On June 6th, BYD, Baidu Apollo, and Avenue Vehicle jointly announced that the three parties have signed a strategic cooperation agreement on the sharing of new energy vehicles, driverless technology, and vehicle assets.
It is reported that the three parties will use their respective advantages in the new energy vehicle market, smart driving/driverless technology and shared vehicle operation to focus on exploring the development and application of driverless technology in the field of new energy vehicles, especially how smart cars use shared cars. The operation platform quickly realizes the operation of landing and conducts in-depth exploration and cooperation.
Different areas have their own advantages
BYD is a car company that has mastered battery, motor, electronic control, charging infrastructure and vehicle technology at the same time. Since launching the world’s first electric vehicle that does not rely on professional charging piles in 2008, it has been continuously innovating with its strong technical strength. At present, automotive products have covered seven general areas and four special areas.
The Baidu Apollo platform is an open, complete, and secure platform that can help partners in the automotive industry and autonomous driving to combine their vehicles and hardware systems to quickly build a self-driving system of their own. Apollo's open capabilities, shared resources , Accelerate innovation, Continue to win-win for the purpose of building an ecological, comprehensive transcendence, and empowering the industry. Compared with closed systems, Apollo can mature at a faster rate and benefit more to each participant.
The Avenue Car was established in Beijing in October 2017. It is the most innovative shared car intelligent operation platform in China. It is a member company of the Apollo platform and is committed to becoming an operating service provider between 'smart driving/unmanned' and 'host factory'. Compared with traditional time-sharing lease, Avenue Car provides a brand-new type of bottom-level shared transportation service that can cover almost all vehicle scenarios and needs.
BYD+ Avenue The shared operation of new energy vehicles
It is understood that one of the highlights of this tripartite strategic cooperation is that the BYD new energy model will be incorporated into the daily operation platform by the road car. The new BYD 'EVX 360' released at the Beijing Auto Show in 2018 will be the first batch of pilot cooperative vehicles. Landing operations in the month.
'The cooperation with the car on the road is a very meaningful innovation attempt. The Avenue car is the most innovative shared car operation platform in China. We will continue to explore a new model of cooperation between the two parties. 'The relevant person in charge of BYD said.
According to the data, the mileage of BYD's EV360 is up to 360 kilometers, which will become the new energy model for the Avenue car platform in the new city. This is the first shared car operating platform after the Yuan EV360 was launched.
In accordance with the agreement, the two parties will also promote the all-around cooperation of BYD's all models across the country, and will fully utilize the resource advantages of BYD's main engine plant, combining the idea of using the full range of road vehicles to share the vehicle operation platform and asset appreciation capabilities. Including marketing, vehicle customization, travel scenarios, commissioned operations, etc. to explore in-depth cooperation.
'Comprehensive and in-depth strategic cooperation with OEMs is a cooperative model that is shared by the automotive industry as a shared vehicle operator. It not only helps improve the acquisition capabilities of vehicle assets and reduces acquisition costs, but also facilitates the operation of precise scenarios to achieve higher returns. ' The car owner of the avenue said.
It is understood that BYD will also provide exclusive financial support services and solutions for road vehicles in order to promote the rapid landing of more vehicles. The road car also said that the follow-up plans to launch nearly 10,000 units of the 'Yuan EV360' model in the newly opened city. Additional cooperation, in-depth efforts to diversify the new energy time-sharing market.
Three parties hand in hand Baidu Apollo accelerates landing autopilot
Another highlight of this tripartite strategic cooperation is the joining of Baidu Apollo. The three parties will jointly cooperate in smart driving/driverless driving and smart travel. The road car and BYD are both important ecological partners of the Baidu Apollo platform. The tripartite cooperation achieved the ecological closed loop of Apollo ecology.
Apollo is the world's most dynamic open platform for autopilot, market-oriented Apollo Pilot and small-scale on-board systems, which provide partners with products for autonomous driving and in-vehicle networking. At the same time, Apollo is a joint government, OEM, travel service provider, etc. Committed to building a new ecosystem of smart cars and intelligent transportation. Currently, there are more than 100 ecological partners. BYD is one of the most important partners of automotive OEMs. Avenue vehicles are important travel service partners.
Since its inception, the road car has been continuously working closely with Baidu Apollo, and it has also penetrated its shared automotive business as a driverless ecological footprint into local cities. In the future, the road car will also be open to the Apollo platform for deep road surveys. The data, contributed to the rich data; Baidu Apollo will also output the analyzed data back to the road car to guide its capacity improvement.
In addition, the road car will also give priority to the purchase of BYD vehicles preloaded with Baidu's Apollo vehicle system. The three parties will also explore smart driving and test and operate BYD vehicles equipped with Apollo Pilot capabilities in some cities. With the fleet of cars, users will gradually enjoy the smart car super-cool experience including driverless driving.
The industry believes that becoming a partner of BYD, Baidu's Apollo platform, will help the road car continue to deepen the sharing of automotive business. At present, the road car has obtained Baidu Ventures (BV), Sequoia Capital, Bertelsmann Asia Investment Funds (BAI), Volcanic Stone Multi-round Investment Counting Million Dollars.