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AITO Series Vehicles Receive OTA Update for Nationwide Urban Autonomous Driving

On February 2, the Hongmengzhixing App announced that AITO series models will begin an OTA upgrade, adding twelve new features and optimizing more than twelve user experiences. The most significant upgrade in this OTA is the urban intelligent driving navigation assistance, which can be used nationwide. This feature does not rely on high-definition maps and supports all city roads (main roads, secondary roads, branch roads, etc.), national highways, county roads, township roads, and other public roads, with ninety-nine percent of available road segments covered. Some owners have set up routes spanning China via navigation, choosing to avoid expressways; for ninety-nine percent of the journey, intelligent driving can be used. In other words, it basically means the system can drive on any road. The second major upgrade involves forward and lateral active safety functions. The upper limit for the forward AEB braking reaction speed is 120 km/h. Lateral active safety has also been upgraded: between 40 km/h and 120 km/h, if the vehicle deviates from its lane and there is a risk of collision with obstacles such as water barriers, traffic cones, curbs, or fences on the roadside, the vehicle will trigger emergency steering intervention for lateral obstacle collision prevention (LOCP). Other function upgrades:

Upgraded Lane Cruise Control Plus (LCC Plus), which can recognize traffic lights and stop, then start again.

The vehicle automatically matches the flow of traffic speed, avoiding both excessive slowing and speeding.

Upgraded ADS 3D view, capable of identifying special vehicles.

A new intelligent driving status island has been added, displaying the system's intentions on the map.

New traffic capacity enhancement features are added, with higher intelligent obstacle avoidance efficiency.

Upgrade the valet parking assist (AVP).

Upgraded Intelligent Parking Assist (APA), with parking efficiency improved by ten percent.

A new Huawei Intelligent Driving app has been added, merging navigation routes for intelligent driving and manual driving into a single display.

Xiaoyi Smart Refueling allows users to select fuel grade and refueling amount inside the vehicle without getting out.

Xiaoyi voice commands have been upgraded to control NetEase Cloud Music and Kugou Music functions.

Tesla Model Y Receives Upgrade

On February 1, the Tesla Model Y received an upgrade with two main changes. First, it is equipped with the new Hardware 4.0 (HW4.0) autonomous driving hardware, featuring updated computing chips and sensor hardware. Second, three new colors were introduced: Starlight Gray, Fast Silver, and Flame Red. The pricing for the upgraded models remains unchanged: RMB 258,900 for the Rear-Wheel Drive version, RMB 299,900 for the Dual-Motor All-Wheel Drive Long Range version, and RMB 363,900 for the Performance version. The HW4.0 system offers five times the chip computing power of its predecessor, along with changes to sensors. The front-facing camera array has been reduced from three to two cameras, with a maximum perception distance of 424 meters. Additionally, the blind-spot monitoring camera resolution has been upgraded to 5 megapixels. HW4.0 also eliminates ultrasonic radar. The three new body colors—Starlight Gray, Fast Silver, and Flame Red—are available as optional extras for an additional cost of RMB 12,000.

January Sales Data Released, AITO Surpasses Li Auto

Following the sales peak in December last year, automakers experienced varying degrees of decline in January sales. Notably, AITO series models surpassed Li Auto in monthly sales, becoming the top-selling new energy brand among Chinese new forces. Specific data for Chinese new energy brands are as follows:

AITO delivered 32,973 vehicles in total. Among them, the AITO New M7 alone accounted for 31,253 deliveries in January.

Li Auto delivered 31,165 vehicles in January, a year-on-year increase of 105.8%, with cumulative deliveries reaching 664,529 units.

DEEPAL delivered 17,042 vehicles in January.

Zeekr delivered 12,537 vehicles in January, a year-on-year increase of 302%.

Leapmotor delivered 12,277 units in January. Meanwhile, reservations for the new C10 model have exceeded 23,500 units; it will begin store test drives in February and is expected to launch in early March.

NIO delivered 10,055 new vehicles in January, a year-on-year increase of 18.2%. With this performance, NIO has cumulatively delivered four hundred fifty-nine thousand six hundred forty-nine new vehicles.

Hozon Auto delivered 10,032 vehicles across its full lineup in January, of which overseas sales amounted to 2,821 units.

DENZA sold 9,068 vehicles in January. The DENZA D9 accounted for 8,501 units, the N7 for 320 units, and the N8 for 247 units.

XPENG delivered 8,250 units in January, of which X9 deliveries amounted to 2,478 vehicles.

AVATR delivered 7,059 units in January. AVATR 11 deliveries totaled 2,038 units, while AVATR 12 deliveries reached 5,021 units.

Zhiji sold 5,305 units in January. The LS6 accounted for 4,766 units, representing 89.8% of the total sales volume.

VOYAH delivered 7,041 new vehicles in January, a year-on-year increase of 355%.

Written by: James Edited by: Jiaming