SAIC Motor's overall appearance at the 2017 Shanghai International Auto Show: Strong exhibition lineup demonstrates innovative strength and diversified products create value for users

(April 19, 2017, Shanghai) At the 17th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition which opened today, SAIC Motor, with the theme of "Fall in Love with Cars and Travel the World", brought together its major independent and joint venture companies in the business sectors of complete vehicles, parts, service trade, etc., to exhibit more than 100 exhibition vehicles, more than 10 first-time car models, and more than 40 innovative parts technologies, with a total exhibition area of ​​more than 25,000 square meters.

SAIC Motor is committed to becoming a world-renowned automobile company with an innovative spirit and leading the future of automobile life. Facing the general direction of scientific and technological progress, the overall pattern of market evolution, and the general trend of industrial transformation, SAIC Motor took the lead in proposing the trend judgment of "electrification, networking, intelligence, and sharing" in the automobile industry, and closely focused on the "new four trends" to accelerate innovation and transformation. The strong lineup of exhibitors at this Shanghai International Auto Show reflects SAIC Motor's leading domestic and world-class innovation strength, as well as its unremitting pursuit of striving to meet the diverse needs of consumers and actively create value for consumers.

In Hall 1, SAIC Motors has specially set up a large AR (virtual reality) interactive device called "Innovation Eye" to attract visitors and enhance interaction. The 5-meter-high and 8-meter-wide "Innovation Eye" is inlaid with 94 screens of different sizes, forming a huge heart-shaped shape, which vividly displays the latest innovative achievements in the new four modernizations, such as "new energy vehicles, Internet vehicles, autonomous driving, e-commerce platforms, and time-sharing leasing" in front of the audience.

Creating green value and world-class new energy technology

In recent years, SAIC Motor has launched more than 10 passenger and commercial vehicle products in the fields of plug-in hybrid, pure electric, fuel cell and other technical routes. At the same time, it is constantly improving the core technologies of "three electrics": the independent electric drive transmission (EDU) breaks through the international patent barriers, and its energy consumption level is comparable to the best international competitors, and won the first prize of China Automobile Industry Science and Technology in 2016; the battery management system (BMS) with completely independent intellectual property rights is leading in China in terms of safety performance and battery attenuation level; the fuel consumption level of the independent electronic control system in hybrid working conditions and urban congestion working conditions has reached world-class level.

In 2016, SAIC's own brand new energy vehicles, driven by products such as Roewe e950 and e550, Maxus EV80 and EG10, sold 25,000 units, up 84% year-on-year. In 2017, SAIC will strive to sell more than 80,000 new energy vehicles throughout the year.

At this year's Shanghai Auto Show, SAIC Group's new energy products are dazzling, including Roewe "Wings of Light" concept car, MG pure electric concept car, Roewe ei6 plug-in hybrid sedan, Roewe eRX5 plug-in hybrid SUV, Roewe ERX5 pure electric SUV, SAIC Maxus V80 fuel cell car, SAIC Volkswagen Volkswagen brand plug-in hybrid sedan, Skoda pure electric concept car, Buick extended-range hybrid car VELITE 5, Chevrolet full-function sports concept car CHEVROLET FNR-X, SAIC Yuejin new energy logistics vehicle, Nanjing Iveco pure electric logistics vehicle, Shenwo pure electric city bus, etc. will be unveiled one by one.

Insight into consumer demand and set a benchmark for Internet cars

The "world's first mass-produced Internet car" Roewe RX5, the "spacious luxury Internet sedan" Roewe i6, the "first Internet SUV for young people" MG ZS, the "Internet pickup" Maxus T60, and the "full-size smart customized Internet SUV" Maxus D90 form the world's leading "Internet car army".

In July 2016, the world's first mass-produced Internet SUV Roewe RX5 was officially released, with monthly sales successfully exceeding 20,000 units, quickly becoming a mainstream product in the domestic SUV market segment. Through the successful launch of the first generation of Internet car RX5, SAIC has established an application development system for vehicle hardware facilities and vehicle Internet systems, taking a solid first step towards building a future-oriented independent brand Internet car and its ecosystem.

