On December 26th, AITO authorized the user center, and many consumers came to consult and learn about AITO’s M9.
This group of pictures was taken by reporter Zhang Jinhui/Visual Chongqing
On December 26th, the flagship SUV AITO, a panoramic wisdom cooperation between Cyrus and Huawei, was officially released. This car is not only the epitome of the most advanced technology and the latest manufacturing technology in the automobile industry, but also enhances the perception of the "Made in Chongqing" car.
A few days ago, the National Bureau of Statistics also released the latest data. From January to November this year, Chongqing’s automobile production reached 2,074,200, up 10% year-on-year, ranking second in the country.
Over the past decade or so, the ranking of Chongqing’s automobile production in the country has fluctuated. Now Chongqing ranks among the top in the country again. The industry is more concerned about the specific path to promote the development of local industries. After all, it is difficult to sustain the current automobile industry structure through the "impulse" of low-end products.
Chongqing’s auto industry has performed brilliantly this year. Is there really a "new power" blessing behind it? From the emergence of AITO M9 and the performance of major auto companies in Chongqing this year, we can see that Chongqing’s auto industry is changing from "quantitative change" to "qualitative change".
The price of high-end cars rushed to five or six hundred thousand yuan.
Since the second half of this year, the AITO series products jointly designed by Cyrus Auto and Huawei have continued to sell well. In November, the sales volume of Sailisi new energy vehicles reached 23,834, up 104.39% year-on-year; Among them, the sales volume of Sailis brand was 20,318 vehicles, up by 145.92% year-on-year, both hitting new highs.
Changan Automobile is still strong. In November, the sales volume of its own brand new energy vehicles exceeded 50,000, a year-on-year increase of 52.73%.
The reporter learned from the Municipal Economic and Information Committee that the output of new energy vehicles in Chongqing in November increased by more than 100% year-on-year, which also far exceeded the year-on-year growth rate of total local automobile production in the same period.
The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Economic and Information Committee said that since 2023, the contribution rate of new energy vehicles in Chongqing to the growth of the city’s automobile industry has reached 85%.
"Behind the recent bright performance of Chongqing Automobile, it is obviously driven by high-end models, especially high-end intelligent networked new energy vehicles." A related person from Chongqing Automobile Business Association said that a large number of "Made in Chongqing" vehicles with high value and high product strength have emerged in this year, with intensity and frequency exceeding any previous period.
The reporter combed the "Made in Chongqing" new energy hot-selling models launched this year, and found that most of them are mid-to-high-end vehicles, such as the dark blue S7 model of Changan, whose price is between 150,000 and 220,000 yuan, while the price of Aouita 11 HarmonyOS Edition and Aouita 12 is between 300,000 and 400,000 yuan. The price of Sailis AITO’s M5 Smart Driving Edition and AITO’s new M7 covers 250,000 to 400,000 yuan. AITO asked M9 to push the price above 500,000 to 600,000 yuan.
The new path makes "Made in Chongqing" cars sought after.
In the eyes of the industry, the above changes in Chongqing’s automobile industry follow a profound value logic.
On December 16th, in the special activity of Chongqing International Talent Exchange Conference, Li Keqiang, an academician of China Academy of Engineering and chief scientist of Chongqing Western Science City Intelligent Networked Automobile Innovation Center, pointed out that the automobile industry will usher in the 4.0 era, and the new generation of automobiles will reflect the characteristics of low-carbon energy, electrification of power, intelligent body and networking of transportation networks, and the original automobile development mode, production mode and ecology will change.
Dong Yang, vice chairman of China Electric Vehicle committee of 100, believes that people’s "quality view" of automobiles has changed, from focusing on quality to focusing on experience. "In the past, when a new car was released and 20 new technologies were listed, it was amazing that users could use one or two items. Each car also brought a thick manual, and no one read it. This is no good. Car companies must directly face users, find out what needs users have, and let users make full use of new technologies. "
"First, we must’ change’ and strive to develop new technologies in the direction of intelligent networking and new energy; The second is to be’ close’, close to the needs of users, shorten the distance with users and reduce communication costs. " The relevant person in charge of Changan Automobile said.
A closer look at the many products newly launched by Chongqing car companies such as Chang ‘an and Sailis this year shows that they all follow the above ideas.
Taking the M9 as an example, by adopting the innovative owl-enhanced steering technology, the turning radius of a 5.2-meter-long "big guy" is smaller than that of a medium-sized car. In addition, the model also has 2.6 million pixels of fine lighting with dual lights. When the high beam illuminates the opposite vehicle, it will automatically leave a dark area, which will not affect the opposite vehicle, but also keep the high beam.
Qu Yunchao, a market observer, believes that some of the above technologies and functions have solved the pain points of users, while others have opened up interesting or comfortable new experiences for users. Since the beginning of this year, the popularity of "Made in Chongqing" cars has proved the success of this path.
