Recently, according to online news, Toyota may adopt an intelligent driving scheme jointly developed by "Toyota+Huawei +Momenta". This scheme may be provided by Huawei with high-level intelligent driving hardware and Momenta with software solutions, which is different from the HI mode in which Huawei provides a complete set of solutions.
Huawei and Toyota have the foundation of intelligent cooperation. For example, the ninth generation Camry car system of GAC Toyota was jointly built by Toyota and Huawei. This car is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 car chip, and the smoothness of the car has been greatly improved compared with the old models.
It is believed that the cooperation between Huawei and Toyota in the field of intelligent driving was also based on the previous cooperation.
Momenta is actually an old friend of Toyota. As early as March 18, 2020, Momenta, an autonomous driving company, announced that it had reached a strategic cooperation with Toyota to provide Toyota with high-precision maps and update services based on camera visual perception technology, and to promote the commercial landing of Toyota’s Automated Map Platform (AMP) in China.
At the same time, Momenta also provides a solution for the high-order intelligent driving of Zhiji automobile. Zhiji’s high-order intelligent driving is based on hardware perception including laser radar, and now it can realize high-speed/urban expressway and intelligent navigation assistance function of urban roads.
Therefore, it is not a big problem for the intelligent driving scheme jointly developed by Toyota, Huawei and Momenta to realize the functions of high-speed/urban expressway and even urban navigation.
Moreover, both Huawei and Momenta have rich experience in the research and development of high-order intelligent driving systems, and it is also possible to get on the high-order intelligent driving system for Toyota’s new models in a short time.
Now it has entered the second half of the intelligentization of new energy vehicles. Many domestic new energy brands have equipped their own vehicles with intelligent cockpits and high-order intelligent driving systems. For example, Tucki, Aouita, Wenjie and other brands have realized the urban intelligent driving function without relying on high-precision maps.
It can be said that intelligent equipment is an indispensable part of new energy vehicles today, and domestic consumers pay more and more attention to the intelligent function of vehicles.
Traditional European car companies, such as Volkswagen and Audi, have also cooperated with new China brands, such as Tucki and Zhiji, to jointly develop new cars, and equipped them with intelligent cockpits and advanced intelligent driving systems from Tucki and Zhiji.
Toyota chose to cooperate with Huawei and Momenta at this time to develop a new car equipped with high-end smart driving, which is also the general trend. At the same time, we can see that Toyota attaches great importance to the China market, hoping that its own new energy vehicles will be more competitive in the domestic market, and these new vehicles can be pushed to the world in the future to enhance the global competitiveness of Toyota’s new energy vehicles.
The editor said:
When many consumers talk about Toyota, they will still think of its fuel vehicle products. Moreover, from the monthly sales situation, the sales of two pure electric vehicles under Toyota are not ideal, and Toyota’s new energy transformation process has indeed encountered certain difficulties. If Toyota really cooperates with Huawei and Momenta to engage in high-level intelligent driving, it can really improve the market competitiveness of Toyota’s new energy vehicles, but it will test the time for the relevant joint development models to be launched on the market.
At present, many traditional car companies are speeding up the transformation of new energy, and adjusting the transformation of new energy. Toyota needs to seize the opportunity and launch new cars at the right time to have a greater chance to compete with a number of competitors.
As for the news of Toyota’s tripartite cooperation with Huawei and Momenta, it is said that Toyota will officially announce it to the public during the Beijing Auto Show, so we will look forward to whether Toyota will use the high-level wisdom of Huawei and Momenta.