On July 16th, the all-new HI version of the JAC Alpha S was delivered at the Magna Smart City Manufacturing Base in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. The first owners received their keys from BAIC New Energy’s Chairman Liu Yu and Wang Jun, Chief Operating Officer of Huawei’s Intelligent Automotive Solutions Business Unit. The JAC Alpha S HI version was released on May 7th this year, with two different models priced at RMB 397,900 and RMB 429,900 respectively.
As the world’s first mass-produced car equipped with Huawei’s full-stack Intelligent Automotive Solutions, JAC Alpha S HI version includes the Huawei ADS autonomous driving solution and the HarmonyOS Intelligent Cockpit.
Wang Jun, COO of Huawei’s Intelligent Automotive Solutions Business Unit, stated that the JAC Alpha S HI version comes with basic adaptive cruise control smart driving abilities upon delivery, and as regulations evolve and features are updated, JAC will provide users with more advanced intelligent driving assistant systems, including the Navigation-guided Cruise Assist (NCA) system and Automatic Valet Parking (AVP). Additionally, JAC has planned to launch 84 supercharging stations in 5 cities this year.
Since Huawei demonstrated its ADS Urban L4 Autonomous Driving capability, the outside world has been paying extra attention to Huawei’s Intelligent Driving product development and implementation progress. As the first implementation of Huawei ADS at scale and in production, although the JAC Alpha S HI version is only equipped with basic adaptive cruise control and other basic assisted driving functions upon delivery, as Wang Jun stated, intelligent cars are actually in the earliest stages of their entire lifecycle. With increased distribution, more in-depth research and development, JAC and Huawei will undoubtedly deliver more features to users.
This year, major brands have delivered mass-produced models of their flagship vehicles. In addition to delivering ET7, NIO also released ES7 and announced that it will start delivery in the second half of this year. Other electric vehicle models such as Li Xiang L9, XPeng G9, and NIO ES7 are all expected to be delivered this year. However, only Li Xiang L9 currently has navigation-assisted driving at delivery. Although the new models provide users with updated and higher-end vehicles, intelligent driving has not made significant advances or impressive performances. We also look forward to JAC and Huawei bringing something different to the market as soon as possible.
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