The new car building force is no longer just a concept.

The 2018 Beijing Motor Show is about to end, and new energy and intelligence have become hot topics again. Whether it is traditional car building enterprises or emerging Internet car building upstart, there has been very deep and practical progress in terms of new energy and intelligence, and the future development direction and mode of the automotive industry have begun to have substantial changes. It can be said that the 2018 Beijing Motor Show has become a watershed for the development of new energy and intelligence.

New and old car building forces collectively exert their power

At this auto show, whether it is a traditional car building company such as FAW, Dongfeng, SAIC, Beiqi, Geely, BYD, Jianghuai, etc., or such new forces as Wei Lai, Future, Weimar, Xiaopeng Automobile and Batten Automobile. And international giants such as Mercedes, BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen and jaguar Land Rover are all concentrating on new energy and intelligence, showcasing a range of new technologies and products.

Unlike previous auto shows, new energy and intelligent cars no longer stay on the concept car, PPT, or gasoline car plus battery level. Traditional car building companies have launched a number of new energy intelligent production models in the real sense, compared with the original products, in terms of technology and intelligence has greatly improved. The newly built car forces are no longer just talking about a concept, and mass production models have begun to enter the market one after another.

At the Beijing Motor Show, the new red flag H5 with high intelligence was officially launched. The smart system it is equipped with can achieve remote control of mobile phones, automatic parking, full-smart voice assistants, entertainment community interaction and other functions. At the same time, it also exhibited cutting-edge technologies such as GTConcept, a concept car representing the future design thinking of red flag, a new electric SUV, and an intelligent cockpit.

Xuliuping, chairman of 1ac, said that in the future, it will focus on new energy and intelligence. At present, it has invested in a large number of key new energy technologies, and has successively achieved creative results in Motors, power battery systems, and purely electric vehicles.

Jaguar brand's first luxury pure electric sedan SUV Jaguar I-PACE also welcomed Asia's debut at the Beijing Motor Show. It is reported that Jaguar I-PACE not only upholds Jaguar's sports car performance, but also has the customary practicality of the Jaguar PACE family. It is equipped with an 81-kilowatt lithium ion battery pack with a range of up to 500 kilometers. Under the fast charging mode adopted by the public charging station, the power can be charged from 0 to 80 % within 40 minutes. Not only that, Jaguar I-PACE is also equipped with Smart Settings that uses artificial intelligence algorithms to provide a unique ride experience based on each owner's driving habits.

"Jaguar Land Rover is working to achieve changes from internal combustion engines to automation, interconnection, electrification and sharing, creating a cleaner, safer, high-tech future for consumers around the world," said Dr Shiweide, Jaguar's global chief executive. "

The Internet and the Car

The deep fusion of the Internet and the car has become a prominent feeling brought by this auto show. Many auto companies have cooperated with Internet companies to launch smart car systems that have been put into practical use.

Beiqi Group and Bosch, Baidu, HKUST and other high-tech companies in the area of self-driving, car networking, online navigation, voice interaction and other areas of deep cooperation, accelerated the development and application of smart network technology. In the second half of this year, cars equipped with the L1 intelligent driving system will be in mass production, according to Beiqi Group's plan. By 2020, automotive products equipped with L2 implementation type driving assistance systems and L3 self-driving technology will also be mass-produced.

In the future product and technology layout of FAW Group, it also plans to reach strategic cooperation with high-tech companies such as Tencent, Baidu, Huawei, and Didi, and gradually promote cooperation at the product technology, platform level, and equipment level.

At the same time, the integration of Internet companies and automotive companies has further deepened. From the emphasis on vehicle manufacturing, to focus on the car intelligent system of the core technology transfer.

A few days ago, Didi and FAW reached a cooperation agreement to jointly invest in the construction of a smart car core technology platform. FAW said that this cooperation is not for the purpose of developing the vehicle, but will cooperate on the key intelligent core technology.

Experts say this represents the return of Internet car building, which will enter a new phase under the impetus of new energy and intelligence.

Industrial chain integration upgrade into a bright spot

In this year's auto show, a very prominent highlight is that the development of new energy and intelligent cars is not only reflected in the progress of products, but in the integration and upgrading of the entire industrial chain and the entire operating system.

Compared with the general 100 to 200 kilometers of endurance of the early pure electric models, the mass-produced pure electric models exhibited at the Beijing Motor Show basically have a range of 400 to 500 kilometers, which is already equivalent to a tank full of fuel. The mileage is equivalent. Technologies such as graphene cell technology and thermostat batteries have also begun to move from laboratories to the market.

It is worth mentioning that the service model and business model of new energy vehicles are also constantly innovating, and the traditional car model is being subverted again and again.

In addition to mileage concerns, poor charging and slow charging are also an important reason for hindering the promotion of new energy vehicles. In this regard, Beijing Automobile Group's Beiqi New Energy Company has creatively proposed a switch mode to promote the separation mode of new energy vehicles. This move can effectively solve the problems of high cost, long charging time, shortage of charging facilities, difficulty in using battery residues and difficulty in recycling.

In addition, in order to promote new energy vehicles, many domestic new energy car companies are vigorously promoting the sharing of new energy vehicles. At present, the sharing car promoted by Beiqi Group has also entered more than a dozen major cities in the country.

As one of the representatives of the new forces of Internet car building, Xinte released its first A0 electric car in Beijing -- the flagship DEV1 and the D-OS smart car networking system developed entirely by Xinte. The car, which is said to sell for no more than Rmb100 ,000, has a range of 350 kilometers and has an intended order of 40,000 units.

It is worth mentioning that Xinte chose to cooperate with China FAW. The first model DEV1 will be produced at FAW Changchun headquarters. At the same time, New Special also "bound" the shared travel platform Mobai, into the car sharing market.

The first batch of 4000 pre-sale vehicles will be delivered by the end of this year, according to the new car CEO, and the next year will aim to complete the 40,000 intended orders.

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