Having seen Blue Valley Magna, I have high expectations for Jihu’s high-end pure electric vehicles.

As major brands continue to exert their efforts, the high-end trend of pure electric vehicles is obvious. In the process of "qualitative change" to high-end, many people focus on "intelligence" but ignore the core "manufacturing" of car building. However, BAIC Blue Valley Magna’s high-end intelligent manufacturing base, which was opened to the media from December 22 to 24, demonstrates Jihu Auto’s “intelligent manufacturing” capabilities of focusing on both manufacturing and intelligence.

Left-handed manufacturing, non-negotiable quality takes priority

"Quality can only be qualified or unqualified", a slogan hanging in the workshop of BAIC Blue Valley Magna high-end intelligent manufacturing base, to The outside world conveys its "zero tolerance" value. As the first vehicle manufacturing plant opened by Magna outside of Europe and the first Magna joint venture high-end intelligent manufacturing base in Asia, the BAIC Blue Valley Magna high-end intelligent manufacturing base has been world-class from the beginning.

"World-class" is not just busy robotic arms and highly automated production lines. The standard upgrades, system reshaping, and thinking subversion hidden behind them are even more worthy of attention.

Let’s look at a set of cases.

Jihu Automobile’s unique steel-aluminum hybrid body requires the industry’s most advanced riveting method, SPR lock rivet/FDS flow drill screws, and the price of a professional SPR/FDS riveting gun exceeds 500,000 yuan. At the same time, each connection point must be dissected and inspected at high cost. It can be said that there are nearly 4,000 connection points on the Alpha S and Alpha T bodies, each of which is valuable, but these "non-negotiable" The operation method brings a first pass rate of riveting process up to 99%, which is higher than the 95~97 common in the industry.

In the stamping workshop, BAIC Blue Valley Magna High-end Intelligent Manufacturing Base uses flexible sand mesh inspection exclusive for high-end cars to expose defects that are invisible and intangible on the surface of stamped parts. In the paint shop, in order to prevent dust and particles from affecting the quality of the paint surface, Jihu Motors' body-in-white must be thoroughly cleaned before painting. The cleanliness of the 4g body-in-white is far better than the industry's 5.8g.

For the traceability of some important parts, domestic automobile manufacturers focus more on regulations. Generally speaking, a model has more than 20 parts that need to be traced. However, according to Magna’s standards, BAIC Blue Gumagna’s high-end intelligent manufacturing base has increased this number by 6 to 8 times.

World-class manufacturing brings not only high standards and strict requirements, but also the "most powerful brain" that is always online. In the stamping, body, painting and final assembly workshops of BAIC Blue Valley Magna's high-end intelligent manufacturing base, there are more than a dozen resident experts who mainly solve problems in system, quality, efficiency, cost and other aspects. In addition, under the epidemic, the base has established a BACK OFFICE through virtual meetings and other forms. Any problems that arise from planning to production can be connected to the Graz factory in real time, forming a true "sister factory".

Every road you travel must leave traces. "No room for negotiation" manufacturing has laid a solid foundation for Jihu Auto's brand growth. As Ji Guowei, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of BAIC Blue Valley Magna, said, "After Jihu Motors' products were launched, the vehicle quality has been very good. This is the value of our base."

Right-Hand Intelligence , smart driving with a warmer feel

While welcoming media visits, a piece of news that also happened at BAIC Blue Valley Magna’s high-end intelligent manufacturing base attracted attention in the industry. On December 20, the new HI version of the Alpha S, the world's first mass-produced car that supports high-end intelligent driving on urban roads, was delivered internally at BAIC Blue Valley Magna high-end intelligent manufacturing base. This means that high-end intelligent driving is starting from Dreams come true.

No one can change the direction of the tide. Intelligence has always been a topic that automobile companies cannot avoid. However, unlike the cool intelligent display methods of many brands, the intelligence of Jihu Automobile brings people a strong The "feeling of solidity".

Perhaps this has something to do with the rare intelligent driving calibration bench located in the factory.

In the final assembly workshop of BAIC Blue Valley Magna's high-end intelligent manufacturing base, there is not only an L2.5 level driving assistance calibration bench, but also the world's only L4 level intelligent driving calibration bench that integrates all sensor/gyroscope calibration capabilities on the market. For L4 intelligent driving, the industry is generally concerned about lidar, millimeter-wave radar, multi-function cameras and algorithms with AI functions. However, the basic link to realize these functions is to give benchmarks to sensors to ensure that intelligent driving functions are more accurate. realization. The L4-level intelligent driving calibration bench, which is full of mosaics in the room, can use more than 1,400 specially processed feature points to comprehensively calibrate lidar, millimeter-wave radar, cameras, and inertial navigation devices at the same time, giving the vehicle the ability to have three-dimensional perception.

Perhaps this has something to do with the intelligence of temperature. In the eyes of Duan Lifei, Alpha S product director of JiHu Auto, intelligence is changing from "relying on configuration to solve functional needs" to "meeting user experience with pleasant operations", which is exactly the direction of JiHu Auto. Taking the smart cockpit as an example, Jihu Automobile pays more attention to the needs of users in various scenarios and uses initiative to promote the transformation of smart car development. When there is fog, the fog lights are actively turned on so that the user does not need to be distracted; when the battery is about to run out, it is actively reminded to charge and prompts the location of the nearest charging station, so that the driver does not have to search manually. In short, the initiative of the hardware is created. Letting cars more proactively help users solve problems is the path Jihu Auto is taking.

Magna’s rich experience in car manufacturing, the wisdom input from technology companies such as Huawei, and the ultimate pursuit of Jihu Automobile form a convergence effect. "Our products have not only been recognized by authoritative institutions and media, but also gained more and more fans." Wang Qiufeng, deputy general manager of BAIC New Energy and vice president of Jihu Motors, said that 2021 is the year when Jihu Motors will really hit the market. A foundational year is also a year full of gains. This year is only the first year that Jihu Motors has entered the market. The "intelligence and creativity" it has demonstrated make the future of independent high-end pure electric vehicles more imaginative.