Text/Ruan Jincheng
What is Polaris?
From 1990s to 20th15th, only friends who like racing cars knew the predecessor of Polaris. It took part in STCC Sweden Touring Car Championship and WTCC World Touring Car Championship with a modified Volvo car.
Go to WTCC? Seven team champions and six driver champions.
20 13-20 15 Volvo launched S60? Polestar and V60? Polestar production model, we think it is the best Volvo after the test drive.
In 20 15, Volvo wholly acquired Polestar, and Polestar became the "Volvo High Performance Department" like Mercedes-Benz AMG.
Then everyone became familiar with it. In 20 17, Polestar turned a profit and became an independent luxury high-performance electric vehicle brand, and then released Polestar? 1 high-performance coupe, this car is undoubtedly Polestar's declaration of independence.
Entering 20 19, this luxury electric car brand has accelerated its pace: Polestar? With the release of two models, Polestar also has its own Chinese name-Polaris.
Polestar？ 2 is the second model of Polaris.
But even here, people can't help but ask: because of the history of Polaris and Volvo, and the technical engineering and economic effects of Volvo cars will still be supported in the future. So where is the future direction of Polaris? What is the difference between its brand and Volvo?
With the release of Polar Star's brand-new Precept concept car, all this has become clear and firm.
The importance of accept to Polaris brand can be seen from the name: "accept" means "declaration and belief", which points out the future direction for Polaris.
Manifesto 1: Ultimate aesthetic design, creating a brand-new design language.
When I first saw the picture of the Precept concept car, I couldn't help but marvel-it was so beautiful. This is a typical pure electric four-door GT sedan, which has the unique low body and smooth outline of GT sedan. And a long wheelbase of 3. 1 m, in order to accommodate a larger battery pack in front of the front and rear axles.
Precept takes minimalist aesthetic design to the extreme. The front face cancels the air intake grille design necessary for traditional fuel vehicles, and adopts Polaris SmartZone design:
SmartZone is a beautiful transparent intelligent panel, which integrates two radar sensors and a high-definition camera, and is ready for the upgrade of active safety technology and automatic driving assistance technology. The headlights of the iconic "Thor's Hammer" have evolved again, adopting the design of separating up and down.
Elegant and minimalist design is perfectly combined with aerodynamics: a deflector is designed on the nacelle cover above the SmartZone to accelerate the air flow on the nacelle cover. From Polaris? 1' s penetrating taillight design has been sublimated on Precept-the left and right headlights are like unfolded wings, and aerodynamics and lightweight design are used again to show the ultimate beauty.
The amulet is more like the declaration of independence. From Polaris 1 to the amulet of Polaris today, we have seen the racing gene that Polaris is born with. For polar star, the direction of high performance is firm, but Precept combines minimalist aesthetics, aerodynamics and high technology, pushing the design of polar star to a more extreme place. The simple appearance contains a sense of movement and high technology, forming a unique design language of Polar Star. It can be seen from the separation of "Raytheon Hammer" headlights into "Raytheon Wings" that Polaris is gradually getting rid of Volvo and becoming a unique Polaris.
Declaration 2: Environmental protection is not just pure electric drive.
This is Polaris's declaration on environmental protection: environmental protection is not only driven by pure electricity, but also a concept of sustainable development throughout the whole life cycle of product production and use.
Before this, no automobile brand has made such a bold "declaration" on environmental protection.
The demand for environmental protection has promoted the transformation of the automobile industry. One of the most important core highlights of Precept is the innovative environmental protection interior materials, which aims to reduce the use of plastics.
For this reason, natural flax fiber composites made of BCOMP's patented technology are used in interior trim panels and seat backboards. Brand-new environmentally friendly materials can not only reduce the use of plastics by 80% compared with traditional materials, but also reduce the weight by as much as 50%. Even more amazing, it is lighter and stronger.
The world's first 3D knitted seat: adopting seamless knitting forming technology, it can be formed into seat fabric by 3D three-dimensional cutting, with no seam in the middle. 3D flying technology is also the technology of fashion circle and high-end footwear industry. The chair manufactured by this technology is customized according to the size in the production process, and there is no waste of scraps.
More importantly, these interior materials are recyclable: the fiber of Polaris 3D flying line car seat comes from 100% recyclable PET plastic bottle, the cork material of wine bottle stopper can be integrated into PVC interior, and the discarded fishing net can be made into car carpet.
For Polaris: luxury is not based on the constant demand for nature. Leather seats, log trims and chrome plating will all be abandoned by Polaris. Through words and deeds, Polaris shows the cutting-edge environmental protection concept.
Declaration 3: Future Development of Internet Technology
Previously, Polaris officially released the future concept of intelligent human-computer interaction, following Polaris 2 (Polaris? 2) Become the world's first standardized Android (Android? Cars? OS) models, Polaris and Google continue to cooperate to enhance the future human-computer interaction experience. ?
Precept concept car, based on the native Android in-vehicle system, Polaris will continue to cooperate with Google to make the in-vehicle intelligent interactive system evolve continuously and realize more personalized and scene-based experiences that meet the needs of users. For example, the Polaris number key function (Polestar? Numbers? Key) Automatically identify users, and automatically complete vehicle settings according to user preferences and recent driving behaviors.
Proximity sensor is a very cool function. Polaris uses advanced line-of-sight tracking technology and proximity sensors to perceive the driver's behavior in real time, helping the driver to have a better experience when controlling the vehicle.
For example, when you reach out and touch the screen, when your hand is still close, the relevant buttons on the screen will be enlarged to display more relevant information, which greatly facilitates your operation while driving.
Combined with the application of eye tracking technology, it can help you see the screen clearly, and the display brightness and content can be adjusted accordingly. For example, when you look at the display screen, the display screen with low brightness will automatically increase brightness.
Similarly, eye tracking technology can also be combined with active safety system. The system will also give a warning when the driver stares at the screen for a long time instead of the road ahead. If the system detects a signal that endangers safety, it can even actively slow down to reduce the risk.
It can also monitor drivers' preferences, integrate advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) and map application, and provide users with safer driving planning according to real-time map information.
Polaris pursues the experience of man-machine interconnection in the car, which is no different from the experience when people use mobile phones. It went well, too. Everything was under control. With the evolution of mobile phone applications, Polaris also evolved synchronously. The only difference is that the safety factor of Polaris in-vehicle system is much higher than that of mobile phone.
Say goodbye to traditional cars
Precept is a cool concept car. From the perfect minimalist design to the camera rearview mirror outside the car body and the integrated lidar above the glass roof, it will also provide a better "line of sight" for future autonomous driving.
Yes, Polaris, which has a "vision of the future", has begun to bid farewell to traditional cars. The rearview mirror, the front grille and the glass rear window all disappeared in the Polaris commandment.
But its true face, including the details of the power system, will be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show, which opens on March 3. Precept may be the most beautiful concept car at this Geneva Motor Show.
Since teaching by example, Polaris has put forward a new view of "luxury"-luxury should not be based on the constant demand for nature, and the traditional luxury of leather, logs and chrome plating is about to become a thing of the past. Infiltrating environmental protection elements into aesthetic design is the "new luxury" of the pioneers of the times.
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