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interface news reporter wei yongmeng

on august 27, huawei announced that byd fangchengbao and huawei signed an intelligent driving cooperation agreement in shenzhen. this cooperation is mainly for the in-depth joint research and development of intelligent driving for fangchengbao cars under byd. the first product is fangchengbaobao 8, which will be launched this year and will be equipped with huawei qiankun intelligent driving ads3.0. the two parties plan to jointly create the first hard-core exclusive intelligent driving solution.

previously, there were rumors that the two sides would cooperate in the field of intelligent driving, and this official announcement is finally a done deal. it is reported that the teams of both sides have established the project and conducted research and development verification for a long time. it is expected that after q3 of this year, leopard 8 will be officially launched with huawei qiankun intelligent driving ads 3.0.

both parties attached great importance to this important cooperation. byd group chairman and president wang chuanfu and huawei's rotating chairman xu zhijun both attended the signing ceremony.

fangchengbao automobile is positioned as byd's personalized new energy brand, focusing on hard-core off-road vehicles above 300,000 yuan. it is an important brand attempt by byd to explore the high-end market and off-road vehicle market.

the leopard 8 is the second model of the chengfang leopard brand, and byd has high hopes for it. the first model of chengfang leopard was released in august last year. after maintaining sales of more than 5,000 units in the first few months of its launch, monthly sales this year have hovered around 3,000 units. on july 29, the official announced a price reduction of 50,000 yuan for the car.

as the world's largest new energy vehicle manufacturer, byd abandoned the self-developed intelligent driving solution used in the leopard 5 for the formula leopard 8 model and chose to cooperate with huawei. this was seen by the outside world as leveraging huawei's advantages in the field of intelligent driving to create more competitive products and thus gain a firm foothold in the mid-to-high-end market.

huawei qiankun intelligent driving ads 3.0 is the highest version of the intelligent driving solution currently launched by huawei. it is reported that ads 3.0 can achieve 3.5eflops computing power, with a daily training data volume of 30 million kilometers and a model iteration every 5 days.

the solution was first launched on the hongmeng s9, which was launched on august 6. starting from september, the hongmeng m5, m7, m9 and zhijie s7, which cooperate with the hongmeng intelligent driving model, will be upgraded to ads 3.0.

in the second half of the intelligentization of the automotive industry, intelligent driving has basically become a standard feature of mid-to-high-end models. according to the data from the china passenger car association, the installation rate of l2 and above assisted driving functions in new energy passenger cars priced above 400,000 yuan has reached 81.5%. the quality of intelligent driving solutions has become an important reference indicator for consumers to purchase, and to a certain extent determines sales.

it is worth noting that byd is also investing heavily in independent research and development of intelligent driving. it is reported that the team size has exceeded 4,000 people, far exceeding the industry average.