Looking at the Development of the New Energy Vehicle Industry from the High Frequency Hot Words of the Smart Expo

At the 2023 China International Intelligent Industry Expo, new energy vehicles have become the focus of attention, and a series of "exhibition competitions" have been vigorously launched. Intelligence, cross-border integration, smart transportation... A series of high-frequency buzzwords at the 2023 Smart Expo reflect the development trend of China's new energy vehicle industry.

Intelligence becomes the focus of competition

At the 2023 Smart Expo, new energy vehicles competed with each other to showcase their intelligence.

The Mercedes Benz M7 model is eye-catching: when entering the car, the system automatically adjusts the seat position, rearview mirror position, etc; Just gently lean your phone against the car screen, and all the phone settings can be synchronized to the car screen. You can operate mobile applications through the screen

"The intelligent driving version is also equipped with Huawei's advanced intelligent driving system 2.0, which can achieve intelligent driving even without high-precision maps, bringing functions such as overtaking and lane changing, getting out of difficulties and lane changing, highway and urban navigation assistance," said the person in charge of SAIC.

Viewers are visiting the Chang'an Automobile Exhibition Hall at the 2023 Smart Expo. Photo by Chu Jiayin, journalist from Xinhua News Agency

Chongqing new energy vehicle owner Zhou Hong told reporters that the first thing he does when getting on the car now is to turn on the intelligent driving function and hand over the "driving" task to the intelligent driving system, especially on highways where it is less necessary to operate the steering wheel and brakes on his own.

After electrification, intelligence has become the focus of industrial evolution and the focus of competition among car companies. "Intelligent connected vehicles are increasingly being recognized by everyone, especially assisted driving is becoming an important factor for consumers to consider when purchasing cars," said Xu Lin, rotating president of Celis Automobile.

The wave of intelligence is surging, and software is also accelerating the definition of cars, bringing a brand new experience. Changan Automobile has launched an SDA architecture, achieving "hardware pluggable, scene orchestration, ecology on-demand, and system self evolution". At this year's Smart Expo, the Changan Qiyuan concept car released based on this architecture can independently adjust parameters such as chassis height and damping force; After activating camping mode, the vehicle switches from SUV to pickup mode.

Accelerating cross-border integration

Electricity, new materials, high-precision maps, voice interaction... Attendees believe that with the transformation of automobiles from mobile tools to intelligent terminals, the automotive industry is integrating with multiple industries or technological fields. A large number of enterprises are entering the field of in car systems, assisted driving, high-performance in car chips, and continue to make breakthroughs, effectively improving the level of intelligent connected new energy vehicle technology.

"Whether we can handle some marginal traffic scenes well requires a very high level of auto drive system system." Li Qiang, vice president of Tencent Group, said that Tencent has greatly improved the training effect of AI algorithm and helped optimize the auto drive system system by using simulation technology in virtual space to simulate scenes such as pits and animals crossing roads.

At the Smart Expo, Huawei brought liquid cooled super fast charging equipment, which can charge one kilometer per second with a charging power of 600 kilowatts, and can be fully charged in about 10 minutes; A new generation of intelligent starting lithium batteries with various intelligent functions such as vehicle positioning, running trajectory monitoring, and remote locking... A series of new products drive the iterative evolution of the battery and charging field.

At the China Mobile exhibition hall of the 2023 Smart Expo, staff introduced the 5G+BeiDou high-precision positioning system platform to the audience. Photo by Chu Jiayin, journalist from Xinhua News Agency

China Mobile has demonstrated its three-dimensional high-precision positioning project: even in elevated and tunnel terrain with ups and downs, it can still achieve precise positioning services of dynamic 3 to 5 centimeters, static 5 to 8 millimeters, and a depth of nearly 50 meters, effectively solving travel navigation problems such as intersecting overpasses, and helping "worry free driving".

Industry insiders believe that with the acceleration of cross-border integration, the development focus of the new energy vehicle industry has shifted from production and manufacturing to software development and ecological construction. Various links in the industrial ecosystem are working together to upgrade and evolve, and promoting the development of the new energy vehicle industry from multiple dimensions.

The blueprint for smart transportation is first revealed

At the Smart Expo, a concrete intelligent transportation sand table showcased the smart transportation landscape: buses send out priority traffic requests to traffic signal controllers hundreds of meters away from intersections; The system determines whether to "cut off the red light" or "extend the green light" and give priority to buses

Outside the venue, with the support of "vehicle road collaboration+bicycle intelligence", "fully unmanned" autonomous driving has achieved commercial operation: in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, dozens of autonomous driving taxis are patrolling the entire city, passengers can make reservations using the app, and the vehicle will automatically start and merge into the traffic flow after the personnel sit down.

With the accelerated empowerment of intelligent connected technologies, new energy vehicles are becoming the mobile "neurons" in smart cities, and the blueprint for smart transportation has begun to emerge.

Chen Shanzhi, Deputy General Manager of China Information Technology, said that the "smart car+smart road+collaborative cloud" vehicle road cloud collaborative development model will become a new business model.