At present, SAIC has completed the initial construction of the Internet car platform, with "data capability", "map capability" and "ecological capability" as the core. It provides users with differentiated products and services by continuously upgrading the system, analyzing the environment and data, improving product functions, increasing service content, and adapting to different models.

The system iteration rhythm of the Internet car product is one version every three months. In the six months since its launch, it has been updated twice, with 51 updated functions and 8 new services. The online upgrade success rate has reached 99.95%, and the cumulative number of vehicles pushed is nearly 130,000. In 2017, it is planned to iterate and update four times, add 19 new services by the end of the year, and connect 20 cp/sp (service and content providers), covering more than ten fields such as maintenance, insurance, violations, refueling, charging, valet parking, car washing, audio books, news, catering, self-driving tours, etc.

Aiming at intelligent driving, smart travel is safer and more convenient

Smart driving cars are a cutting-edge technology project that major multinational automobile companies and Internet companies are investing heavily in. They will bring safer and more convenient travel to mankind.

At present, SAIC's intelligent driving cars have gone through two generations of platforms. In the second generation, SAIC has complete independent intellectual property rights for the entire core components, indicator definition, supplier selection, and software supply and development. In addition, it has integrated the Internet of Vehicles platform with 5G communication technology and carried out research on highway, urban and fleet autonomous driving technology, with world-class technical level.

On the eve of this year's Shanghai International Auto Show, SAIC Motors held the country's first open intelligent driving experience event at the Shanghai Jiading National Intelligent Connected Vehicle Pilot Demonstration Zone. SAIC's intelligent driving car iGS demonstrated six functions including automatic turning, automatic U-turn, automatic navigation, and dual-driving and dual-control, showing SAIC's Level 4 level of intelligent driving (internationally, intelligent driving technology is divided into five levels: non-intelligent driving, driving assistance, partial intelligent driving, conditional intelligent driving, and full intelligent driving).

Building a travel ecosystem with services and products going hand in hand

In Hall 1, visitors will also "encounter" the SAIC Motors booth. The mysterious Möbius strip, the interactive new car experience area, and the comfortable brand experience area are all worth stopping at. SAIC Motors e-commerce Chexiang platform is the first OTO e-commerce platform in the Chinese auto market. It is user-centric and provides seamless online and offline services, bringing a one-stop car purchase and maintenance experience to car users and building an "ecological closed loop" of travel services. At present, SAIC Motors is accelerating the layout of the "Chexiangjia" offline network, gradually unifying the offline links of vehicle sales and used car business to Chexiangjia, and realizing the one-stop service closed loop of the entire "Chexiang model". In 2016, Chexiang platform added 3 million new members throughout the year, sold 30,000 cars independently through online e-commerce, and the number of offline "Chexiangjia" service stores increased to 700.

Meanwhile, in terms of shared business exploration, eXiang Tiankai and EVCARD time-sharing rental completed the business merger and established Global Car Sharing. By the end of 2016, Global Car Sharing had put into operation 8,400 new energy vehicles, built 2,800 outlets, and covered 20 cities. According to the plan, by 2020, Global Car Sharing's operation scale will cover 100 cities across the country, with 300,000 operating vehicles, and put into operation new technologies and new models such as automatic charging, smart parking, photovoltaic energy storage, and smart parking space management, becoming the world's leading new energy vehicle time-sharing rental operation service platform.

In addition, innovative products such as SAIC Volkswagen's flagship large SUV Touron, SAIC Volkswagen's popular SUV New Tiguan L, Skoda's full-featured SUV Kodiaq, Skoda Octavia Touring, Cadillac ESCALA concept car, Buick's new generation Regal, Baojun 310 Touring Edition, Wuling Hongguang S3 SUV, and SAIC Iveco Hongyan Jieshi freight train will also meet the audience at the auto show.

Looking ahead, SAIC Group will seize the opportunity of the new four modernizations, persist in innovation and transformation, actively enhance its core competitiveness, and accelerate its transformation into a comprehensive supplier of all-round automotive products and services, providing users with more comfortable, convenient, safe and green products and services.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.