Great Wall releases vital signs monitoring technology Honda China and Neusoft Reach establish a joint venture company

The major events in the field of smart driving this week are as follows:

Great Wall Motors releases vital signs monitoring technology

On June 8, Great Wall Motor announced the launch of vital signs monitoring technology. Great Wall Motor said that the technology uses high-precision, high-performance millimeter-wave radar, even when the vehicle is parked and locked, it can effectively eliminate interference from stationary objects in the vehicle and monitor vital signs in the vehicle in real time. The upcoming 2021 WEY VV6 will be the first to carry this new technology.

The vital signs monitoring system senses vital signs, image source: Great Wall Motors

It is reported that when the vehicle is turned off, all doors are closed and the vehicle locks are locked, the millimeter wave radar will enter the normal monitoring state and start monitoring the vital signs in the vehicle. By default, multiple cycles of monitoring will be performed during the working period. The vital signs exit the normal monitoring mode. If vital signs are monitored during the timing, an alarm will be given within 30s, and the monitoring will continue to be cycled to ensure the accuracy of monitoring the vital signs left in the car.

Honda China and Neusoft Reach establish a joint venture company

A few days ago, Neusoft Reach and Honda China jointly announced the establishment of a new joint venture company-Haina Xinzhizhixing Service Co., Ltd., to accelerate the promotion of Honda CONNECT as the main automotive intelligent network technology and service upgrade, and at the same time through the big data application management and Artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies actively develop and provide intelligent mobile travel services with innovative value to create unique, innovative and fun travel experiences for consumers that exceed expectations.

Haina Xinsi Zhixing Service Co., Ltd. has a registered capital of 300 million yuan, Honda Technology Industrial (China) Investment Co., Ltd. holds 51% of the shares, and Neusoft Reach Automotive Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. holds 49%. The company’s headquarter is located in Liaoning. Dalian City in the province plans to start operations on July 1, 2020.

PATEO Yuezhen cooperates with JAC Volkswagen and Suning Auto to deploy smart retail

On June 10, PATEO Yuezhen, JAC Volkswagen and Suning Automobile jointly announced the launch of the Sihao brand strategic alliance. In the future, the alliance will build smart retail of electric vehicles based on a new scenario-based sales model. On the same day, Sihao Automobile's flagship store officially opened on the Suning Tesco platform.

In this cooperation, PATEO Yuezhen mainly provides integrated services to solve mileage concerns, service concerns, charging concerns, used car concerns, financial concerns, etc., as well as flagship stores, sales networks, order hotlines, mini programs, and WeChat accounts. It also builds virtual middle-office business and AI intelligent sales system based on the technical platform capabilities.

Cruise acquires millimeter wave radar startup Astyx

Recently, the technology media The information reported that Cruise, an autonomous driving subsidiary of General Motors, has completed the acquisition of Astyx, a German millimeter wave radar company. The transaction ended around April, and the transaction amount is currently unknown. It is reported that Astyx was originally Daimler-Benz Airlines and became an independent company in 1997. Currently, Astyx has approximately 60 employees.

Cruise self-driving test vehicle, image source: Cruise

This is not the first time Cruise has acquired an autonomous driving sensor supplier. As early as 2017, General Motors acquired Strobe, a lidar company, and integrated its business under Cruise. However, according to people familiar with the matter, Strobe has delayed equipment development after the acquisition, so at this stage Cruise's lidar is still mainly provided by external suppliers.

It is worth noting that the market response to this newly acquired Astyx is actually not consistent. Some customers rate Astyx’s products very highly, believing that Astyx has the best radar system currently on the market, compared with other radar suppliers, Astyx’s products are "ahead of one to two years. However, there are also customers who express Astyx’s product quality. Has begun to fall behind.

Tengshi Technology received tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing

On June 10, Tengshi Technology announced that the company has completed tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing. It is understood that this round of financing was led by Qualcomm Ventures, followed by Founder Hesheng, Fenghou Capital, and Dingqing Ventures. Tengshi Technology CEO Xie Xiyu said that the financing is mainly used to increase technology research and development, strengthen key technology innovation, and accelerate the expansion of the AI intelligent driving market.

Public information shows that Tengshi Technology was established in October 2017 and is committed to the research and development of AI intelligent driving and a new generation of intelligent vehicle networking platform applications. The main product is an intelligent assisted driving system with DMS as the core. At present, Tengshi Technology's business has been developed in more than 20 domestic provinces and more than 10 countries overseas, covering logistics vehicles, passenger buses, taxis, online car-hailing, engineering vehicles and other fields.

Velodyne and AGROINTELLI reached a sales agreement

Velodyne recently announced that it has reached a three-year sales agreement with AGROINTELLI, a developer of intelligent agricultural solutions. In the future, AGROINTELLI will use Velodyne lidar sensors in its Robotti self-driving vehicles to improve the efficiency of field operations and help professional farmers save time and money.

Velodyne introduced that Robotti will use Velodyne's Puck sensors to navigate safely and efficiently in farmland. The product was officially launched in 2015. It has multiple advantages such as small size, accurate measurement, reliable performance, and reasonable price. When used for detection, it can achieve real-time 3D views within 100 meters and 360-degree surround view scenes. It is the most widely used in the world A lidar sensor-In addition to self-driving cars, Puck is also widely used in many fields such as freight, 3D mapping, drones, industry and robotics.