As smart driving gradually enters the era of popularization, what are car companies competing for intelligence?
Zhiji gave a different idea. On September 26, the new Zhiji LS6 was officially launched, and a total of five configuration versions of full-dimensional intelligence were launched.
The price range is 21.69-27 9,900 yuan, and the high matching price shocks the audience. The new car has been significantly upgraded in chassis and intelligence. For example, the new car is equipped with "Lizard Digital Chassis" and "Smart Four-wheel Steering System", and the whole series is equipped with NVIDIA Orin X chip and ultra-long-range lidar.
Standing in a higher dimension beyond technology, with the new Zhiji LS6, Zhiji is moving towards a new height in the field of intelligence, especially in the second half of new energy, where innovative technologies such as intelligent driving, intelligent networking, and intelligent cockpit continue to emerge. What kind of intelligent products are created is the key to the differentiation of car companies in the second half of the final.
Seize the next intelligent high ground
Zhiji co-CEO Liu Tao said that the next intelligent competition direction must be the intelligent chassis, and the digital chassis of Linglizard is the highlight of the new Zhiji LS6.
According to the official introduction, the new Zhiji LS6 is the first mid-to-large SUV in the same class equipped with both the "Lizard Digital Chassis" and the "Smart Four-Wheel Steering System". The biggest difference in the Lizard Digital Chassis is probably the rare digital chassis with active rear wheel steering function in new energy vehicles under 300,000 yuan on the market.
Specific to the use scenario, the Lizard Digital Chassis can achieve no bumps up and down, more stable and softer body feeling, and a flat driving experience in terms of impact filtration of speed bumps, vibration absorption of complex road surfaces, and comfort of damaged road surfaces. This kind of driving experience is said to be comparable to millions of benchmark models.
In fact, before the new Zhiji LS6, the Lizard chassis had been the first to be installed on the Zhiji L6, and this time on the new Zhiji LS6, the Lizard digital chassis not only supports crab travel, single-theory escape, active anti-rollover, body stability control, but also in the future through OTA to achieve in-situ U-turn, lateral translation and other functions.
The intelligent chassis that Zhiji has bet on has made Zhiji’s imagination even more space. Liu Tao once said that the appearance of the digital chassis of Linglizard revolutionizes the working mode of the car chassis hardware in the past. It transforms the intelligent team collaboration, integrating a series of chassis system control modules such as the intelligent four-wheel steering system, the electronic shock absorber CDC, the air spring, and the electric drive system, which are uniformly regulated by a set of algorithms.
In other words, the digital chassis does not add new functions on the basis of traditional chassis thinking, but better integrates the intelligent functions of various plates on the intelligent base of the whole vehicle, and technological innovation has reached an unprecedented new height.
More importantly, the digital chassis of the spirit lizard had the ability to evolve over the entire life cycle. The advantage was that it could be used frequently through subsequent upgrades, and the digital chassis of the spirit lizard itself could control the entire chassis system, drive system, and intelligent driving system together. A more coordinated and accurate system that was closer to the "human brain" had been born.
In fact, in addition to smart self, many car brands have brought smart chassis to the table, but in comparison, the technological change of smart self will be more significant.
First, the spirit lizard digital chassis itself has a number of black technology, this has a profound significance in the industry; second, with the listing of the new Zhiji LS6, the spirit lizard digital chassis allows the intelligent chassis to enter the 200,000 level, with technological innovation, the intelligent chassis will be brought into the era of technological equality.
Intelligent driving, intelligent self-confidence
Intelligent driving is also an important label for wisdom.
Since the release of the Zhiji brand in 2021, Zhiji Automobile has always been a leader in smart driving. At the end of 2023, Zhiji Automobile became the first domestic car companies to obtain L3 road test licenses. Zhiji IM AD 3.0 is also the only self-developed player in the industry to complete the Xavier/Orin high and low computing power dual platform. Through continuous model optimization, the model operation efficiency has been increased by 500% and the computing power demand has been reduced by 90%.
Zhiji Automobile’s IMAD map-free city NOA also has an important position in the industry. At present, there are only 4 companies in the industry that have truly realized the implementation of map-free NOA technology nationwide, namely Huawei, Ideal, Xiaopeng and Zhiji. In other words, using the innate advantages of end-to-end large model algorithms to take the lead in deployment, full data-driven, and rapid iterative evolution, in just 2 years, Zhiji has entered the first echelon of smart driving.
With such a set of data, it is possible to more intuitively demonstrate the leadership of intelligent driving.
According to official data, the safety level of intelligent driving in IM AD has reached 6.7 times that of human driving: the safety level of intelligent driving in IM AD has reached 6.7 times that of human driving; users with 30% of intelligent driving mileage have 3.1 times the safe driving mileage of users who have never used intelligent driving.
At present, the cumulative usage rate of Zhiji users is 91.38%, the user mileage penetration rate is 23.50%, the per capita cumulative mileage of TOP10 users is 70859km, the mileage penetration rate of TOP10 users is 54.21%, the longest mileage of a bicycle is 1404km in a single day, and the longest mileage of a bicycle is 12.6 hours in a single day. These data can show that Zhiji is more reliable and common in intelligent driving.
In terms of specific products, the new Zhiji LS6 series is equipped with NVIDIA Orin X chip and ultra-long-range lidar. Among them, OrinX intelligent auxiliary driving chip, the computing power reaches 254TOPS; 27 sensing units, including an ultra-long-range high-precision lidar, some industry experts believe that this system can achieve hardware level for 5 years.
According to the official statement, Zhiji IM AD advanced intelligent driving has upgraded the end-to-end large-scale model of "smart driving spot" NOA in cities without pictures, which will be opened nationwide in October; coupled with the newly launched "AVP one-click valet parking", it can achieve full coverage of various road conditions including island/U-turn/ETC toll stations.
In other respects, the Smart Self LS6 has also been adjusted. For example, the new LS6 also brings innovative experiences. "Rainy Night Mode 2.0" can AI identify water on the road and raise the air suspension in advance. "Falcon Smart Lighting System" can not only eliminate blind spots in night driving, but also "continuously flash ghost probes" to remind drivers and pedestrians to pay attention to risks and improve driving safety.
In addition, the new Zhiji LS6 has also made great efforts in replenishing energy. The new car adopts a quasi-900V, 800V, and 400V three-platform strategy, with a CLTC cruising range of up to 802km and a charging of 575 kilometers in 15 minutes. At the same time, there are also "dual motors" and a full-stack self-developed integrated thermal management system to comprehensively improve the performance of the three electricity.
When the new energy competition comes to the second half, focusing on deep intelligence, Zhiji Automobile has opened up a new path and is at the forefront of the industry. With Zhiji’s increasingly mature intelligent R & D system and the improvement of the product matrix, we also believe that early betting on intelligent Zhiji Automobile can show unexpected explosive power in the second half of new energy.
Text/Yilin