Tesla and Great Wall Motors’ Intelligent Driving Technology
When FSD was introduced to China, it met with widespread ridicule. But I don’t want to laugh. Because I’m a fan of Musk. The most important thing is that it costs 64,000 yuan to purchase FSD. 64,000 yuan? Yes. I really can’t bear to pay so much money just for the bracket alone. 64,000 yuan is enough to buy a car. Add this 64,000 yuan, and it’s at the 300,000-yuan level. I could buy a Blue Mountain at that price.
The intelligent driving technology of Great Wall Motors
The new Blue Mountain model comes with a lidar. So why do we still need to purchase the purely visual FSD? For the remaining cases, measures should be taken before the problem occurs, as stated in the “Tao Te Ching”. In my opinion, the combination of the lidar and the visual system in the new Blue Mountain represents China’s vehicle manufacturing philosophy. Because the combination of lidar and vision emphasizes the safety benefits of the hardware, while pure vision aims to achieve the maximum score through algorithms.
Therefore, behind these two intelligent driving solutions, we can see that they reflect two different manufacturing philosophies of the automakers.
Just the 27 intelligent sensors of the brand-new Blue Mountain are sufficient. In thick fog or during heavy rain, if there is a stalled vehicle ahead, the short-wave infrared light of the LiDAR can penetrate a certain degree of fog or raindrops, providing a clearer outline of the obstacle than the camera, allowing you to further reduce the risk of rear-end collisions.
At night on sections without street lights, if riders or pedestrians suddenly appear, the LiDAR does not need an external light source and can directly emit infrared pulses to sense the pedestrians. However, with pure vision, pedestrians might be missed due to noise or low resolution.
For instance, if a tire suddenly drops on the highway, the LiDAR can directly measure its shape, while pure vision might miss it because the color of the tire is similar to that of the road.
Currently, we have around 100,000 pure visual vehicles. However, as technology becomes increasingly mature, these pure visual vehicles will definitely evolve into a solution that combines lidar with pure vision, similar to the Blue Mountain model. The new Blue Mountain also achieved this: high-end autonomous driving does not require high prices. Car companies that can make a profit are the healthy ones. But there’s no need to make such a huge profit. A set costs 64,000. To be honest, with my income, I feel it’s quite a burden.
There are also 300,000-yuan-level family SUVs. Why did I choose the new Blue Series? It’s because of this price range. I think the new Blue Series has no rivals at this price point. I said, I won’t buy a car made by a company that doesn’t have 20 years of manufacturing experience. Because they lack the basic skills for car production. While the Great Wall has been manufacturing cars for 35 years. Sun Zhiyong said that he often made wrong bets throughout the 35-year history of car manufacturing at the Great Wall. He also made mistakes in his betting. However, on the path of intelligent driving, the Great Wall maintained a clear and firm stance.
So they began to develop intelligent driving technologies over a decade ago and have been continuously investing. In 2023 alone, their research and development investment exceeded 11 billion yuan. With continuous investment, a firm strategic choice, and millions of kilometers of testing, today’s thriving situation of intelligent driving by Great Wall has emerged. Nationwide, you can drive anywhere and park anywhere when there is a road.
By the way, the new Blue Mountain will undergo another OTA upgrade soon. The upgrade of the Blue Mountain’s bracket version is very fast, and the full-scene NOA of Blue Mountain is constantly improving, making your intelligent travel more secure.
Conclusion:
In my opinion, no matter how strong the technological strength of the Great Wall is, the path for the Great Wall to learn from others and boast about its technology is still long and arduous.
Finally, I have two words for everyone: In 2025, please let everyone re-recognize the Great Wall’s intelligent driving capabilities; In 2025, please let the Great Wall study hard to boast.