Recently, in the WIDC World Intelligent Driving Challenge series, the new HI version of Extreme Fox Alpha S relied on its excellent skills and powerful hardware to win three gold awards in smart parking, smart driving, and emergency avoidance, becoming the first Grand Slam champion. For Jihu Motors, which continues to be popular, the winning of these awards once again affirms Jihu Motors' product strength and technological advantages, as well as BAIC Blue Valley 's intelligent and innovative pursuit of future travel.
Product Hard Power Opens the Era of High-End Intelligent Driving
For many people, the new HI version of the Extreme Fox Alpha S is no stranger. It is a high-end intelligent model jointly created by BAIC Blue Valley and Huawei . At the beginning of 2021, the new HI version of the Extreme Fox Alpha S achieved non-intervention autonomous driving for the first time on Shanghai’s urban roads, which immediately attracted widespread attention in the industry. In May this year, the new HI version of the Alpha S was officially launched, which was regarded by the media as a sign of the arrival of high-level assisted autonomous driving. Industry insiders commented that the new HI version of the JiFox Alpha S represents the highest level of the current smart car industry and has become a new benchmark in this field. Its emergence means that high-end smart driving systems have officially entered the market, allowing consumers to see What is a true high-end intelligent driving system?
It is understood that the new HI version of Jihu Alpha S has brought a refreshing feeling to the industry in terms of styling design and performance configuration, especially in terms of intelligence, it has brought disruptive breakthroughs to the industry. This car is not only the world's first mass-produced car to be equipped with HI Huawei's full-stack smart car solution, the world's first mass-produced car to support high-end intelligent driving on urban roads, but also the world's first to be equipped with Huawei's smart cockpit - Hongmeng Automotive OS's high-end pure electric sedan. Therefore, the new HI version of Jifox Alpha S, which integrates high-end intelligent driving, Hongmeng intelligent cockpit, extreme performance and extreme safety, is hailed as the "first intelligent driving car" by the outside world.
In this WIDC World Intelligent Driving Challenge, it relied on up to 34 high-perception hardware composed of 3 laser radar , 6 millimeter wave radar , 12 ultrasonic sensors , and 13 high-definition cameras. The ultra-high fusion perception system allows the new HI version of Jihu Alpha S to show its superior strength in the three major projects of intelligent driving, emergency avoidance and intelligent parking.
Take emergency avoidance as an example. Relying on the super recognition ability brought by the pure advantages of the three lidars on the perception system, combined with the excellent decision-making ability of the MDC810 platform, the new HI version of Extreme Fox Alpha S can accurately identify obstacles ahead. Complete active braking in a timely manner to perfectly avoid collisions and fully protect the safety of people inside and outside the vehicle.
It is worth noting that, as the world's largest smart car competition, the World Intelligent Driving Challenge has strong credibility, high technical difficulty, and strict challenge project settings. It is currently one of the most authoritative competitions that best reflects the development level of global automotive smart technology. one. The new HI version of JiFox Alpha S was able to break out of many competing models on the same stage and win the Grand Slam championship, demonstrating the absolute strength of JiFox Automobile in high-end intelligent driving.
It is not difficult to see that when it comes to creating the new HI version of Jihu Alpha S, BAIC Blue Valley is not only the first to try it out, but also a forerunner in the industry. From the multiple "world's firsts" mentioned above This can be seen from its performance in the World Intelligent Driving Challenge. And this is not unrelated to its investment in technology research and development regardless of cost in recent years.