It takes "one step at a time" to become a world-class company.
In the new year, how can Chongqing’s automobile industry anchor new development coordinates? "The global automobile industry pattern is undergoing subversive changes." Zhu Huarong, Chairman of Changan Automobile, said that from Europe, America, Japan, Germany and South Korea, where China was divided into six parts, to China, where the brand occupies half of the country today, the advantages of China brand in modeling, new energy and intelligence lead the world, and its scale advantage is further highlighted, and its competitive advantage in changing lanes is even more obvious.
But it also brings a series of new problems-
For example, the future development of China’s automobile industry will no longer be promoted by learning from the outside world. Another example is that the boundary of the division of labor between the whole vehicle and parts is reconstructed, and the battery of new energy vehicles is rapidly transformed from shortage to overcapacity.
To solve these problems well, we can move towards the first-class in the world, and the road is only "one step at a time". Zhu Huarong believes that it is necessary to take five steps to meet the challenges in the critical period of track switching in the industry by accelerating the layout of products and production capacity, strengthening the layout of brand building, strengthening the layout of marketing services, accelerating the improvement of market layout and strengthening the layout of organizational talents.
Zhang Xinghai, the chairman (founder) of Sailis Automobile, said that the local area is currently in the best opportunity to develop new energy intelligent networked vehicles. A strong supply chain can support a strong vehicle enterprise, and the industry should further expand open cooperation and let professionals do professional things to create high-quality products that meet the needs of users.
Relevant persons of the Municipal Economic and Information Committee said that Chongqing will strive to basically form a new ecology of intelligent networked new energy automobile industry by 2025, and build a world-class intelligent networked new energy automobile industry cluster by 2030, with the industrial scale reaching the world-class level.
To this end, Chongqing will continue to expand its industrial scale, accelerate the completion and commissioning of new projects, put new products on the market, and develop new brands, and strive to build a trillion-level intelligent networked new energy automobile industrial cluster; Adhere to the whole zero coordination, implement major projects to attract investment, cultivate and upgrade key enterprises, transform and upgrade traditional enterprises, and promote intelligent networked new energy vehicles to supplement the chain and strengthen the chain extension; Strengthen the integrated layout of charging, storage and parking, vehicle and Lu Yun infrastructure, promote the integration of energy network, transportation network and information network, and strive to form a moderately advanced, rational, intelligent and efficient charging and replacing service system; Accelerate the network transformation of existing roads and create the most distinctive and rich vehicle-road collaborative experience scene in China.
The first "Made in Chongqing" panoramic wisdom flagship SUV
AITO asks M9 to go public.
On December 26th, at the press conference of the M9 and Huawei’s whole winter scene, the first "Made in Chongqing" panoramic wisdom flagship SUV AITO was officially launched, and four models were launched in two power versions, namely extended range and pure electric, with a price of 469,800-569,800 yuan.
AITO Jiejie M9 was jointly launched by Chongqing car companies Cyrus and Huawei, and adopted a brand-new family design "Kunpeng Wings Spreading". The new car applied a number of cutting-edge innovative technologies, such as "Super Xuanwu Body", which was the world’s largest one-piece die-casting, and the lightweight coefficient was significantly higher than that of the same class. The 12 parts of the whole car also adopted 2000 MPa nuclear submarine-class hot car steel.
Huawei Turing Intelligent Chassis, equipped with AITO Wenjie M9, comes standard with intelligent closed air spring and CDC variable damping shock absorber, supports 5-speed body height adjustment, and also has a full-scene smart road preview system with adaptive active suspension, which can smoothly cope with different road conditions.
In terms of power, AITO’s M9 extended range version is equipped with a drive system consisting of a 1.5T engine and front and rear motors, with an acceleration of 4.9 seconds at zero and 4.3 seconds at zero for the pure electric version. The fuel consumption of the extended range version is as low as 6.9 liters per 100 kilometers, the comprehensive battery life is as high as 1402 kilometers, and the pure battery life is as high as 275 kilometers. The pure electric version is equipped with Huawei’s "Whale" 800-volt high-voltage battery platform, which can achieve a battery life of 150 kilometers in 5 minutes and an overall battery life of 630 kilometers.
In terms of automatic driving, M9 adopts Huawei ADS2.0 advanced intelligent driving, equipped with industry-leading 192-line laser radar, and cooperates with high-definition camera and millimeter-wave radar to support intelligent driving of national highways, urban expressways and urban areas.
AITO M9 is expected to be delivered in batches on February 26th next year. The relevant person in charge of Cyrus said that the company has built a world-leading super smart factory in Chongqing, with intelligent manufacturing equipment that integrates advanced technologies such as AR vision and big data. The key processes are 100% automated, and a new car can be rolled off the assembly line every 30 seconds, with the highest production efficiency in the world.
