During the Chengdu Auto Show held not long ago, the brand’s first model "Extreme Yue 01" was officially unveiled. The new car is built on the vast architecture of SEA, positioning pure electric medium and large SUVs. As the world’s leading AI model company and the leader of China market, it has been blessed by many high-quality resources from Baidu and Holding Group since the beginning of research and development.
"Cross-border alliance", a fresh development model on the current intelligent new energy vehicle track, has brought what kind of intelligent vehicle solutions. Let us reveal the following articles for you.
1. The integrated design of the whole vehicle creates a super-running shape, and "robot aesthetics" shows the ultimate exploration of the future smart car.
In terms of appearance, the new car refers to the design language of Jidu ROBO-01. The "clamshell hood" on the front of the car creates a wide visual effect, and the lower edges on both sides of the hood are smoothly connected with the fender, which makes the new car look very harmonious from the front. At the same time, this design will also effectively reduce the pain point of dust left in the gap of the machine cover to ensure the cleanliness of the cabin after long-term use.
The front face of the new car is equipped with an intelligent lighting system with a strong sense of science and technology. The system integrates two types of main interactive lights, namely "I" eyebrow and Pixel above the front bumper, as well as AI auxiliary interactive lights, which are suitable for lighting interaction in different scenes such as autonomous driving, voice interaction and security guard. The part of daytime running lights is pixel lights, which are composed of multiple pixel beads. Users can freely program and interact with intuitive patterns.
Viewed from the side, the Extreme Yue 01 adopts the design of "short suspension long shaft", which can not only greatly improve the net space of the vehicle, but also arrange the battery pack more flexibly under the same body size, thus bringing higher battery life and better battery safety. The wheel eyebrows are equipped with intelligent driving warning lights, which light up when high-order intelligent driving is started to remind the outside world.
The new car cancels all door handles, and is equipped with four electric induction doors, which have various door opening and closing methods such as voice, buttons and UWB keys. The four doors are also equipped with four millimeter-wave radars, which make the detection more accurate and reduce the risk of bumping. In addition, the new car can also realize voice-controlled charging port opening, which is smarter and more convenient.
Extreme Yue 01 comes standard with petal-shaped wheels with integrated structural design, which realizes aerodynamic performance lightly and efficiently. Users can also choose a 21-inch sports wheel hub, featuring sports design and high-performance Brembo calipers to create the ultimate sports experience. The new car will also come standard with frameless windows, highlighting the two-way pursuit of aesthetics and performance. The rear window, rear corner window and rear windshield are privacy glass, which is beautiful and has good privacy.
The design of the rear of the car of Extreme Yue 01 still carries out the minimalist style, and the shape is very full. The tail is equipped with a segmented spoiler and an automatic lifting tail. The penetrating taillight echoes the front face design at a distance, and the recognition is extremely high. The "I"-shaped reversing lamp consists of 52 LED light sources, and the rear Pixel integrates 90 LED beads, which makes the lighting effect very eye-catching.
With regard to this set of automatic lifting tail, two adjustment modes can be realized: manual and automatic. The latter can adjust the tail wing adaptively by AI according to different driving conditions, which makes the body more in line with the theory of fluid mechanics, so as to obtain excellent aerodynamic performance and achieve the maximum driving mileage. It is reported that when the vehicle speed reaches above 95km/h, the vehicle will automatically raise the tail wing to reduce the wind resistance; When the vehicle speed drops below 65km/h, the tail automatically retracts.
In other details, the ultra-Yue 01 vehicle adopts an integrated design. For example, the location of the ultrasonic radar adopts the same color as the vehicle body, including the apron connecting the two, thus visually reducing the color difference, improving the aesthetics and integrating the radar and the vehicle. According to the official, Extreme Yue 01 will offer five body colors: "Xinghe Purple, Xinghui Orange, Xingchen White, Nebula Black and Chineydy Grey".
2. Minimalist interior design first takes Qualcomm 8295 flagship chip.
Entering the car, the minimalist design style gives people a sense of sight of the concept car. A 35.6-inch 6k ultra-clear integrated screen is suspended on the center console. The rich functional options greatly simplify the physical buttons, including 3D intelligent driving that can be operated by voice, creating a sci-fi cockpit atmosphere.
This display screen is not only large in size, but also has the characteristics of narrow border (less than 8mm) and high pixels. It can be displayed in full screen, and can also be divided into two screens and three screens for independent display. As the interactive entrance of the whole vehicle, the large-screen computing power comes from dual NVIDIA Orin X+ Qualcomm 8295 chips, and the AI computing power of the whole vehicle is 538TOPS(508TOPS+30TOPS). Among them, Qualcomm 8295 is the first car gauge chip with mass production process of 5nm. Compared with 8155, it achieves nearly 8 times performance improvement, aiming at providing users with the best immersive 3D visual HMI and entertainment experience.
Thanks to the super computing power of Qualcomm 8295, Extreme Yue 01 also realized the full localization of speech AI algorithm. The full-end speech recognition speed of all off-line speech is as fast as 500ms, and the end-to-end speech response speed is within 700ms, so the speech ability effectively gets rid of the dependence on network signals. In addition, this big screen also integrates a full-scene, fully integrated 3D intelligent driving map, which makes the graphic expression clearer and the lane-level navigation clear at a glance, realizing the fusion of static map navigation and dynamic sensing data.
The flat-bottomed steering wheel supports electric adjustment and is equipped with intelligent surface and intelligent driving indicator light. According to the official introduction, the new car will also provide a U-shaped steering wheel (used according to different local regulations) for optional installation. This steering wheel will avoid blocking the driver’s line of sight, so that the driver can freely and completely obtain the front screen information, and at the same time bring an accurate, lightweight and comfortable steering experience.
