On December 30th, Jidu ROBO-01 officially debuted at the Guangzhou Auto Show, and its four main body colors were unveiled for the first time. At the same time, Jidu’s second model, ROBO-02, made its debut as a pure electric sports car. Thus, Jidu’s family-style design language has been established.
ROBO-01 Delivery Starts Next Year
Jidu ROBO-01 highly restores the design of the concept car, eliminating most physical controls such as external door handles and central control buttons, but retaining U-shaped steering wheels, 3D screens, active lifting-type tail wings, interactive headlights, and other designs.
ROBO-01 body size is 4,853 × 1,990 × 1,611 mm, and the wheelbase is 3,000 mm. This release features four main colors: Star River Purple, Star Universe Grey, Starshine Orange, and Star Dawn White, which will appear at the Guangzhou and Haikou auto shows.
Compared with ROBO-01 Lunar Exploration Limited Edition, except for the Lunar Exploration exclusive metal elements, exclusive body color “Star Porcelain White”, “Seat Goose Neck Lamp”, “LUNAR EDITIO” Logo silk printing, lunar exploration logo, etc., ROBO-01 basically maintains a high degree of consistency with ROBO-01 Lunar Exploration Limited Edition in terms of visual perception of interior and exterior decorations.
ROBO-01 will be equipped with Qualcomm’s 4th generation Snapdragon Digital Cockpit Platform – 8295 chip. Qualcomm 8295 is the first mass-produced 5nm process vehicle-grade chip with AI computing power of 30 TOPS, which is almost 8 times the performance improvement of the previous generation product, and supports immersive 3D interaction.
Jidu stated that ROBO-01 will be equipped with the core function of PPA (Point to Point Autopilot) – point-to-point navigation assistance system of advanced intelligent driving systems, and Jidu also stated that when ROBO-01 is delivered, the coverage of PPA’s available scenarios will reach the leading level in China.
ROBO-01 is based on the same SEA Haohan architecture as Geely Jiaji 001, with front all-aluminum double-wishbone suspension and rear all-aluminum H-arm multi-link independent suspension. ROBO-01 and its lunar exploration limited edition will begin delivery in 2023.
ROBO-02 unveiled
ROBO-02, Geely’s second car, is positioned as a pure electric sports car, featuring a design language that is in keeping with the brand’s first concept car, ROBO-01. Geely has also officially established its own family design language.
ROBO-02 also features a door-handle-free design, with a wide and low body that adds to its sense of sportiness and style. The interactive headlights are still retained, and the hidden laser radar, aerodynamic wheels, and active lifting rear wing together reduce wind resistance.
Geely’s full-stack application of Baidu Apollo’s advanced autonomous driving full ability and safety system, Geely said that ROBO-02 will also have tailor-made scenario-based services and stronger intelligent functions in the future.
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