On December 30th, the Ideal L9 and Ideal L8 made their debut at the 20th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, and officially released the new OTA version for the entire lineup, including OTA 4.2 for Ideal L9 and L8, and OTA 3.2 for Ideal ONE.
In addition, it was announced at the press conference that the Ideal L7 will be officially released on February 8th.
Liu Jie, Vice President of Ideal Car Sales said:
“In 2022, Ideal Automobile’s product line has entered a new stage. The new products Ideal L9 and Ideal L8 have received rave reviews from users, and total October Ideal Car deliveries will exceed 20,000 units. In the past year, Ideal Car’s persistence in core technology self-research has also yielded fruitful results, entering the world’s leading level in multiple key areas such as electric drive, intelligent space, and intelligent driving. In the new year, Ideal Automobile will continue to adhere to the mission of ‘creating a mobile home, creating a happy home’, bear the responsibility of Ideal Automobile for every family, and enter a new stage of corporate growth from 1 to 10.”
Ideal Car entire lineup receives major OTA upgrade
From December 30th, Ideal Car will gradually push the OTA 4.2 update to Ideal L9 and Ideal L8 users. This OTA includes 59 new features and 33 experience optimizations, and has undergone major upgrades in intelligent driving and intelligent cabin interaction experience.
In terms of intelligent driving, the IdealAD intelligent driving system has upgraded the algorithm architecture for automatic emergency braking (AEB) function. By integrating visual perception with laser radar point cloud algorithms, the emergency braking performance in all scenarios has been improved. In addition, after optimization by laser radar point cloud algorithms, the laser radar equipped on the Ideal car can still work normally in environments with moderate rainfall and snowfall.
In terms of intelligent space, the recognition ability of the “Ideal Classmate” voice assistant has been further optimized. The success rate of recognition in scenarios such as quiet calling for the elderly and children and wake-up in high-speed noisy environment has been improved in OTA 4.2. At the same time, the audio system provides “Dynamic Mode” sound effects for music genres with more bass such as European and American pop, and Ideal Classmate also supports opening the car refrigerator door via voice control. Ideal said that these improvements have been implemented in this OTA upgrade in response to user feedback.“`
For winter scenes, OTA 4.2 also brings HUD snow mode for the IDEAL L9 and IDEAL L8, providing better display performance.
IDEAL ONE will also receive OTA 3.2 update in early January, including 17 new additions and 13 optimizations. The IDEAL classmate feature on IDEAL ONE has added “One-go” function, allowing users to directly interact by voice commands without waiting for a response after waking up the classmate.
At the same time, the self-developed acoustic algorithm for the voice front-end of IDEAL classmate improves the response speed and accuracy of the classmate. Self-developed sound algorithm also further enhances the surround sound mode and HiFi mode of IDEAL ONE. This OTA also brings the family sharing function of the phone key for IDEAL ONE, making it more convenient for multiple family members to use the car for travel.
IDEAL stated that it will continue to provide OTA upgrade services for IDEAL ONE owners in the future, constantly enriching product functions.
IDEAL L7 Launch Plan Officially Announced
At this Guangzhou Auto Show, IDEAL Automobile officially announced that the L7 new product release conference will be held on February 8, 2023, introducing more product highlights and exclusive new colors of L7. At the same time, demonstration cars and test drive cars of IDEAL L7 will also gradually arrive at IDEAL Automobile retail centers across the country from the next day after the release conference, which is February 9, 2023.
IDEAL L7 is positioned as a new flagship family five-seater. The maximum legroom in the rear seat is up to 1,160mm, and IDEAL claims that it “achieves the level of luxury cars in D-class”. The seat cushion is over 52cm in length. And thanks to the elimination of the third row, the depth of the L7 trunk exceeds 1 meter. The “one-key two-row queen seat” on the right rear seat of the second row is equipped with an electric footrest. The backrest angle of the second row supports an adjustment range of 40 degrees. Folding down the second row seat forward can form a double bed with a width of 1.5 meters and a length of 2.4 meters.
In conclusion
In 2022, IDEAL Automobile smoothly achieved a comprehensive upgrade of its product line. IDEAL L9 consecutively won the sales champion of China’s large SUV from September to November, while IDEAL L8 became the monthly sales champion of new energy SUV in the price range of 300,000 to 400,000 yuan with nearly 6,000 deliveries in its first month of delivery, and also the runner-up for mid-to-large-sized SUV sales. In December, IDEAL Automobile will usher in another milestone moment of single-month deliveries exceeding 20,000 units.
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Ideal car company states that it will enter a new stage from 1 to 10 in the coming year, and will challenge the goal of reaching tens of billions.
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