[car home Original Test Drive] In Huawei exhibition halls in various cities, in addition to displaying their digital products, there will also be vehicles on display, among which there is the question circle. As the flagship model of the asking world, the asking world M9 has a very high degree of attention. What are its highlights? Can you be "far ahead" again? You can find the answer after reading this article.

　　The M9 is divided into two types: extended range and pure electric. The test drive model is extended range version. It should be noted that the test drive is not a delivery version, and the experience may be different from the official version after listing.

● Design aesthetics belonging to China.

　　As the flagship product launched by HarmonyOS Zhixing, Wenjie M9 has integrated Huawei’s deep thinking and the meaning behind the product in the design and research and development stage. Adhering to the simple and pure aesthetic principles, the design avoids complicated lines and corners, and shows a smooth and elegant shape. In terms of exterior color matching, the new car offers five exterior colors for consumers to choose from, namely, Mu Ye Green, Gilded Black, Danxia Orange, Yadan Black and Xinghe Blue, among which the last three colors are double colors, which is in line with the aesthetics of target users with this price.

　　Under this seemingly simple appearance, the new car hides many scientific and technological intelligent accessories, and also creates a unique sense of scientific and technological aesthetics. In particular, its front face design adopts a unique design language of "Kunpeng Wings Spreading", which is quite different from the split light group design adopted by many models on the market at present. Wen Jie M9 not only has higher recognition in the design of lamp group, but also has richer and more advanced functions.

　　Wenjie M9 integrates the functions of megapixel headlights HUAWEI xPixel, ADB, AFS headlights and intelligent interactive matrix lights, which not only can easily meet all kinds of lighting needs, but also has a very intelligent side. For example, the minimum projection function of greeting lamp is only 3 meters; The width-indicating light blanket makes it safer for drivers to drive and meet in narrow roads; Headlights can illuminate a 150-inch 2K outdoor screen to interact with the surrounding ecology and so on.

　　The drag coefficient of new energy products is bound to need special attention. As a "big guy", the drag coefficient of the boundary M9 is only 0.26Cd. The drag coefficients of BMW X7, Mercedes-Benz GLS and Ideal L9, which are also big guys, all exceed 0.3Cd.

　　All four doors of the new car are electrically opened/closed, which is full of grade and elegant enough to get on and off. The rim is a standard 21-inch rim, and 22-inch rims are available. In terms of dimensions, the length, width and height of the boundary M9 are 5230/1999/1800mm and the wheelbase is 3110mm, which is very similar to the ideal L9. Want to know the actual performance of the space? Please continue reading.

● Flagship interior and intelligent experience

　　The concept of "integration of inside and outside, people-oriented and experience first" is used in the interior design of the M9, and the double-layer embracing cockpit with symmetrical shape creates a visual comfort for the car. In terms of material selection, Wenjie M9 uses a lot of Nappa leather to cover the main part of body contact, and at the same time, the car also uses natural cork and crystal decorative pieces, which further enhances the exquisite and luxurious feeling of the interior.

　　In terms of intelligence, the M9 also comes up with the standard of the flagship model, and the One Glass triple screen can meet the needs of the front row for interactive and intelligent experience. In addition, it also supports HDR Vivid mode and adaptive light sensitivity adjustment, which can be more realistic in both color and clarity. In the system part, the HarmonyOS 4 intelligent cockpit based on the Ark engine is used in the M9, and the whole car can talk and call out commands at will regardless of the sound zone, truly achieving an intelligent experience without feeling.

　　With the cooperation of "Xiaoyi classmates", it can also accurately identify voiceprints and sound areas, and give accurate answers and feedback to the needs of different family members in the car. Including the 32-inch projection screen in the back row, the M9 can realize smooth circulation operation and open the intelligent system of the whole vehicle. Combined with the AI big model based on Pangu big model, it can create more possibilities for the intelligence in the car.

