Due to various reasons, the Beijing Auto Show originally scheduled to be held in April this year was postponed to September.
As a biennial car feast, the Beijing Auto Show is far more valuable than just seeing new cars and concept cars. The most important thing is to see the new technologies released by various car companies. After all, the world is no longer dominated by traditional fuel vehicles. The automobile industry has entered an era of integration of automobiles and Internet technology.
Under this year’s special circumstances, the world’s top auto shows have been canceled one after another. The postponed Beijing Auto Show has undoubtedly been given more missions and responsibilities. Especially in the first half of the year due to the impact of the epidemic, global car companies seemed to have pressed the pause button. The half-year silence has finally reached the peak season of Golden Nine. The Beijing Auto Show is of great significance in boosting the morale of the global auto industry and helping the domestic auto industry market recovery.
The theme of this Beijing Auto Show is "Inspiring the Future." In response, car companies have gone to the Beijing Auto Show with their blockbuster new cars and the latest developed technologies, not hoping to win the first prize in one fell swoop, but just to stand out.
Xpeng: Building cars must go to the sky
At this Beijing Auto Show, Xiaopeng Motors CEO He Xiaopeng said that he and Xiaopeng Motors invested in the establishment of an aerial taxi company Xpeng? Heitech, and demonstrated an air taxi prototype under development - the Voyager T1.
The Traveler T1 air taxi has 8 propellers, can accommodate up to two passengers, is designed to fly at a height between 5 meters and 25 meters, and supports vertical takeoff and landing. The project is still in the concept stage and is only in the trial stage. It is too early to say mass production.
In addition to releasing future flying cars, Xpeng Motors also released service policies on free overcharging and battery rental models.
In terms of charging services, Xpeng Motors can provide 3,000 kWh per car per year to first-time non-operating Xpeng car owners during the service period when charging at designated charging piles (stations) during use. Free charging service for electricity. From now on, the plan covers 24 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu.
In terms of battery leasing, Xpeng Motors users can first pay the price of the body part when purchasing a car, and pay a monthly battery rental of 980 yuan for up to seven years to obtain the vehicle. and ownership of the battery.
NIO: NOP leads the way
NIO is not to be outdone, with all models on the stage, the brand officially released NIO? OS? 2.7.0, and at the same time brought industry-leading Navigate on Pilot (NOP) pilot assistance function.
The NOP pilot assistance function realizes automatic assisted driving in accordance with the navigation route under the designated path. It is the first domestic high-precision map to be used in mass production of the assisted driving function, giving full play to the comprehensive automatic driving hardware system. capabilities, further expanding the capabilities of NIO Pilot.
NOP navigation auxiliary functions will be pushed to users in batches through FOTA (remote firmware upgrade) in October with the NIO OS 2.7.0 upgrade. In addition to NIO, this upgrade will also simultaneously launch nearly 20 new and optimized functions such as camera-based driver fatigue warning, remote opening of seat ventilation, and 5.1 immersive surround sound, bringing users a more relaxed and enjoyable car experience. experience.
Weima, Hongqi, Nezha: The L4 level is springing up like bamboo shoots
Before the Beijing Auto Show, WM Motor revealed that its new models will be equipped with Qualcomm Xiaolong third-party The first-generation smart cockpit chip can achieve L4 level autonomous driving on designated paths.
I thought that WM Motor was "unique" in the domestic autonomous driving field, but how could I know that at this Beijing Auto Show, models equipped with L4 intelligent assistance functions were unveiled one after another.
As the “big brother” in China, Hongqi also unveiled its new model Hongqi E-HS3 equipped with L4 driving assistance functions. This new car was jointly developed by Hongqi and Baidu and is also the latest product of the Apollo autonomous driving platform. .
BEIJING cars of the same era cannot be left behind. The brand has brought the latest model BEIJING RADIANCE flagship concept car. The model is equipped with L4 intelligent driving assistance functions and the pure electric cruising range can reach the level of 800km.
The "big brothers" have all taken action. Isn't there any new car-making force that can defeat them? Of course not. In addition to releasing the new small SUV Nezha V at this auto show, Nezha Automobile also brought its new concept pure electric four-door coupe model Eureka? 03. The new car is not only equipped with L4 level intelligent automatic driving assistance system , it also has an ultra-long cruising range of 800km, and the acceleration time from 100 kilometers to 100 kilometers is less than 4 seconds.
Although various car companies have released models equipped with L4 level automatic driving assistance systems, all of them are concept models. It seems that it will take some time before mass production and consumer use.
Bosch, Hyundai, Toyota: "Cliché" Hydrogen Energy
At this Beijing Auto Show, Bosch displayed fuel cell stacks, as well as electronic air compressors and hydrogen injectors , hydrogen circulation pump and other key components, among which the electric stack is displayed on the Chinese stage for the first time.
The topic of hydrogen energy is also a commonplace. Because of its short refueling time, high cruising range, zero emissions and a series of advantages, it has become the mainstream solution for new energy technology for commercial vehicles in the world.
In addition to Bosch bringing fuel cell stacks, many car companies also bring hydrogen fuel cell models. For example, Hyundai, a veteran car company in the field of hydrogen energy, unveiled its hydrogen fuel cell model NEXO this time. Since its launch in 2018, this car has achieved good results in the global automobile market, and its sales volume also ranks first in the hydrogen energy market. Top.
Toyota has brought the second-generation Mirai concept car this time, which is also a replacement model of the Toyota hydrogen-fueled car Mirai. The new car was first released at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, and this time the Beijing Auto Show is also the model. China's debut.
In terms of independent brands, GAC Trumpchi also launched a hydrogen energy vehicle-Aion LX Fuel Cell. This vehicle is a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle developed based on the GAC GEP2.0 platform and is equipped with independently integrated The hydrogen fuel cell system developed has a cruising range of 650km, and the model has not yet been mass-produced.
Gaohe HiPhi? . Double-door doors like Rolls-Royce and gull-wing doors of Tesla Model?
In addition, Gaohe HiPhi? , can project text, expressions, images, and even movies.
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Of course, at this Beijing Auto Show, black technologies such as graphene fast charging technology, drone support technology, and real-scene navigation AR-HUD were all presented. Display will not be described in detail here.
Although the new technologies displayed at this Beijing Auto Show are not as amazing or as whimsical as in the past, they can at least become household names and can even be put into mass production. Technologies such as fingerprint unlocking, face recognition, and autonomous driving in the past have now been gradually applied. I believe this will be a good sign. "Black technology" can be applied to mass-produced cars one by one, and can be truly used by consumers and serve consumers. This is the meaning of the existence of technology.
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.