■Xing Rui
Innovation is endless.
On April 10th, BYD once again made a major technological breakthrough — — With the release of the "Cloud" system, the industry marveled at the high efficiency and ability of BYD’s self-developed technology, and at the same time marveled at the "wide and deep" moat of BYD.
Wang Chuanfu, chairman and president of BYD Group, made an image metaphor for the technical release of "Yunqi". He said that BYD has fished up another "fish" (from the "technical fish pond").
"Cloud chariot" means more than "from zero to one"
It is no exaggeration to describe this year’s auto market as "big wind and waves", but no matter how big the wind and waves are, they can’t stop the pace of the strong. After winning the title of China auto market in 2022 with sales of 1.8 million vehicles, BYD still maintained its strong style in the first quarter of this year, with monthly sales exceeding 200,000 vehicles, accounting for nearly 40% of the new energy vehicle market. Behind the sales volume is the full-stack self-research technology that supports BYD to get out of the "big bull" market — — Blade battery, CTB technology, easy quartet, BYD step by step, on the road of technological innovation, "braving the wind and waves."
Now, BYD has taken another big step on the road of self-developed technology: On April 10th, BYD released the world’s first new energy exclusive intelligent body control system — — "Cloud chariot". As the latest achievement of full-stack self-research, "Yunnian" marks that BYD has become the first China automobile enterprise to master the intelligent body control system independently.
"Cloud chariot" is taken from "Wei Shu": "The cloud chariot worships the cool, and the royal banquet is peaceful". Among them, the "chariot" is the ancient emperor’s car. The "cloud" symbolizes the creation of a lighter and more stable driving experience with intelligent technology. It not only has the ultimate pursuit of travel in ancient times, but also integrates modern advanced technology, which is also the "Chinese new luxury" refined by Wang Chuanfu.
"Yunqi is China people’s own body control system." Wang Chuanfu said: "The birth of Yunqi has rewritten the history that body control technology relies on foreign countries, filled the domestic technical gap and achieved a breakthrough from 0 to 1. On the other hand, ‘ Yunqi ’ Beyond the foreign technical level, it stood in the leading position in the industry as soon as it debuted, completed the upgrade from 1 to 2, and climbed another peak. "
"You choose the route, and leave the rest to Yunqi."
Wang Chuanfu’s speech was interrupted several times by warm applause on the spot. One time, when he introduced the origin of "Yunqi" (three-dimensional thinking of vertical direction control), he said: "You choose the route and leave the rest to Yunqi." What heroism and technical confidence this is.
"Easy Sifang" is a heavy technology released by BYD at the beginning of this year, which can realize four-wheel independent drive and effectively avoid the "secondary injury" caused by flat tire during high-speed driving. Only three months later, BYD’s "Cloud chariot" eliminated the "secondary injury". In a video demonstration that looked up at U9 as an example, U9 with a flat tire could still run stably on three wheels.
In Wang Chuanfu’s lecture, BYD’s "cloud" technical idea became clearer and clearer, breaking the original "convention" for the vertical control industry of the car body — — Instead of starting with a single technology or hardware, a systematic solution is adopted to upgrade the "vertical and horizontal two-dimensional" control to the "vertical and horizontal three-dimensional" control, which is like plugging the electric and intelligent "wings" into the vertical control of the car body.
"Cloud chariot" can effectively restrain the change of body posture, greatly reduce the risk of vehicle rollover and reduce the sitting displacement of drivers and passengers. At the same time, the cloud chariot system can effectively protect the car body under complex road conditions such as snow, mud and water, avoid the collision damage of the whole car caused by terrain, improve the comfort and safety of driving, and realize the double protection of people and cars.
The "Yunqi" product matrix includes Yunqi -C, Yunqi -A, Yunqi -P and other products, which will greatly enhance the driving experience of consumers from the dimensions of comfort, control, safety and off-road.
Yunqi -C: Yunqi -C intelligent damping body control system realizes the perfect compatibility of vehicle comfort and sportiness. Yunqi -C hardware has been installed on some configuration versions of BYD Han, Tang and Tengshi D9 models, and will be upgraded to Yunqi -C system through OTA.
Yunqi -A: Yunqi -A intelligent air body control system makes the whole vehicle have the ultimate comfort, support and passability, and sets a new benchmark for luxury. Take the first leap N7.
Yunqi -P: Yunqi -P intelligent hydraulic body control system can realize super-high lift, four-wheel linkage and camping adjustment, and create a new peak of luxury off-road in the world. First take a look at brand U8.
Wang Chuanfu summed up the safety upgrade brought by "Yunqi" quite well. He said, "Let the luxurious ceiling be higher and the bottom line of safety be firmer."
"Super technology" opens the door to the new world
At the end of the conference, it was an essential "egg".
Looking up at U9 equipped with cloud -X technology came to the center of the stage with an unprecedented "swing" posture. Finally, it completed the appearance show with a four-wheel simultaneous jump from the ground.
The seemingly simple jumping and swinging is actually the Yunqi -X full-active body control technology, which can realize high-order functions such as "0" roll, "0" pitch, three-wheeled driving, vehicle dancing and in-situ take-off, and represents the highest level of the global body control system.
Lian Yubo, executive vice president of BYD and president of Automotive Research Institute, simply summed it up as "a small step for car body control and a big step for comfortable travel." He said that Yunqi intelligent body control system is a super technology with both extreme experience and extreme safety. It will bring subversive improvement to the driving experience with excellent genes of high intelligence, safety protection, stable driving and full coverage to ensure the safety and stability of the whole vehicle.
It can be said that technology will always be BYD’s "bottom logic", with 69,000 technicians and 28,000 authorized patents, and the accumulated investment in research and development exceeds 100 billion yuan … … These figures, Wang Chuanfu is like a few treasures, and he is also proud of it. He believes that BYD’s self-developed technology is a necessary and correct choice to maintain its iterative ability. "We are fighting for engineers, fighting for the ability of vertical integration, fighting for market strategy and fighting for scale advantages." The word "fight" shows the fierce market competition and BYD’s sense of urgency to seize the day. With the geometric growth of R&D investment, BYD’s "technical fish pond" is getting bigger and bigger, its technical reserves are getting richer and richer, and its confidence in participating in all-round competition is getting more and more sufficient. Wang Chuanfu said, "When it is critical (for example, looking forward to brand release), it will be fished out."
Therefore, BYD’s success today is not due to luck, but the inevitable result of "persisting in the initial intention" and "bold innovation", and it is the persistent "technology-based enterprise" that pushes BYD all the way forward. In March this year, BYD won the championship with sales of more than 200,000 vehicles, and was far ahead of other car companies with a market share of nearly 40%.
Nowadays, the strong rise of Tengshi brand, the expectation of brand release and the landing of more high-end technologies such as "Yunqi" have opened the door to the future for BYD, and on the other side of the door, it is a "new world" that China brand has been yearning for for for a long time, but it has never been touched. (Image courtesy of BYD)
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