　　The 32-inch projection screen of the new car is equipped with a telescopic X-shaped bracket to ensure its stability, safety and aesthetics. The projector is located above the third row, and the heat generated when it works will be directly discharged outside the car, so as to prevent the heat from affecting the comfort of passengers in the third row. In addition, whether people are most concerned about motion sickness or not. Personally, it depends more on the driver’s "driving skills", at least there will be no discomfort at rest. In addition, after closing the sunshade, its brightness and clarity are not bad. As for how to operate, you can operate in three ways: the remote control delivered with the car, the mobile phone and the "transmission" of the contents on the front screen.

　　It’s a pity that after the curtain is unfolded, the adjustment angle of the front seats will be limited, and the viewing sight distance of the second row of regular positions is slightly close, and the third row of viewing will be partially blocked because of the position of the second headrest, so the second row of seats will be adjusted to the best viewing position at last. As for why it is a projection, the screen is not used. The official explanation is to avoid the panoramic skylight above the screen being folded.

　　The entertainment and configuration experience of the M9 is also quite eye-catching. The car is equipped with a complete set of HUAWEI SOUND excellent series audio system, equipped with 25 professional audio units, including 7 surround channels and 4 sky channels. In addition, the M9 adopts a unique ring diffuser design, which can provide a shocking hearing experience anywhere in the car.

　　Before talking about the interior space, let’s take a look at the seat of the M9. In addition to providing each seat with thick padding, headrest and lumbar support to improve the riding comfort, it also comes standard with seat heating (the steering wheel is also heated) and seat ventilation/massage in the first/second rows, which is very rich in configuration.

　　After the zero-gravity seat mode is turned on, the right seat in the second row will translate to the left, and then expand back and forth. In order to solve the problem that the original "door armrest" on the right side can no longer be used after the seat is translated, the engineer added a right armrest for use after turning on the zero gravity mode, and both it and the left armrest are electrically adjusted. The system will automatically adjust their angles according to the angle of the seat and always keep them horizontal.

　　The problem of handrails has been solved, but new problems have come again. How to ensure the leg space? In order to make the passenger seat move forward as far as possible and keep the height as low as possible, which is similar to the height of the passenger’s feet. The engineer abandoned the glove box to meet the first demand, and moved the cushion forward separately, so that the rear end of the cushion and the lower end of the back of the chair formed a space for the side wing of the back of the chair to use to solve the second demand. Wonderful!

　　Combined with the variability of the seats on the right side of the second row, such as the co-pilot seat with foot rest, you can also switch the new car between 3/4/5/6 seats according to your personal needs and freely combine them to meet the travel needs of different scenes. In addition, you can use the Pad more conveniently through the HUAWEI MagLink in-car development tool. Don’t worry about the lack of power, each row is equipped with USB fast charging interface, and the charging power is as high as 66 watts.

● There are joys and sorrows in space.

　　Compared with its rich seat changes and functions, the space performance of the M9 is still slightly inferior. There is no problem with the space in the first/second row, and there is some shortage of leg space in the third row, and there is a lack of support for the legs. Surprisingly, the new car seat does not support stepless adjustment before and after. ……

　　The floor in the third row of M9 is not raised, but keeps the same horizontal line with the front, which is similar to the MPV model, which deserves a good comment. In addition, there is plenty of lateral space in the third row, and it won’t feel crowded when taking two adults at the same time.

　　The performance of the M9 in the storage part is obviously better. The whole car provides as many as 42 storage spaces, which can easily meet various needs in daily life. It is worth mentioning that the storage compartment on the left side of the platform is designed as a private storage space, which can only be opened after logging into the corresponding account. The card slot of the driving recorder related to personal privacy is also located here, and the details are very thoughtful.

● The pure electric version is fast and can be braked.

　　In terms of dynamics, the M9 also performed well. The first good news is that all M9 cars in the world are dual-motor four-wheel drive models. There are two types of energy sources: pure electricity and extended range. The front (high-voltage asynchronous)/rear motor (high-voltage permanent magnet synchronous) of the pure electricity version are 160kW and 230kW respectively. The official acceleration score of 100 kilometers is 4.3 seconds. We measured it and achieved it easily. The braking performance is also quite brilliant. The large-size tire configuration is not only a sample, but also the tire performance+the strength of the brake caliper can make it a source of your confidence. For the specific test data (pure electric version of the test car), you can see the picture below:

　　The pure electric vehicle not only runs fast, but also has the highest charging power of 320kW, which naturally benefits from its adoption of Huawei’s "Whale" 800V high-voltage battery platform (the thinnest 800V battery pack in the industry /100kWh). Combined with its low energy consumption performance (official data 17.4kWh/100km), the battery life can be increased by 150km after charging for 5 minutes.

