The major events in the field of smart cars this week are as follows: the list of pilot cities for “vehicle-road-cloud integration” was announced on July 3.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Transport, jointly issued the “list of pilot cities” (hereinafter referred to as the “pilot list”).
According to reports, the “pilot list” is arranged in accordance with the “notice on the implementation of Intelligent Network Automotive” vehicle Road Cloud Integration “Application pilot work” (hereinafter referred to as “pilot work”), and on the basis of voluntary declaration and organizational evaluation, 20 cities (consortia) have been identified as intelligent network automobile “vehicle road cloud integration” application pilot cities.
Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Ordos, Shenyang, Changchun, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou-Tongxiang-Deqing complex, Hefei, Fuzhou, Jinan, Wuhan, Shiyan, Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Haikou-Sanya-Qionghai complex, Chengdu.
Xiao Zhi comments: this marks a new stage of development for China’s intelligent Internet connection automobile industry.
Through the practice of these pilot cities, it will promote the innovation and application of related technologies, and accumulate valuable experience for the extensive deployment and application of intelligent network connected vehicles in the future.
Ideal will open the push map-less NOA.
On July 5, 2024, the ideal car announced at the 2024 intelligent driving summer conference that it will push the “nationwide drive” NOA to all ideal AD Max users in July, and will launch fully automatic AES (automatic emergency steering) and omni-directional low-speed AEB (automatic emergency braking) in July.
Photo source: ideal car, meanwhile, ideal car has released a new self-driving technology architecture based on end-to-end model, VLM visual language model and world model, and launched the early Bird project of the new architecture.
Xiao Zhi comments: with the promotion of these functions, the past ideal of not being dominant by intelligent driving may significantly enhance its competitiveness in the field of self-driving.
On the evening of July 4, Xiaopeng Huitian will start the construction of a flying car factory.
On the evening of July 4, Xiaopeng Huitian officially announced that the Guangzhou Development Zone has signed a “Investment Cooperation Agreement for Xiaopeng Huitian Flying Automobile Project”.
It will give Xiaopeng Huitian strong support in land use, financing, application scenarios and other aspects to jointly promote the research and development, mass production and application of flying vehicles.
Source: Xiaopeng Huitian, it is reported that Xiaopeng Huitian will build a flying vehicle research and development, intelligent manufacturing and sales center in Guangzhou Development Zone, which will be used to carry out pilot production, sales and camp operation of flying cars.
Among them, the intelligent manufacturing center is the first flying car factory in the world to carry out large-scale mass production using modern assembly lines, which will first be used to produce the flying body part of the split flying car “land aircraft carrier”.
According to officials, the product is currently scheduled to start pre-sale at the Guangzhou Auto Show in the fourth quarter of this year.
Xiaozhi comments: recently, with the frequent news of flying cars and the frequent occurrence of low-altitude economic policies, the cutting-edge technology of flying cars is taking a key step towards mass production and commercialization.
Xiaopeng Huitian’s factory construction is a necessary preparation.
On July 5, Lee Krypton Technology announced that it had signed a strategic cooperation contract with Zhejiang Golden Matt Group, and the two sides would cooperate on the basis of the “intelligent chassis product assembly and test production line project”.
In the field of intelligent chassis production, it can achieve strong and strong combination.
Krypton Technology, founded in 2017, is a global provider of integrated solutions and digital smart equipment for intelligent manufacturing.
At present, its business scope mainly covers on-line chassis, three electrical systems, electronic components (ADAS, safety systems, sensors, etc.
), body-in-white welding, thermal management and hydrogen power.
Li Krypton Technology was established in 2021 to develop a complete line-controlled chassis solution for customers of the whole vehicle plant with integrated wire-controlled braking technology as a breakthrough.
Xiao Zhi comments: the intelligent chassis has been monopolized by foreign suppliers for a long time in the past, and the vigorous development of new energy vehicles and intelligent driving technology in China has made China’s automobile industry chain usher in a historical development opportunity, and the intelligent chassis is a key area.
The cooperation between Krypton and Kim Matt will contribute to the business growth of both sides and contribute to the progress of the smart chassis industry as a whole.
Bright Road Intelligence completed a new round of financing, a few days ago, bright Road Intelligence announced the completion of a new round of financing.
This round of financing is jointly invested by China Merchants Capital and Yizhuang Investment.
The funds raised will be used for the development of key lidar technologies, new perceptual functions and data tool chains, and various landing scenes based on 3D perceptual intelligence solutions.
According to the relevant information, LightRoad Intelligent’s product line covers many professional technical areas, such as lidar hardware and function development, perceptual data training, smart city solutions, and so on.
At present, Liangdao Intelligent has established cooperative relations with SAIC, Great Wall Automobile, Changan Automobile, Volkswagen Group, BMW, Magna, CARIAD, Deutsche Telekom, China Telecom and other enterprises.
Xiao Zhi comments: the process of automobile intelligence is accelerating, and lidar is stepping into the fast lane with the east wind of smart driving development, but it is obvious that the market pattern is constantly changing, scale and commercialization have become the focus of competition, and bright intelligence completes financing at this time.
It is of great help to enhance market confidence and participate in follow-up competition.
Stellantis added US $55 million to eVTOL Archer, and on July 3rd, Stellantis Group announced an additional US $55 million investment in eVTOL Archer of the United States.
It is reported that the capital increase complements Stellantis’s purchase of $39 million worth of shares in Archer Flight on the open market in early 2024 and an investment of $110 million in Archer Flight in 2023.
Archer was founded in October 2018 to focus on the development of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
In May 2023, Archer completed the final assembly of the first “Midnight” eVTOL aircraft, followed by the maiden flight of Midnight.
Stellantis’s additional investment in Archer is an affirmation of its technical potential and market prospects.
With more funds and resources invested in the field of eVTOL, it can be predicted that in the next few years, electric aviation technology and market will develop rapidly.
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