassed Xpeng Motors. However, Xpeng Automobile Company is not idle. Chairman He Xiaopeng stood up for the first time and said, "From next year, you should be prepared to be defeated by us in China." It is also abruptly given back.
Did Xpeng Motors steal technology or not?
In fact, Xpeng Motors and Tesla have been arguing over technical issues for a long time. The main reason is that Xpeng Motors hired some employees from Tesla in the initial stage of the company. These employees may have brought some technology from Tesla. This incident made elon musk very unhappy.
Now, elon musk has launched another Twitter attack. If there is evidence, why doesn't Tesla directly sue? Wouldn't it be better to solve it by legal means? Tesla didn't do this, so it's estimated that elon musk couldn't find any evidence himself, just complaining on Twitter.
Can Xpeng Motors surpass Tesla in autonomous driving?
He Xiaopeng said: "If you drive automatically in China, you must be prepared to be beaten by us." I believe this sentence, because Tucki has an advantage over Tesla in autonomous driving in China. For example, in terms of maps, Xpeng Motors, as a local enterprise, can better cooperate with companies like Baidu and Gaode, and voice control and Iflytek, which Tesla can't match.
Secondly, in order to truly realize self-driving cars, actual road tests are needed in the early stage. At present, only a few manufacturers have opened in China, allowing driverless cars to actually drive test. Among them, SAIC and Weilai Automobile are the first batch of intelligent networked vehicles with open road test number plates, which means that their intelligent networked vehicles are qualified for road test. At least Tesla's autonomous driving on the roads in China is backward.
So I believe what He Xiaopeng said is that China's autonomous driving, Tesla is not as good as Tucki.
Elon Musk has really felt the pressure of the new forces to build cars!
In fact, I believe that elon musk has already felt the pressure from elon musk to bombard Tucki for stealing technology. With the rapid development of new energy vehicles, Tesla has established some advantages because of its early start. With the passage of time, domestic new car-making enterprises have developed rapidly. Weilai, Ideality and Tucki each have their own unique advantages, and they are forming a trend of encirclement and suppression of Tesla. As time goes by, the cost will be reduced, and the new domestic car-making company will definitely have more advantages in cost control. By that time, it is unknown how long Tesla can sell well. Therefore, Elon Musk is really anxious.
However, Elon Musk's attack on Tucki for stealing technology is a big warning to independent brands. That is to apply for a patent quickly. Whether it is the domestic market or the estimated market in the future. There will definitely be a patent war between the new power company with its own brand and Tesla. Just like the patent war between Apple and Samsung!
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.