● The extended range device is the highlight.

　　The extended range version does not have an 800V platform, and its highlight is the range extender. It’s a 1.5T engine with a compression ratio of 15:1 and a thermal efficiency of 41%. Together with the 41.9kWh battery, CLTC has a comprehensive battery life of 1362km and a pure battery life of 224km. The officially announced 100km acceleration score is 4.9 seconds, and its strength is full.

　　Everyone can guess that even the M9 extended-range model with slightly weaker dynamic parameters is by no means good. No matter which power mode, the power output should be sufficient for daily use. Of course, the acceleration in comfort mode and sports mode is definitely faster than that in energy-saving mode, and the dynamic response is also faster.

　　In the process of driving, it is undoubtedly a good choice to obtain information such as speed through the 75-inch HUAWEI AR-HUD equipped with the new car. It has a sight distance of 8.5 meters from the driver, which is far enough, and the resolution reaches 1920×730. Coupled with the ultra-high brightness of 12000nit, adaptive adjustment and 1200:1 contrast, the picture is clear and easy to read.

　　As a family-oriented SUV, it’s time to roll up the comfort after rolling up the power. Listen carefully: All-aluminum chassis, front double wishbone+rear multi-link suspension system, intelligent closed air spring and CDC variable damping shock absorber are all standard, which is the ultimate card of the M9. However, the air spring doesn’t feel good enough here, because it’s just a single-cavity air spring. At this level and price, the double-cavity air spring is really easy to be caught and criticized, but we are more concerned about the actual performance of the suspension when it drives.

　　　Suspension adjustment lived up to expectations and played the leading role comfortably. The overall tone is like a big ship, which will not erase all the bumps, but it will ride the wind and waves steadily all the way. Yes, I think this is the biggest difference between it and the ideal L9 vibration filtering performance. The M9 will retain a little more sense of road, but it will not disturb the ride comfort too much. The transmitted beats are all wrapped in a soft package, which is crisp in feeling. If you sit in the back row, you will feel a little more fragmentary vibration here. Relatively speaking, it is not as comfortable as the front row, but it is far from scattered, and the feeling is still soft.

　　As for the quietness, it goes without saying that the overall performance is quite good. After all, as long as there is enough electricity, it is driven by pure electricity, and with excellent drag coefficient, it is not unexpected to have such performance. Of course, the noise in the third row is relatively loud, and there will be noise coming in at the rear wheel arch when cruising at high speed.

　　The M9 car is equipped with an overhead laser radar, three millimeter-wave radars, eleven high-definition visual perception cameras and twelve ultrasonic radars, which can realize real-time perception of moving/static targets (including alien objects), plus super learning ability (the scene library model changes once every five days, and the simulation test is carried out for more than 12 million kilometers every day, and the learning and training calculation power reaches 2.8E FLOPS) and algorithms (PDP algorithm can be within one second). I have to say that the HUAWEI ADS 2.0 system installed on the M9 is the best system for my personal experience at present.

　　The editor experienced it in Chengdu, where there is no high-precision map. Let’s say the conclusion first-reliable! Whether it is changing lanes, giving way, crawling, starting, merging into the main road, merging two lanes into one, etc., the movement of the vehicle is smooth, and the judgment is carried out decisively, which is quite a bit like the feeling of an old driver.

　　High-level intelligent driving is very powerful on the road, and solving the parking problem after arriving at the destination is also easy for the M9. It supports more than 160 kinds of parking scenes, vehicles can automatically roam to find parking spaces, find people by themselves, and also provide custom parking spaces and follow-up reversing. For the sake of driving safety, the AEB system assembled by the M9 has the power of stopping a stationary vehicle at 120km/h, and the ESA emergency lane change assistance system is introduced to increase the auxiliary steering torque through the system to help the driver steer and avoid collision. Interested friends can check out my colleague Huang Qining’s video M9 AEB test.

