Recently, news about Apple building cars has been hot, while Huawei's car-making was once in a turmoil earlier, but the dust settled after Ren Zhengfei publicly stated that "we will no longer talk about Huawei building cars and will be transferred from the position." On December 22, Huawei officially released automotive-grade high-performance lidar products and solutions. Recently, ARCFOX HBT spy photos were exposed. It is reported that this new car is the first pure electric vehicle equipped with three Huawei lidar solutions.
The mainstream vehicle-mounted sensors currently on the market mainly include lidar, millimeter wave radar, ultrasonic radar and cameras. Among them, lidar is used in target contour measurement, angle measurement, light stability, general obstacle detection, etc. All have excellent abilities. The ARCFOX HBT is a pure electric vehicle built by ARCFOX and Huawei. In addition to being equipped with 3 Huawei 96-line automotive-grade lidars, it is also equipped with 6 millimeter-wave radars, 12 cameras, and 13 ultrasonic radars. The four sensors have their own advantages and disadvantages, and this model will be released next year.
Huawei does not build cars, but it provides hardware and software for smart cars. This car-grade high-performance lidar product and solution is made by people. It is understood that Huawei currently has three LiDAR configuration solutions: single, 2, and 3 LiDARs. Jihu HBT uses Huawei’s most advanced three LiDAR configurations, which can achieve a 300-degree viewing angle, which is better than Xpeng has announced that it will be equipped with 1-2 lidar models.
Based on the application requirements of different scenarios, there are corresponding differences in lidar configuration plans. If it is only for high-speed cruising scenarios, configuring a forward-facing lidar can better identify gantry, tunnel scenes, ETC pole lifting and other scene applications; to achieve a full-scenario continuous intelligent driving experience for urban commuting, you need to face urban areas There are many challenges such as cruising and park parking. To quickly identify and judge complex and changeable traffic conditions at major intersections, couriers riding electric bicycles, and pedestrians jaywalking, it is necessary to configure 3 lidars to achieve 300 °Viewing angle.
In addition to lidar, Jihu HBT will also be equipped with Huawei's HI brand's full-stack smart car solution, including computing communication architecture, computing platform and operating system. Therefore, Jihu HBT will become Huawei's first HI-tailored model to be put on the market, and it will also become the first commercial model jointly manufactured by Huawei.
With less than 10 days to enter 2021, car companies that focus on driving safety and explore the field of autonomous driving have begun to actively use lidar as perception hardware for assisted driving, moving towards a higher stage of assisted driving. On the other hand, domestic independent brand manufacturers like Huawei promote automotive-grade high-performance lidar products and solutions that are affordable to car companies and consumers at a cheaper price than foreign products.
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