*This article was reproduced from the autocarweekly WeChat official account.
Author: Wild Little Chen
We are standing on the edge of an intelligent revolution, which is almost as significant as the appearance of humanity itself. If you are standing at this node, how would you feel? –
In this era, it seems that as long as the word “intelligent” is added to the promotional slogan, everything can obtain a high price and significant sales. From smartphones to smart air conditioners, daily necessities such as refrigerators, washing machines, and even door locks, mops, and toys that children play with can be called “smart”.
From functionality to intelligence, it seems to be a watershed this era has set to prove its existence. For example, a smartphone can interact with users, while a feature phone cannot. With various software and settings, you can turn a smartphone into a completely unique personal item. However, a feature phone is different. It can only install limited software, and the scenarios that people can achieve with this machine are almost the same.
In the field of computer science, artificial intelligence is a kind of behavior that machines exhibit. This behavior can react to the environment in a way that is similar to human intelligence and can maximize the probability of achieving its goals. Siri is a relatively typical weak artificial intelligence, which can perform limited preset functions but does not possess intelligence or self-awareness. Therefore, it can be regarded as a relatively complex weak artificial intelligence, but limited by size, it is at best a small machine that can provide positive feedback. Although smartphones are convenient, they can never achieve spatial switching-natural attributes of cars. When cars become intelligent, the smartphone-dominated era of intelligence must make concessions. This is why LeTV, nowadays Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi, and other smartphone kings are willing to spend a lot of money to buy a ticket to the casino and watch the game.
Smart cars are overturning functional cars, and their influence is wider than that of smartphones overturning feature phones. They have more profound changes in the economy and society and can bring more obvious benefits to society.
However, this does not mean that intelligence must be the result of multiple high-tech stacks. It is not necessarily an astronomical number. In-depth understanding, its more important performance at the product level is to speculate on the user’s thinking. Therefore, compared with weak artificial intelligence, as a new generation of “smart king”, the new Fuxing is more like a demand-oriented AI that can provide feedback-a “triple high” smart body.
High IntelligenceFor automakers, vehicle intelligence is an important and effective way to seize the future automotive market. According to statistics, over 90% of innovations in the automotive field in the past five years are related to intelligent automotive systems. It is not an exaggeration to say that automotive intelligence is a revolution in the development of automotive technology. As a veteran player, Ford naturally understands the essence of this.
The new generation Ford Verge is equipped with dual 10.25-inch intelligent interconnect screens. The dual screens, which are integrated into the instrument panel and center console, can realize the linkage of multimedia, navigation, and telephone functions. With a screen response speed of 0.2 seconds, the touch interaction is more convenient. This is the first time that a joint venture car has implemented a dual intelligent interconnect screen configuration at the level of 100,000 yuan. In addition, the interior has a smooth gray or saddle brown leather decoration with delicate mesh line metal trim, penetrating deep-hole breathing atmosphere lights, and flight-type gear shift, which make the new generation Ford Verge full of high-end feeling.
When it comes to the hottest topic in the past five years, the only enduring trend is the game “King of Glory”. The new generation Ford Verge has not overlooked this nationwide craze. The high-intelligence AI body “Little Ford Online” car-mounted intelligent information entertainment system comes with King of Glory voice pack, featuring Li Bai and Daji’s two sets of voice responses, combined with Tencent voice technology. It adds fun to the car life. Equipped with independent microphone for the driver and front passenger, it can still ensure a voice recognition rate of over 98% even at a speed of 80 km/h, and the wake-up speed is as low as 0.67 seconds. It allows the air conditioning/entertainment/navigation/car WeChat functions to be operated easily. Equipped with QQ Music, Himalayan, and Mango TV, the connected car can be ahead of the smart IoT era.
High appearance
The new generation Ford Verge not only has high intelligence, but also combines high appearance. It has a star-screen “big mouth” grille and full LED light source headlights and taillights, which create a strong sense of technology. The low beam and high beam with a hard-core strength of 850 lm and 1,400 lm respectively should not be underestimated. In addition, the new design of the laser carving process high-gloss black center console and deep-space LED atmosphere lights, also enhances the quality and comfort of the car.
In addition, the new generation Ford Verge has an ultra-long wheelbase of 2,687 mm, and has been customized based on more than 10,000 sets of Chinese consumer riding habit data. It matches with the six-way electrically adjustable soft material, zero-gravity perforated leather flying seat, which introduces ubiquitous comfort from the details.## High Value
In addition to front dual airbags and side airbags, the new generation of Focus also thoughtfully equipped with side curtain airbags. In terms of passive safety, the new Focus adopts a high-strength cage-type body structure that is at the same level as leading vehicles, equipped with high-strength Martensitic steel with a maximum strength of 1,500 Mpa and advanced laser welding technology to create a safer body structure with higher strength.
Furthermore, the new Focus is also equipped with a new air system and HE micrometer-level efficient filter. The new air system automatically ventilates for one minute when the vehicle is unlocked, and automatically ventilates three times within 6 hours after the engine is turned off. Combined with the HE micrometer-level efficient filter, it ensures that fresh and healthy air is breathed into the car every time, and effectively blocks 0.05 micrometer aerosol particles. The interception rate of 0.5 micrometer particles is as high as 95%. In this era of advocating environmental protection, we should not only promote external emission reduction but also isolate indoor pollution factors.
Compared to many meticulous considerations, the price of the new Focus seems very “bold.” With multiple emotional and physiological values stacking up, the price of the new Focus still remains in the 100,000 yuan range. From all aspects, the new Focus can be said to control costs in all aspects of the essential needs and hit the core highlights that maximized each cost requirement of the user. As of now, the diamond version of the new Focus has announced a pre-sale price of 105,800 yuan. For pre-sales, Changan Ford is also offering subsidies of up to 17,000 yuan. The naked car price will be 88,800 yuan, and it comes with lifetime free basic maintenance. It can be said to be a conscience work in the 100,000 yuan joint venture car market segment.
In the hotly contested 100,000+ car market, it seems that everyone is considering how to reduce costs to maximize profits. However, if we look at the new Focus closely, the cloud-like experience, ground-breaking price, joint venture quality, and determination to break through suggest that it is still moving forward with a heavy load just to give the market a pure and clean product and leave endless good years for the users.
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