M9 AEB test

　　Now that we are talking about safety, it is necessary to share with you some information about the body of M9. The aluminum volume of the whole vehicle body accounts for 80%, 12 parts of the whole vehicle are made of 2000Mpa hot-formed steel, and the sill beam has reached 11 protective cavities, and there are 8 anti-collision compartments and other parts, which have made many efforts to improve the safety of the whole vehicle.

● 　summary

　　After more than ten years’ experience, the test drive briefing of M9 is the longest and most informative of all the briefings that the editor has participated in, and there is no one. But even so, many information points have been abandoned, and many highlights are not the "results" after the introduction. There is no other meaning, "Exactly" wants everyone to know that there are too many highlights in the world of inquiry M9. The editor has passed on all I have learned and felt in this article as much as possible, but I know that these four pages may be just the tip of the iceberg for the world of inquiry M9. In the following days, we will analyze all aspects of M9 in depth and in detail. At the same time, you are also welcome to communicate with us in the comment area and tell us what you think of this car and what you want to see.

　　Finally, let’s shout out those four words together-"Far ahead"! (Photo/Text/Photo by car home Zhou Churan)

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Recently, the voice of "intelligent driving without a map" swept through the automobile circle, causing heated discussions. Before that, AITO asked the world and Tucki talked about "not relying on high-precision maps", and then the ultra-01 entered the market, and the first domestic production model that realized high-order intelligent driving by relying on "pure vision" perception algorithm officially landed.

In 2023, with the wide popularization of NOA in cities, the technical route of intelligent driving "going to high-precision maps" was pushed to the forefront. Since this year, car companies have successively entered the stage of city intelligent driving, from "light maps" to "no maps", getting rid of high-precision maps has become the key for enterprises to open national NCA plans.

Kaicheng "Marathon", the city’s smart driving vents swept through 2023.

2023 is called the first year of artificial intelligence, and artificial intelligence hot words such as AI computing power, big model, BEV+Trasnsformer are constantly emerging. The layout speed of NOA in cities has also become the annual KPI of new car companies, and the progress of intelligent driving in Kaesong seems to be a measure of the status and hard power of many enterprises in the field of automatic driving, especially in the second half of 2023, the competition among enterprises is: Kaesong numbers.

On the 1024 Xpeng Motors Science and Technology Day, the official announced that XNGP city navigation-assisted driving had covered 25 cities in November and opened to 50 cities at the end of December; As early as April this year, the more radical LI publicly emphasized that the speed of "opening the city" should be raised to three digits this year: 100; Huawei originally planned to cover 45 cities by NCA in the fourth quarter of 2023. Yu Chengdong, managing director of Huawei, CEO of BG and CEO of BU, a smart car solution, sharply increased this goal to "all cities can open" in December at the press conference of the new M7.

The competition in the number of Kaesong can be described as intensifying.

The new forces believe that the large-scale opening of the city NOA will help them stay in the competition seat in the development of high-level intelligent driving and become the key to the next stage of competition. Li Liyun, the person in charge of automatic driving in Xpeng Motors, said recently that the XNGP urban navigation-assisted driving, which can be opened all over the country, will help Xpeng Motors "enter the second half first", and the XNGP urban intelligent driving with light map scheme will not be limited by the use range and updating time of high-precision maps. Li Liyun even shouted: "The battle without maps is over".

On October 27th, Extreme Yue 01 was officially listed. Extreme Yue was the "strategic cooperation project of automobile robots" initiated by Geely Holding Group and Baidu in 2021. Geely was mainly responsible for controlling the manufacturing of the whole vehicle and building the platform architecture, while Baidu gave Extreme Yue 01 the accumulation of AI algorithm and intelligent driving. At present, Extreme Yue 01 is the first mass-produced vehicle in China that relies on "pure vision" perception algorithm to realize high-order intelligent assisted driving. Extreme Yue 01′ s advanced intelligent driving ROBO Drive Max adopts BEV+Transformer pure vision scheme, and its technical route is very close to Tesla’s. The first Occupancy Network technology ("OCC") jointly developed by Extreme Yue and Baidu is also announced for the first time, and the role of OCC is to further enhance the "pure vision" of Extreme Yue 01.

