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Tang Yongsheng: "Lao Yu, I don't want to argue with you. I believe you said that Huawei's technology is better than that of other electric vehicle manufacturers, but how much better can it be?"

Yu Chengxi was stunned.

The question of whether technology is strong or how much stronger it can be is really hard to answer.

This is equivalent to everyone knowing that the Kirin 990 chip is stronger than the Kirin 980, but if the strength is not large, ordinary users will not feel it.

Of course, if it is the 3-chip Kirin 9010, the feeling will be obvious when compared with the Kirin 980.

Tang Yongsheng is the uncle of Mr. Ren Jingfei, so he naturally knows Huawei very well.

Although many people criticize Huawei both online and offline, Huawei's technology research and development capabilities are indeed the strongest in China, and abroad, it is also a first-tier presence.

But for things like smart electric vehicles, the so-called three-electric system, that is, the motor, electric drive, and electronic control, are all very mature.

To put it bluntly, even Tesla, the world's top electric vehicle, is boasted of its advanced technology, but when it comes to domestically produced electric vehicles, it doesn't seem to be top-notch in terms of the legendary three-electric system.

What Tesla can do, other electric vehicles can do too.

417 Tesla's autonomous driving is strong, but future electric vehicles, including Xpeng's electric vehicles, are not bad either, and are even better than Tesla's in some aspects.

Therefore, if the gap between the two is not large, there is no generational advantage, but it is difficult to say that there are bright spots.

However, Yu Chengxi seems to be very confident in Huawei's electric vehicle technology.

Yu Chengxi: "Let's not talk about the three-electric system for now, let's talk about car-level lidar. We can reduce the cost to the lowest in the industry, and the performance is even stronger. Do you think the technology is strong?"

Basically everyone here is familiar with the latest lidar developed by Huawei. Let’s not talk about the performance of Huawei lidar. The price alone beats the ex-factory price of lidar from other manufacturers.

Tang Yongsheng nodded: "Strong, of course.

Yu Chengxi: "There is also Huawei's autonomous driving system. As I said just now, whether it is performance parameters, actual performance, or actual user experience, it can beat Tesla and other car companies in an instant."

Tang Yongsheng glanced at Yu Chengxi: "Really so powerful?"

Yu Chengxi: "This is necessary. We have been preparing for several years and are very confident in autonomous driving."

Tao Mingfeng: "Tell me, what level can Huawei's autonomous driving system achieve?"

Tao Mingfeng is an expert who specializes in the integration of smart electric vehicle solutions. Of course, he immediately raised the issue.

Autonomous driving is divided into five levels, from 1 to 5.

The lowest level is level 1. Needless to say, it is useless and can only perform some simple auxiliary operations.

Level 12 is an assisted driving, which is somewhat useful. It is possible to do lane keeping and merging when driving on the highway, but it cannot do anything more complex.

Level 13 is conditional autonomous driving. You can do some difficult autonomous driving, such as identifying traffic lights, turning left and right, and doing some complex lane merging in the city.

Of course, since it is called "conditional automatic driving", it does not mean that automatic driving cannot be achieved completely.

Level 14 is quite impressive and can achieve complete autonomous driving.

The driver can freely do whatever he wants in the car, but occasionally there will be unresolved road conditions that will prompt the driver to intervene.

As for level 15, there is nothing to say, it is the highest level of autonomous driving.

The driver can go to the back seat to play poker with his female companion, and the whole process will be played without anyone disturbing him.

Now Tesla is known as a lot of beasts, but it has not reached the level.

Yu Chengxi cheered up and described (bacf) the power of Huawei's autonomous driving to everyone.

What can identify traffic lights anymore.

What an unprotected left turn.

What can automatically avoid vehicles coming from behind?

What about driving at a slow speed and adjusting the direction of travel...

Anyway, Yu Chengxi made everyone present stunned.

Yu Chengxi: "Anyway, Huawei's autonomous driving system has been tested in urban areas and can drive for 1,000 kilometers without intervention!"

Tao Mingfeng: "No intervention at all? Urban area? Seriously?"

Yu Chengxi proudly said: "It's the urban area, the road conditions are absolutely real!"

Tao Mingfeng: “Do you need the support of high-precision maps?”

Yu Chengxi: "This is definitely necessary. It can be run without a high-precision map, but the effect will be worse and error-prone."

Tao Mingfeng nodded: "No wonder, but Huawei's technology is indeed very powerful. If it can really achieve this level, then there is no need to mix other autonomous driving technologies."

Jia Haiqing said happily: "Then this is a big highlight!"

After saying that, Jia Haiqing also glanced at Tang Yongsheng.

Du Bo also figured out that the key to this dinner was still Tang Yongsheng.

Jia Haiqing needs not only technical support, but also funds.

Huawei Group has stated that it will not participate in the manufacturing of complete vehicles.

So there will only be technical support and plenty of money, but it will not be invested in any car companies.

So in terms of funding, we can only hope that there will be capital coming in.

Will Tang Yongsheng vote? It depends on his statement.

Tang Yongsheng pondered for a moment and said: "Autonomous driving can really achieve this step. That is indeed a big highlight and a big advantage. I think it is feasible."

Jia Haiqing perked up: "Then..."

Tang Yongsheng waved his hand: "But we still need to discuss other plans, such as what kind of car to build to attract consumers to buy it."

Yu Chengxi: "Let the experts from Tao University give us advice on this."

Tao Mingfeng should have been prepared, and said with a smile: "I think this is the case. Today's electric vehicles are nothing more than taking two routes. One is pure electric vehicles, such as Tesla, and in the future, Xiaopeng will be the one. Hybrid electric vehicle."

Tao Mingfeng: "No matter which route is taken, power batteries are crucial. To what extent power batteries can achieve and whether they can meet the needs of consumers, let's discuss this issue first."

Du Bo was refreshed when he heard this.

Just now he wanted to find an opportunity to intervene in the conversation and talk about entering the field of power batteries in the future. The opportunity now is good!