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Li Yanhong directly stated that Jidu’s first vehicle will lead the first generation of Tesla.
He looked calm and confident, as if victory was in the bag.
In addition, Jidu CEO Xia Yiping boasted that they will deliver 800,000 intelligent vehicles by 2028, not a dream.
This is the core information revealed at the latest Jidu ecological partner conference.
Is Jidu leading the first generation of Tesla?
How can we explain Jidu leading the first generation of Tesla?
According to Li Yanhong’s on-site speech: “In terms of autonomous driving technology, Jidu will lead the first generation of Tesla.”
In addition, Li Yanhong also expressed his understanding of intelligent vehicles:
For intelligent vehicles, we judge that electrification is the midfield, and intelligence is the endgame. Jidu Car’s key advantage lies in “intelligence”, which combines Baidu’s AI capabilities, comprehensively inherits the core capabilities of Baidu Apollo, and re-integrates and verifies them.
So, the question is, how does Jidu’s existing product, ROBO-01, perform in autonomous driving?
We have also introduced before that the underlying computing hardware uses two NVIDIA Orin X chips with comprehensive computing power of 508TOPS. The entire vehicle is equipped with 31 external sensors, including:
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2 lifting 128-line lidars from Hesai;
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5 millimeter-wave radars;
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12 ultrasonic radars;
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12 high-definition cameras, including 7 8 million pixel cameras, 4 3 million pixel cameras, and 1 2 million pixel camera.
The core intelligent driving algorithm software relies on Baidu Apollo. In terms of functions, it can realize point-to-point intelligent driving scenarios including high-speed, city open roads, and parking.
The guests on site also repeatedly emphasized the importance of “autonomous driving”.
Li Yanhong directly asserted: “By 2030, electric vehicles without autonomous driving capabilities will be completely uncompetitive.”
Jidu CEO Xia Yiping also revealed that “The first intelligent vehicle to be delivered next year will have the industry’s best ‘door-to-door, start-to-stop’ high-level autonomous driving capability.”## As for the other highlight of this conference, the newly completed and put into use Jading headquarters of Shanghai will be used for the design, research and development, and sales of Jidu intelligent cars.
Meanwhile, the original Beijing headquarters will mainly focus on the application development of intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit, and intelligent network system.
Jidu CEO Xia Yiping: Can deliver 800,000 cars in 2028
In terms of autonomous driving, it is unknown whether Jidu can lead Tesla in the future, but from the perspective of the new car delivery target, Jidu’s pace is relatively stable.
The specific mass production and delivery plan for Jidu’s new cars are as follows:
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The first product, ROBO-01, the limited edition of the mass-produced model, will be released soon, and pre-orders will be opened simultaneously. It will be officially delivered in the second half of next year.
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The second vehicle will be unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show at the end of this year and is expected to begin delivery in 2024.
In addition, in new car sales and services, they will open a brand experience center in Shanghai this year and 46 Jidu stores in China next year.
Xia Yiping also announced a “2880 plan”, which means that Jidu will have the ability to deliver 800,000 intelligent cars throughout the year by 2028.
By this calculation, by 2028, Jidu’s monthly delivery volume will exceed 60,000 vehicles.
Based on the actual deliveries of Tesla, in 2021, Tesla delivered a total of 936,000 new cars. This goal was achieved five years ago- Tesla delivered 76,000 new cars in 2016.
However, if there is such delivery capacity in five years, it also means that there must be corresponding preparation after the first car is launched, and this preparation combined with capacity adjustment and uphill climbing, basically requires a delivery level of 10,000 vehicles per month.
What is the level of 10,000 vehicles per month? This is the head-level of the current new car-making forces.
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