It is said that smart cars are always running and always new, but in many cases, this sentence has become the slogan shouted by car companies at press conferences. It is hard to say whether it will be fulfilled after the press conference.
By observing a car company's attitude towards ota, we can actually see a lot of information. First of all, ota can reflect the car company's software and hardware technical strength and its understanding of user needs.
On the other hand, whether the functions of new models can be fulfilled in a timely manner and whether the maintenance of old models can keep up is also a manifestation of a car company's commitment to its promises.
In the past period of time, we have taken stock of the ota data of NIO , Xpeng , Ideal, Wenjie , Tesla . How are their performances?
Ideal: ota has the most number of updates, and there are fewer assisted driving updates.
Ideal last year had 3 models of the l series and 1 model of the one series, a total of 4 models requiring maintenance.
Letâs look at the L series first. The L8 and L9 are both models released in the second half of 2022 and have gone through 2023. The ideal l7 was released in February last year and was delivered just in time for the first ota v4 in 2023. Version 3.0, as for the one series, is much earlier.
The update frequency and vehicle version number of the three ideal L series cars are all consistent. A total of 9 updates will be made in 2023. In the second half of the year, almost monthly updates will be achieved. Among them, the key updates about the vehicle itself are mainly those in ota 4.5 in May. Air suspension 2.0, high performance mode.
has the most information related to cars and consoles. The key contents include task master and traffic light countdown in ota 4.3 in February. Although these two functions originated from mobile apps, it is the first time that Ideal has moved them to cars and adapted them.
In April's ota 4.4, the ideal l series added the apple watch watch car control, in May's ota 4.5, it added the tuning master, and in September's ota 4.6, it added functions such as visible and speaking. Judging from the above, Ideal OTAs with regard to car and machine functions are often ahead of other manufacturers in the industry, and have achieved many "firsts".
However, content updates related to smart driving do not appear frequently in Ideal ota.
Before the arrival of ota 5.0 at the end of the year, there were only a few functions such as straight line summoning, ad pro noa, lane keeping enhanced version, lane assist departure, and emergency lane keeping. After ota 5.0 was released at the end of December, Ideal launched the full-scenario assisted driving function.
The last update is about the old model Ideal One. A total of two ota versions were pushed throughout the year, mainly related to car and machine-related updates, such as task master, traffic light countdown, etc.
NIO: has the most system versions and is sincere to old car owners
NIO has the most models among new forces. There are 8 models on the nt2.0 platform. In addition, there are also old 866 models on the nt 1.0 and 1.2 platforms that need maintenance. It can be seen that NIO's OTA workload should be the largest.
In order to distinguish different platform versions, Weilai has launched three systems. Banyan is for the eight nt2.0 cars, and aspen and alder are for the old 866 models on the nt1.0/1.2 platform.
Letâs take a look at banyan first. It has been updated 5 times throughout the year. Each update involves a lot of content, covering almost everything about a car, including car engine, driving control, battery replacement experience, smart cabin, and nop smart cabin. Driving, nomi, nio phone and other types of content.
For example, in the March update, banyan 1.3 optimized the suspension and improved the driving quality; the September update added support for nio phone and watch car control; nop smart driving content updates will also appear frequently.
Next, letâs look at aspen and alder. Although they are old cars for many years, NIO still insists on fully leveraging their hardware capabilities. These two platforms have been updated twice each year, and the update contents are basically synchronized.
Specifically, in addition to adding new functions to the car and optimizing the car and cockpit experience, the air suspension was also upgraded and optimized in the September update, which can be said to be quite sincere to old car owners.
And until this year, aspen and alder are still being updated, and the latest version was just pushed a few days ago.
Xpeng: xngp is the main task
Xpeng's models can be roughly divided into two categories. Last year's new g6, p7i, and flagship model g9 can be classified into one category, while the previously launched g3/3i, p5, The old p7 is another category.
In the official update instructions, p7i, g6, and g9 use the same system with the same version number, and the update content is basically synchronized.
This system for new platform models has been updated 5 times throughout the year, and the focus of each update is xngp. Especially after the fourth quarter, following the footsteps of Xpeng Kaicheng, ota updates have also begun to be synchronized. Push the xngp mapless smart driving function to these cities.
In addition to smart driving, Xpeng's three new models also follow up on functions such as traffic light countdown and watch car control.
Regarding old models, and Xpeng g3 have been strategically abandoned some time ago. This car also underwent 4 updates last year, all of which optimized and increased the functions of the car. The same is true for the old p7. As for the p5 equipped with lidar, the update content is basically related to ngp.
I still remember that Xiaopeng said on 1024 last year that it is enough to look at the Xiaopeng family for Chinaâs smart driving, so can I now say that it is enough to look at the progress of xngp for Xpeng ota.
wenjie: Small-step, quick-step iteration
wenjie Although it has only been established for two or three years, it has launched many cars and divided them into many versions. It must be said that Huawei's "not building cars" is very efficient.
Generally speaking, Wenjie models can also be divided into two categories. The first category is the 2022 Wenjie m5/m7. It has been updated 6 to 7 times throughout the year, mainly to upgrade the car engine and cockpit, such as adding It has introduced some new apps and services, improved the HUD display effect, upgraded the harmonyos 3 cockpit system, optimized the sentry mode, optimized the parking experience, etc.
The second category is the 2023 Wenjie m5 standard version/smart driving version, and the Wenjie new m7. These cars will only be gradually launched after the middle of the year, so ota is concentrated in the second half of the year, and basically achieves monthly updates. The content is also related to the car experience. For the smart driving version, the content of nca navigation assistance and valet parking will be added.
Judging from the changes in version numbers, it can be found that the updates of the OTA model and the mobile phone system are very similar. They are both fast iterations in small steps, and they are all upgraded around the car, app, and services. , it can be seen that it is not that simple to maintain a car ceiling.
Tesla: Two major changes
Teslaâs models are divided into two lines, model 3/y and model s/x. However, as a global model, Teslaâs ota update rules are also quite complicated. Letâs focus here. Look at the situation in the Chinese market.
In 2023, the number of ota updates for Tesla model 3/y is 7 times. In addition to optimizing the functions of the car, several key ota upgrades include the addition of apple music and WeChat applet at the beginning of the year, among which apple music also It makes many new domestic model users envious.
In addition, Tesla has also improved vehicle functions such as traffic light prompts and sentry mode.
It is worth mentioning that Tesla has two key changes in 2023, both of which are reflected through ota. The first is the cancellation of the forced single-pedal mode in May, which also triggered a wave of controversy at the time; the second is The full launch of Tesla Vision in October means that Teslaâs smart driving plan will fully shift to the visual route.
ps: Regarding the ota times of model s/x, the information on the Internet is relatively limited. I hope you can help make corrections and we will follow up in time.
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"Wei Xiaoli Tehua" should be the five new energy car companies that attach most importance to ota. Through the above information inventory, we can also find that the technical routes chosen by each company, as well as their understanding of user needs, The attitude towards new and old users can be reflected through the situation of ota.
In fact, there is still a lot of information that can be discovered. We will continue to pay attention to the ota information of all car companies in the future and continue to communicate and discuss with everyone.
