Electric Cars
Almost full autopilot and 5 minutes charging for 200 km travel. Chinese rival Tesla unveils smart electric crossover XPeng G9
Electric car maker XPeng Motors, already dubbed its Chinese rival Tesla, unveiled the same smart electric crossover at the Guangzhou auto show, the first image of which was shown in early November. The model was named XPeng G9.
XPeng G9 is built on the basis of a new proprietary architecture for electric vehicles, received an advanced driver assistance system (Advanced Driver Assistance System or ADAS), as well as very fast charging.
Note that XPeng Motors has become one of the most famous electric vehicle manufacturers in China. Currently, there are three cars of the company on the market. The first was the G3 crossover, which debuted in 2018, followed by the P7 sedan in 2019. Since then, the automaker has been expanding outside of China, with both electric vehicles being introduced in Europe.
In August 2020, XPeng unveiled its third electric vehicle, a second sedan called the P5. It is seen as a direct competitor to the Tesla Model 3 with a significantly lower price tag.
The newest XPeng G9 was developed not so much for China as for the international market. It immediately complies with the Chinese C-NCAP and European E-NCAP safety standards as well as the European WVTA EU vehicle certification standards. The model is considered as a competitor to cars such as Tesla Model Y, Nio ES6 and Li Auto Li One.
The electric car will be the first to receive the proprietary XPeng X-Pilot 4.0 ADAS driver assistance system, which provides many automatic scenarios – from starting the electric vehicle to parking, but has not yet reached the level of full autopilot. The system uses two NVIDIA Tegra Orin-X SoCs, different cameras on all sides of the car, and a pair of lidars.
It also uses the new XPeng X-EEA 3.0 platform that integrates hardware, software and communications. The automaker promises that the platform allows over-the-air (FOTA) firmware updates to be installed in just 30 minutes.
As for fast charging, the G9 uses a new generation XPower 3.0 powerplant with support for 800 V. As XPeng promises, an electric car will be able to get enough energy in 5 minutes to travel 200 km. All this will be possible when using proprietary fast charging stations with a capacity of 480 kW, capable of withstanding amperage more than 670 A. Also, water protection (IP67) is noted for safer charging.
Unfortunately, XPeng Motors has yet to share many interesting details about the car, including range, engine power and price. Apparently, all this will become known closer to the release, which will take place in the third quarter of 2022.
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BYD introduced the new Denza N8 crossover, which is an upgraded version of the BYD Tang model.
The announcement turned out to be formal: the manufacturer published the first images, but did not disclose details about the technical component of Denza N8.
According to Chinese Automobiles, Denza N8 will be available with hybrid and pure electric powertrains. In addition, it is known that buyers will be able to choose between the number of seats in the cabin (5, 6 or 7).
The original BYD Tang was released in 2015, a second generation followed in 2018 and is still in production today. In 2019, Denza X was released based on this model, which was created in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz. Denza N8 replaces Denza X.
Prices and other details about the Denza N8 will be made public later.
Tesla has released a limited edition Cybertruck-themed GigaBier beer. Beer is offered for $30.
It is worth recognizing that this is not the first original idea from Elon Musk’s companies. Previously, The Boring Company offered flamethrowers and Burnt Hair cologne with the smell of burnt hair, and Tesla released a Cyberwhistle in the spirit of Cybertruck. Of course, there was Tesla branded tequila. By the way, at the time of its announcement, they also thought that this was an April Fool’s joke.
The Tesla GigaBier bottle is designed to mimic the shape of the Cybertruck, paying homage to the 500-year-old Reinheitsgebot tradition of German brewing. Enjoy this beer brewed in Berlin with our exclusive Cyberhops and notes of citrus, bergamot and sweet fruit. Each bottle has a glow-in-the-dark Giga logo.
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Tesla is selling a pack of three beers for 89 euros.
Electric Cars
The Chinese sat down Qualcomm and Nvidia? China launches its own 7nm SoC for cars with 8-core CPU, 14-core GPU and LPDDR5 memory support
Many cars are now equipped with Qualcomm SoCs (which are responsible for both multimedia capabilities and driver assistance systems) and Nvidia Drive systems-on-a-chip (for advanced autonomous driving functions). But China managed to release a competitor, if not to Nvidia platforms, then to Qualcomm for sure: mass production of the 7-nanometer SoC Dragon Eagle No. 1 for use in cars (so-called “digital cockpit systems”).
Wang Kai, CEO of SiEngine Technology, said work on Dragon Eagle No. 1 was carried out for three years. During this time, the system was developed, verified, tested and launched into mass production.
SoC includes all standard components including 8-core CPU, 14-core GPU, LPDDR5-6400 memory controller, 8 TOPS Neural Processor (AI Task Accelerator), ISP, DSP clusters and other typical Components.
It is reported that as early as the middle of the year, many new car models will be released in China that will use the Dragon Eagle No. 1. Among these automakers are Geely and FAW.
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