Extreme Yue 01 eliminates a lot of physical operations such as shift lever, lever behind steering wheel, central control physical buttons, door handles, etc. At the same time, it makes the armrest platform a pure storage space, providing a double cup holder and a storage compartment with a sliding cover. The front end of the armrest is a mobile phone with wireless charging, and the armrest box has a built-in 12V power supply and dual Type-C interfaces, which is convenient for storing and using electricity in the front row. Objectively speaking, this design greatly caters to the younger generation of consumers who grow up with electronic products, but for older consumers, they may lose some sense of operating experience and need to adapt.
3. A large number of high-end leather materials are used in the car to feel comfortable, and the front suspended headrest is standard to create top-class driving space.
As a medium and large SUV, the Extreme Yue 01 has a body length of 4853mm, a width of 1990mm, a height of 1611mm and a wheelbase of 3000 mm.. Judging from the data, it has the conditions to create comfortable driving space for consumers. In other hardware facilities, the integrated seat in the front of the new car is equipped with a wide headrest with wings, and the shoulders, backrest and cushion have good lateral support. The filler is thick and elastic, and the leather material is comfortable to touch.
The main driver supports electric adjustment of front and rear, backrest, height (4-way) and waist (4-way), and the main and auxiliary drivers support heating, ventilation, massage and memory functions (four-wheel drive performance version comes standard). The seat material is made of high-grade Nappa leather, which is comfortable and breathable (the four-wheel drive performance version comes standard, subject to the specific equipment time). In addition, the main driver’s headrest is integrated with an audio unit, which can realize a 3D immersive audio experience.
In terms of driving space, the 173CM experiencer has a palm space on his head after adjusting the seat to a suitable position in the driver’s seat; Keeping the position of the front seat unchanged, the experiencer has more than one punch in the back row, and the leg space is close to two punches. At the same time, thanks to the flat design of the back ground, even if the road is far away, the passengers in the back center will not feel embarrassed.
It is worth mentioning that the rear seat is made of the same material as the front seat, with good lateral support on both sides, and the headrest is also supported by wings. And the rear row is also equipped with a 7-inch LCD touch screen, which can control air conditioning, multimedia, etc., and give a risk warning for opening the door at the rear side. The hidden air outlet, charging port and folding armrest with cup holder further optimize the visual beauty and practicality.
In terms of storage space, in addition to the rich storage compartment settings mentioned earlier, the storage space of the trunk can be expanded from 710L to 2161L through the rear seat reclining function of the new car.
In other aspects, the ultra-Yue 01 is also equipped with a panoramic glass canopy, and the ultra-large whole Low-E glass can achieve 99% ultraviolet isolation, and the transmittance is less than 5%, and the total solar energy transmittance TTS is less than 20%. The panoramic canopy will provide a huge view and natural light for the interior space, and also restore the true texture of the starry sky for consumers who like romance.
4. The peak power is 400kW, the zero acceleration is less than 4s, and the maximum cruising range is over 700km, which can realize point-to-point navigation assistance PPA.
In terms of power, the new car will launch models equipped with ternary lithium and lithium iron phosphate batteries respectively, and provide single-motor and dual-motor versions. The maximum power of a single motor is 200kW, and the maximum power of two motors in the dual-motor version is 200kW respectively, and the comprehensive power is 400kW. According to official information, the maximum cruising range of Extreme Yue 01 is over 700km, and the acceleration time of 0-100km/h of the dual-motor version is only 3.9s s..
Thanks to the vast architecture of Geely SEA, Extreme Yue 01 adopts the front all-aluminum double wishbone/rear all-aluminum H-Arm multi-link independent suspension which is mostly used in high-end car products. CDC real-time damping adjustable shock absorber with millisecond monitoring and response capability of 500 times per second. However, regarding the specific training level of the new car, we still need to truly evaluate the handling level of the new car through the later test drive experience.
It is understood that Extreme Yue 01 will apply the full set of capabilities and safety system of Baidu Apollo high-level autopilot. Up to now, the L4-level operation test mileage of Apollo high-level autopilot has accumulated more than 60 million kilometers nationwide. Thanks to, the ROBO Drive advanced intelligent assisted driving system (jointly developed by Jidu and Baidu) and its supporting data closed-loop system (ROBO Meta) carried by the new car will efficiently drive ROBO Drive upgrade iteration and realize point-to-point navigation assistance PPA.
Summary: In 2021, Geely and Baidu jointly launched the "Automotive Robot Strategic Cooperation Project" and conducted a forward-looking exploration of automotive AI intelligent technology innovation. Nowadays, with the official release of the brand-new automobile robot brand "Jiyue" under Geely Holding Group, it also means that the "automobile robot strategic cooperation project" has taken a substantial step towards the mass production of high-end smart cars.
Extreme Yue 01 relies on the design language of "robot aesthetics", and the body proportion is very dynamic. The car presents the pursuit of futurism in a minimalist style, providing comfortable interior space while realizing dynamic sports posture. More importantly, as the first model in China equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 computing platform, the Extreme Yue 01 brings users a completely new intelligent experience. Undoubtedly, for the pioneer group pursuing intelligent lifestyle and trend technology, Extreme Yue 01 has all the conditions to lead them to complete the travel change. It is reported that Extreme Yue 01 is expected to be officially listed in the fourth quarter and will be delivered soon. What kind of price will the new car show in front of us, so stay tuned.