In the past two years, more and more domestic auto brands have begun to launch their own “high-end intelligent new energy” brands, such as Dongfeng Aeolus, SAIC’s IM, Great Wall’s Salon, and so on. Of course, there’s also Geely’s Geometry. As the first model of Geometry, Geometry A is crucial for the brand’s development.
At this year’s Guangzhou Auto Show, we had a brief experience of some minor updates of Geometry A’s intelligent cockpit. Let’s take a quick look through the video:
Voice-over: Xuan Wang, Editing: Rui Yin.
Now let’s introduce briefly the cockpit hardware and software of Geometry A, and we will strive to bring you a more detailed review in the “Intelligent Cockpit Intelligence Bureau” section:
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Geometry A is equipped with two screens and a HUD inside its cockpit.
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The size of the LCD dashboard is 8.8 inches, with a resolution of 1920*480.
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The size of the central control touchscreen is 15.4 inches, with a resolution of 1920*1200.
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The size of the HUD is 14.7 inches, with a resolution of 766*170.
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The cockpit SoC adopts Qualcomm Snapdragon 820AP and is equipped with 8GB of memory.
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The main interaction methods of the cockpit include touch and voice.
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The car system is provided by Geely’s designated supplier, “YikaTong”.
At first glance, the central control touchscreen and car system of Geometry A look very similar to those of the Tesla Model series, especially the Dock bar at the bottom, which distributes frequently used functions in driving scenes. However, unlike Tesla’s “map is the homepage” design, Geometry A adopts a card-style UI layout and does not use the “map is the homepage” design.
Compared with most traditional brand car systems, Geometry A’s HMI interaction design is closer to digital products, and the regulations are usually more clear. For young people who are more familiar with digital products, the difficulty of getting started may also be reduced.The built-in applications of the car infotainment system are not many, but practical enough to meet common functional needs of driving scenarios. The navigation system uses Baidu Maps, and other online applications include Kuwo Music, Tencent Video, and Banting, etc.
Among them, Banting is a car multimedia product developed by Ecarx, which integrates content sources such as Ximalaya, local music, radio, and Tencent News. At the same time, in conjunction with Ximalaya, Baidu Taihe, it has updated the music library’s copyrights.
The voice assistant of Geely GE11, called EVA, is endowed with a virtual VPA image. Nowadays, there are not many brands that choose physical VPA like Nomi of NIO, but more products adopt virtual images. The voice assistant can be activated by saying “Hi, EVA,” and the wake-up word can also be modified.
Based on our past experience with Geely GKUI developed by Ecarx, the voice assistant’s capabilities created by Ecarx are quite strong, and this time the voice assistant EVA of Geely GE11 has also been assisted by Baidu.
In summary, the performance of Geely GE11’s infotainment system in the industry is still impressive. Regarding overall performance of the smart cabin, we only experienced a part of Geely GE11’s highlights at the auto show, and we will strive to bring you a more comprehensive experience of its performance in daily driving scenarios.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.