It is worth noting that the production model of Extreme Yue 01 is not equipped with lidar. Xia Yiping, CEO of Jiji and Extreme Yue, revealed that the scheme of going to lidar was only determined during the discussion at the beginning of this year, but he also stressed that going to lidar is not necessarily the key point. After the laws and regulations of L4 level are released in the future, lidar will still be needed.

According to the official plan of Extreme Vietnam, in 2023, ROBO Drive Max will open the high-level intelligent driving function in urban areas to all users in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. At the same time, PPA can be used in 90% of the country’s high-speed viaducts. In 2024, PPA will gradually open 200+ cities nationwide.

The voices of "going to the lidar" and "going to the high-precision map" are often mentioned recently. Among them, the advantage of "no map" is to reduce the lag of map update and reduce the cost of intelligent driving, which is also conducive to the promotion of high-level intelligent driving in different cities.

However, there are many objections to "no graph theory" in the industry.

Map manufacturers bombard, is "no map" really possible?

In the process of promoting urban NOA, due to over-reliance on high-precision maps, all car companies have been unable to expand rapidly. In August 2022, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced that six cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Chongqing, would carry out the pilot application of intelligent networked automobile high-precision maps. However, after more than a year, the pilot cities have not continued to develop. In other words, relying on high-precision maps, the speed of car companies opening NOA in cities across the country will become faster.

Therefore, in this era when everything is "rolled", in order to accelerate the promotion of the city NOA, car companies decisively chose to abandon the once high-precision map of Xiangbo. Xpeng Motors CEO He Xiaopeng has publicly stated that high-precision maps must be a transition. As early as 2019, Musk on the other side of the ocean angrily sprayed high-precision maps, calling them "really a bad idea". Tesla insisted on choosing visual perception technology, and launched the "BEV+Transformer" model in 2021.

It is undeniable that high-precision maps play an important role in the automatic driving perception layer, and more accurate environmental perception can be achieved through electronic maps with higher precision and wider data dimensions. Moreover, in a higher-level automatic driving system, the cooperation between high-precision maps and traffic elements and road connections is also very important. In the final analysis, car companies chose to "abandon" high-precision maps in the second half of 2023, or because of the low frequency of updating high-precision maps, high maintenance costs, complicated map review and qualifications, which did not meet the plan of car companies to "open the city" in a hurry.

Therefore, when talking about the general direction of "de-cartography", Cheng Peng, the new CEO of NavInfo, a veteran cartographer, angrily sprayed some automobile manufacturers with no map qualification, no intellectual property rights and no fear of safety. In addition, Cheng Peng said that NavInfo found that some automobile companies that claimed not to rely on high-precision maps still had map information after covering their sensors, which indicated that they still adopted the map scheme.

Of course, high-precision maps also have firm fans, including Waymo, a self-driving company owned by Google, and the development of intelligent driving systems of traditional car companies such as GM and BMW also rely heavily on high-precision maps.

We always emphasize the differences between traditional car companies and new power companies in the concept of building cars, and we can also see the cognitive differences of enterprises from their attitudes towards high-precision maps. From the current stage, urban NOA does not need the help of high-precision maps or even laser radar in most scenes, but when the author test-drives the PPA point-to-point navigation assistance of Extreme Yue 01, there is indeed a deviation in traffic light signal recognition. In addition, the environmental perception and recognition ability of pure visual perception scheme in rainy, snowy and dusty days is not good.

