In September, the M9 officially completed the delivery of the 100,000th new car, as a Chinese brand flagship SUV priced at 500,000+, such a sales performance is undoubtedly very successful. Different from the product attributes of conventional luxury brand SUVs, in addition to space and comfort, "technology" is a very important label on the M9, and it is also a key factor that contributes to excellent sales performance, which is mainly reflected in the Hongmeng intelligent cockpit and Huawei's intelligent driving level. In September, the M9 upgraded the HUAWEI ADS 3.0 intelligent driving system through an OTA, which attracted the attention of many consumers.
Recently, the editor got a test drive opportunity for the M9 big five-seater, focusing on the HUAWEI ADS 3.0 intelligent driving system, and in this article, we will focus on HUAWEI ADS 3.0 to share with you the actual feelings. Before the official start, we still have the old rules and give you a list of key points in advance.
- The function realizes more scene coverage, with roadside activation intelligent driving function, exit parking function, obstacle identification and parking space, tracking and reversing function, and park valet parking function;
- The detailed experience is improved, the driving consistency of routes and rural roads is better, and the acceleration and deceleration operations are smoother;
- The safety function has been upgraded, with forward collision avoidance - predicting pedestrians and two-wheeled vehicles diagonally in advance, intelligent detection of backward obstacles, lateral collision avoidance - supporting obstacle avoidance across the dotted line;
- Optimized the NCA function, supported the emergency lane avoidance function, and supported the intelligent speed regulation function to identify risk scenarios.
First of all, let's explain the model and route of this test drive, the model is the five-seater version of the Wenjie M9 that has just been launched, with a price range of 469,800-569,800 yuan, equipped with HUAWEI ADS 3.0 and Harmony OS 4 intelligent cockpit. The test drive route is in the urban area of Beijing, covering urban roads, airport expressways and some national highways, and the road conditions are still relatively rich.
First of all, the congested road conditions of Beijing's East Fifth Ring Road, from the SR picture, you can intuitively feel the complexity of the road conditions, there are a large number of traffic vehicles around, there are illegal vehicles on the roadside and a variety of pedestrians, electric bicycles, etc., M9 with a variety of sensors all over the body, to achieve accurate identification of surrounding traffic participants, pedestrians, bicycles, tricycles, etc. are identified, and can maintain a safe distance between vehicles and pass through stably.
In the face of the electric bicycle slowing down on the right, the M9 is very decisive in accelerating and overtaking within the speed limit of the road, and actively changes direction to the left to reserve enough safe space, and the whole process is very silky and smooth.
Then entered the intersection without traffic lights, there are oncoming vehicles on the left and various pedestrians on the right, and the M9 equipped with ADS 3.0 slowed down in advance, and planned the traffic route, and the safety distance on the left and right were reserved very sophisticated. In fact, when I got to this section of the road, the editor already had a good impression of this HUAWEI ADS 3.0, and its operation proficiency was already very similar to that of a skilled driver, far exceeding that of ordinary novice drivers.
From departure to the expressway, the whole process was done without takeover, and after entering the airport expressway ramp, the lane change was quickly carried out, and the whole process was crisp and crisp without hesitation.
On the highway, when encountering a slow car in front, the M9 immediately entered the overtaking state, and after observing that there was no oncoming car behind, the turn signal and the merge line were done in one go, and the control of acceleration was very delicate. At this stage, the intelligent driving system is actually the most commonly used and practical scene for the general public, in fact, the most common and practical scene is actually in the highway, compared with urban roads, national highways, etc., the working conditions and road conditions of the highway are simpler and more closed, for HUAWEI ADS 3.0, it is basically a "piece of cake", 95% of the time it is no different from the old driver's driving, all the driver has to do is to observe the road conditions, and put his hand lightly on the steering wheel.
Later, after driving off the highway, the editor carried out the automatic parking experience, upgraded ADS 3.0 Wenjie M9 supports automatic parking and off-the-car parking and other functions, and in addition to conventional parking spaces, natural parking spaces, it also has a custom parking space function, users can freely delineate the area as a parking space through the screen interface, and the position and angle can be adjusted freely.
The whole process is expected to be silky, in fact, with the continuous development of technology, automatic parking has changed from the original "chicken ribs" to the current usable and easy-to-use state, and there is no need to take over the whole process. And M9 such a large SUV, parking operation for many drivers still have a certain pressure, in the narrow parking space, the user can leave the car after letting the vehicle automatically park, the parking space encounters obstacles, the user takes away the obstacles, the vehicle continues to automatically complete the rest of the parking operation, the practicality is indeed very good. At present, the M9 upgraded with HUAWEI ADS 3.0 already has end-to-end assisted driving capabilities, and the intelligent driving capability can achieve full-scene coverage under ideal conditions.
This experience was relatively short, and some details could not be fully experienced. On the whole, the editor can give a good evaluation of the ADS 3.0 intelligent driving system equipped with the M9, no takeover at high speed, no fright, and parallel, overtaking without ink, this is a very critical point, because for many "old drivers", the most unbearable thing is the "indecision" of intelligent driving. In the urban scene, the overall performance is good, and it can cope with complex road conditions well, and the conservative operation in individual scenarios is also understandable, but the only manual takeover that occurred was that it failed to identify the left-turn waiting area, and after waiting for no results, the editor manually intervened and drove into the left-turn waiting area. Whether it is at high speed or in urban areas, the ADS 3.0 acceleration and deceleration control of the M9 is indeed very linear and natural, and there is basically no obvious nod phenomenon when braking in a non-emergency situation, and the comfort of "test ride" is worth affirming.
Finally, I would like to remind readers that although intelligent driving is strong, it is still an auxiliary role at this stage, and it is more meaningful to improve driving safety, reduce driving fatigue, and provide multi-scene assistance functions.