Large investment in R&D to build core technological advantages
Jihu Motors is a high-end new energy brand created by BAIC Blue Valley in its transformation to high-end intelligence. In recent years, smart cars have developed rapidly and have become a new trend in the automotive industry. In order to take the initiative in this trend, BAIC Blue Valley has invested heavily in technology research and development. According to BAIC Blue Valley's previously announced financial report, BAIC Blue Valley's investment in R&D in 2021 will reach 1.208 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.14%, and R&D expenses account for 13.89% of revenue, exceeding most domestic independent brands.In the first quarter of this year, BAIC Blue Valley's R&D expenses reached 203 million yuan, and have shown a trend of increasing year by year. Dai Kangwei, manager of BAIC Blue Valley and general manager of BAIC New Energy, also said at the performance exchange meeting at the beginning of the year that BAIC Blue Valley's R&D investment will double in 2022. Some institutional insiders believe that it is rare in the industry to continue to invest heavily in R&D during the period of corporate transformation and under the background of continuous operating pressure. BAIC Blue Valley’s persistence has allowed the industry to see its transformation to high-end Determination and confidence.
Public information shows that BAIC Blue Valley’s R&D investment focuses on building a R&D system covering three types of electricity, vehicle models, new materials, and intelligent technologies, as well as achieving internationally leading verification in parts, complete vehicles, materials, and safety. Verification system for facilities and verification standards. Through the improvement of the R&D system and verification system, BAIC Blue Valley's technical moat has become wider and wider.
Taking intelligent network connection as an example, BAIC Blue Valley has formulated technology development plans for intelligent cockpit, intelligent driving, intelligent network connection and other technologies, and has in-depth cooperation with Huawei, Baidu and other companies to jointly promote vehicle-mounted high-precision sensors and vehicle regulations. R&D and product transformation of advanced chips, intelligent operating systems, vehicle-mounted intelligent terminals, intelligent computing platforms and other products. The new HI version of JiFox Alpha S is the result of BAIC Blue Valley’s efforts in intelligent network connection technology. According to reports, during the development process of the new HI version of Extreme Fox Alpha S, Extreme Fox and Huawei launched at least 7 first-time technologies, covering mass production lidar layout, mass production lidar installation and use reliability, dual redundancy System applications and many other aspects.
In terms of platform technology, the BE21 platform, the first fully redundant architecture electric hardware platform created by BAIC Blue Valley, has also become the core advantage of technology. The platform has four major characteristics: super expansion, intelligence, interaction, and evolution, and can realize "self-learning and self-growth" of the in-vehicle AI system and full life cycle OTA. The platform can provide forward-looking suppliers with the convenience of "check-in", accelerate the application of innovative technologies on vehicles, help vehicle companies reduce investment and risks in the evaluation of forward-looking technologies, and help innovative parts companies shorten the cycle and cost of vehicle introduction. Today, the intellectual property rights of the BE21 platform have been exported overseas and licensed to Steyr to the United States. This is the first time in my country's automotive industry and has pioneered the reverse export of Chinese automotive technology platforms to developed countries in Europe and the United States.
Of course, BAIC Blue Valley’s strength in three-electric technology cannot be underestimated. As we all know, BAIC Blue Valley has always played the role of definer of electric vehicle standards, technology exporter and business model creator in the new energy vehicle industry. Through early industrial exploration and years of technological accumulation, a number of independent technological innovations and breakthroughs have been achieved, and a three-power core technology system with high integration, high safety, and high energy efficiency has been established.
’s obsession with technology investment has given BAIC Blue Valley the confidence to transform into high-end products. What is gratifying is that BAIC Blue Valley’s efforts have yielded initial results. On the one hand, the products have been recognized and sales have gradually increased. In the first half of this year, the cumulative sales of BAIC Blue Valley reached 17,010 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 144.43%. Among them, the sales volume of Jihu in June hit a record high in a single month, reaching more than 2,000 vehicles, accounting for 10% of the company's new energy vehicles. Total vehicle sales reached nearly 60%; on the other hand, under the combined influence of multiple factors such as repeated epidemics, rising raw material prices, corporate R&D investment and brand channel construction, the company's performance in the first half of the year still maintained steady development, showing Overall improving trend.
Nowadays, when intelligentization and electrification have become the core driver of industry development, companies can only become leaders on the track by strengthening their core technological advantages and seizing market opportunities. BAIC Blue Valley obviously understands this well. Through firm investment in R&D, it has improved its core competitiveness and entered the track preemptively.
