2024 Guangzhou Auto Show - What trends does it reveal for China's automobile industry in 2025?

In addition, even the always arrogant German luxury cars have begun to cooperate with Huawei. The Audi A5L unveiled at this auto show will be the first four-ring car to use Huawei's intelligent driving technology; foreign brands such as Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen that adopt China's intelligent driving solutions will be involved in the Chinese market in about 25 years.

5. Smart Cockpit - Continuing the development of mobile Internet and home appliances

In terms of hardware , the smart cockpit is fully leaning towards the Qualcomm platform of mobile phones and the Internet . In terms of application ecology, the interactive mode is fully tablet-based with the support of operating systems such as Android and Hongmeng. Internet apps with language and video as content are fully installed in the car.

Intelligent Voice Assistant Standard configuration, connecting the whole vehicle Control system , AI GPT-like voice-enabled.

The elements that are familiar to the home decoration industry, such as interior and exterior lighting, interior soft furnishings, seats and sofas, audio equipment, and large color TVs, are all moving towards a more luxurious and technological trend in cars. The seats are represented by zero-gravity seats with an opening and closing angle of more than 120 degrees, and the lighting is represented by external high-brightness display matrix or pixel LEDs. This is quite a big deal.

6. Energy Drive - New energy with fuel tank, extended range is popular

At this Guangzhou Auto Show, new forces with extended-range electric vehicles can all feel at ease.

Ideal achieved great success with its extended-range electric vehicle, which was very controversial at the beginning, and became the new force with the highest gross profit and the first to make a profit; Leapmotor, which was well aware of its cost advantages, understood it immediately and copied the homework, and has now topped the new energy vehicle sales rankings; Wenjie, which was backed by Huawei, added intelligence to the extended-range electric vehicle and not only caught up with Ideal, but also raised the brand's selling price.

Who says that the extended-range vehicle with the same platform is 20,000 yuan cheaper than the pure electric vehicle? As for the price of the extended-range vehicle, we have introduced it in our previous article "One Chart to Understand the Cost of Fuel Vehicles, Pure Electric Vehicles and Extended-Range Vehicles".

Now, even those who only produce pure electric vehicles are beginning to waver.

Avita launched Kunlun extended-range technology, Xiaopeng also officially announced Kunpeng super extended-range technology. GAC Aion, NIO, Zeekr, and Zhiji have officially announced that they will launch new cars that can run on both gasoline and electricity as early as 2025.

In the blink of an eye, brands that insist on pure electric vehicles have become a minority in the car market.

7. Chassis - Digitalization and AI

The automobile chassis has always been a mechanical and hydraulic system, but now electrification is also electrifying the chassis, slowly removing the oil system we are familiar with and starting closed-loop sensing, processing, and execution to achieve digitalization.

Exhibited at this Guangzhou Auto Show:

Geely's AI digital chassis hiatus can realize functions such as active welcoming, agile exit, active suspension "dancing", tank U-turn, etc. It can also integrate the vehicle's X/Y/Z three-directional postures.

SAIC Zhiji's "Lizard Digital Chassis" equips a car with a "super cerebellum" for the first time through the coordinated management of the vehicle's three-axis six-degree-of-freedom motion, realizing joint adjustment and control of dynamic performance in all dimensions.

GAC Haobo's "air suspension" intelligent digital chassis has powerful hardware and intelligent software support, and can achieve "on-the-spot drifting" steering.

The Hongqi brand's fully active suspension, four-wheel steering by wire, and AI digital chassis can, on the one hand, achieve more extreme vehicle control capabilities and effectively optimize the vehicle's anti-roll, anti-pitch and vibration filtering capabilities; on the other hand, it can also adaptively adjust according to the user's driving habits, achieving a "one-size-fits-all" driving control experience.

The Yangwang U7 fully digital chassis adopts the innovation of centralized power to distributed power and mechanical transmission to electrical signal transmission. BYD's self-developed underlying control software realizes the comprehensive penetration and integrated control of the two major technologies of Yi Sifang and Yunnian-Z. Through the sensor to perceive information, the intelligent computing center to make decisions, and the motor to execute instructions, the three-way six-degree-of-freedom body posture is fully digitally adjusted, effectively shortening the path of perception-decision-execution and realizing full digital control.

In summary, the electrification of the chassis makes the chassis respond faster and closes the sensing, processing, and execution of chassis components.

The chassis is digitalized, and with digitalization, AI can be realized. It supports remote software modification and OTA upgrades. By upgrading the actuator voltage, for example, 48V, the chassis power can be increased, and more functional control can be achieved, such as the chassis that can make Lei Zong shake fallen leaves and the boatman brother dance.

The digital chassis will also bring cars into another era.

Others, solid-state batteries are the next breakthrough in batteries. At the 2024 Guangzhou Auto Show, Chery brought a new model - Chery Liefeng, and it was the first to be equipped with all-solid-state battery technology ! GAC Group announced that all-solid-state battery technology will be installed on vehicles as planned in 2026! 800V has been popularized in 24 years, and fast charging is no longer a problem. The drive system and energy electrification have come to an end.

China's automobile industry will continue to grow in 2025.