There is a set of interesting price data. In September this year, Tesla drastically lowered the price of its fully automatic driving (FSD) package in the United States, from the previous $15,000 to $12,000, a decrease of 20%. Before this year, Tesla officials emphasized more than once that with the continuous iterative upgrade of FSD technology, its price will only rise. Judging from the price of high-order intelligent driving schemes for three new domestic models in the last six months, Zhiji LS6 IM AD intelligent driving assistance system is provided to users as a standard in the whole department and free of charge for life. The price of Tucki G6 MAX version (XNGP) is only 20,000 yuan higher than that of Pro version (XPILOT), and the rights and interests given to users by Extreme Leap 01 include the preferential price of 6-month subscription to ROBO Drive Max and limited time ROBO Drive Max buyout of 19,900 yuan. Judging from the price trend, ordering high-order assisted driving systems is more cost-effective, indicating that car companies pay more attention to cost-effectiveness in the field of intelligent driving.

Embracing "emphasizing perception, ignoring map" or even "no map" is becoming the mainstream practice of domestic new power enterprises. Facing the cruelty of domestic new energy vehicle market competition, new power enterprises pay more attention to reducing the cost of intelligent driving, which is also caused by the big environment, but the high-precision map "backs the pot".

　　When it comes to cartoons with international influence, the classic animated images created by Disney will always appear in the minds of adults for the first time. However, in recent years, with the rise of the country at any time, the children’s cartoon "Super Flash" produced by China animation company Aofei has become a childhood memory after 10 years.

　　"Super Flash" landed on major TV media and video platforms in China in 2015. Up to now, it has been broadcasted for nine seasons, and it has been broadcasted in 150 countries and regions, winning the ratings of many countries in Asia, Europe and America. The number of themed toys, peripheral derivatives and authorized products has exceeded 100 million, with tens of millions of consumers and tens of millions of visitors to theme parks. Brand value and brand influence have attracted worldwide attention and become childhood memories shared by children all over the world.

　　The hero of Super Flash is a red airplane robot named Le Di. He is energetic, optimistic and helpful. He is the fastest plane in the world. He can always fly to all parts of the world at the fastest speed, deliver packages to children and help them solve all kinds of problems. When Ledi is in trouble, his plane friends will fly in and help Le Di overcome the difficulties with all kinds of novel and cool skills.

　　The striking red color represents Le Di’s sincere, brave, positive, optimistic and enthusiastic qualities, which makes this image very infectious and becomes one of the favorite cartoon images of children all over the world. Le Di’s partners: Little Love & HELIP, a cool flying and versatile rescue plane who is good at building a lot and can perform stunts; … Each one has bright colors and distinct personality, and each one has different skills. From the first season to the ninth season, new partners, new skills and new equipment are constantly emerging, which is full of surprises and expectations.

　　Super Flash is aimed at preschool children, and its content is simple and interesting. There is no boring preaching or rigid truth in the plot, and its educational function is subtly passed on to the children in the plot. The image of Le Di flying around the world to help children is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so that millions of small audiences in Qian Qian are willing to help others like Le Di. The plot of Le Di’s friends working together to overcome difficulties will also let the small audience appreciate the importance of unity and cooperation.

　　It is worth mentioning that "Super Flash" is not just a simple and stylized design environment and scene like most pre-school animations, but incorporates natural scenery, places of interest, landmark buildings and local customs from all over the world into the plot, and also incorporates a lot of China’s excellent traditional culture into the story of "Super Flash". The original intention of Aofei Entertainment, the production team of Super Flash, is to help children "see the world" and to share the traditional culture of China with parents and children all over the world.

　　As a powerful tool for cultural output, animation has long been a precedent in developed countries in Europe and America. China needs an excellent animation that can convey Chinese culture. Super Flash opens a window for children to watch the world, builds a bridge for the world to understand China, presents a beautiful start for China animation to go to the world, and shoulders the historical mission of communicating China with the world through animation. The 10th season of Super Flash will be launched on July 16th. The new season of Super Flash will also bring more joy to children in China and the world. Aofei Entertainment will also continue to tell the story of China, let overseas know about China, China and China, and let China animation shine.

　　China Zhangye Net News Recently, the March 8th International Women’s Day hiking activity was held in Zhangye National Geopark in 2024. More than 800 outdoor hiking enthusiasts and teenagers from Lanzhou, Jiuquan, Jiayuguan, Jinchang, Qinghai and other surrounding areas and local areas took a leisure walk, kept fit and celebrated the festival in the name of hiking fitness.