From knock-off old-man's electric vehicles to industrial giant

Chapter 260 The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility

In fact, Xu Yi really didn't expect that Toyota would have another major setback.

He recalled that the decline in the resale value of Japanese cars was due to several quality scandals and data falsification.

But I didn't remember the specific date.

The fuel pump issue was discovered through internal reverse engineering and disassembly.

As for Kobe Steel, I've really forgotten about it.

But how to put it.

When something like this happens, all we can do is silently thank our competitors!
He stabbed himself twice.

You should say thank you loudly.

This not only accelerated the expansion of the Starry Sky L7's market share and attracted a group of heartbroken potential buyers, but also stimulated the sales of the Starry Sky S7, which began a round of growth amidst fierce competition.

After all, in the 200,000 yuan price range, the Xingchen S7 is a competitor of the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.

With the year-end approaching, there is hope that the sales volume of the "Starry Night S7" in the last month will break through the 17,000 mark.

If we add the more than 30,000 units of the Star Mini, and the Star Elderly Car whose sales are still firmly at 30,000 units.

The combined revenue for the month has exceeded seven billion.

This growth rate is already at the level of a superpower among the emerging car manufacturers that are still relying on burning money to build cars.

Even among domestic car manufacturers, they would rank among the top.

It's just that it can't compare to the size of joint venture car companies for the time being.

Xu Yi estimated that the next entry would be activated soon.

A sense of anticipation arose in my heart.

"Japanese car manufacturers have such high profit margins, I never imagined they would falsify data on the most basic steel components." Yu Nian's expression was one of dismay.

The stars really couldn't be measured.

I never expected this.

Their main focus is on reverse engineering of the internal structure; they wouldn't be so bored as to take the aluminum and steel plates of the car body to test the data.

This thing has thin sheet metal to begin with...

As someone in the industry, I have no comment on this.

Toyota Group's consolidated revenue exceeded $2500 billion last year, and its automotive business has a very high gross margin, ranking among the top three even among the world's largest automakers. Despite extremely healthy profits and cash flow, it allowed fraud to occur in its core supply chain...

Xu Yi's expression was subtle: "Haven't you heard the saying?"

"What did you say?"

With great power comes great responsibility…

“I know that. In principle, the greater the responsibility, the greater the constraints and social supervision should be.”

"What if the principles and the power of oversight are both in the hands of the same person?"

"what?!"

"Therefore, with greater responsibility comes greater profits!!"

……

Yu Nian was lost in thought!
of course.

Xingchen doesn't have the mindset to do whatever she wants, nor does she have the ability to do so for the time being.

After the two finished chatting.

Assistant Xiao Zhou compiled the information from the vehicle infotainment R&D department.

The Starry Sky 1.2 version of the in-vehicle infotainment system is about to complete its internal testing.

The main improvements include fixing several bugs, increasing the system's smoothness, and further optimizing the coverage of traffic light countdowns in urban areas.

After partnering with Gaode, we initially relied on their database and sampling.

Over time, Xingchen has completed the collection of big data on traffic lights across the country and optimized its own set of precise algorithms.

As long as the driver frequently travels the route, even if there are no traffic light countdowns at the beginning, the system will silently record the parking time in the intersection area and automatically calculate the traffic light based on navigation information and algorithms.

After a minor update two weeks later, many car owners were surprised to find that the time counts of traffic lights along their daily commute routes were now being "read out".

Many people online exclaimed "High-tech!" because of this!

This also resulted in some positive publicity.

after all.

Xingchen Automotive may not be able to achieve complete coverage in a short period of time.

However, the car owner has their own driving route and range!
If we get all the traffic light data for drivers' fixed routes, that's roughly equivalent to covering more than 90% of drivers.

In addition, this OTA update includes a "Guard Mode".

This is also one of the hallmark features of new energy vehicles.

For the first time, "parking security" has been upgraded from "passive theft prevention" to a complete system of "active monitoring + intelligent early warning + evidence preservation".

The Xingchen L7 and Xingchen S7 models now utilize eight cameras throughout the vehicle for monitoring, providing intelligent warnings and active recording for abnormal collisions, accidental scratches, and other incidents.

During the conference, Xingchen proactively submitted a functional safety assessment to the regulatory authorities and submitted recommendations on the security of automotive testing data to the National Automotive Standardization Technical Committee.

For example, data storage is localized, and videos are only stored on a USB drive inside the car and are not actively uploaded to the Star Auto server.

There are also details such as limitations on the collection scope and enabling user authorization.

The current regulations in the industry are still extremely lenient.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has not yet perfected the regulatory framework for vehicle OTA upgrades.

After all, cars in the past didn't need OTA updates!

At most, they'll update the map.

If Xu Yi remembers correctly, the regulatory framework for "OTA (Over-The-Air) updates for intelligent vehicles" in China was gradually improved after 19 years and officially implemented after 20 years.

Xingchen Automotive's move was quickly approved and greatly inspired relevant departments and leaders!
According to the tone from above, barring any unforeseen circumstances, relevant regulations will be improved and introduced next year.

The "Guardian Mode" feature has undoubtedly shocked car owners once again.

This is yet another unprecedented "high-tech" feature!
Xingchen Motors, on the other hand, has kept a low profile and has not promoted the matter in a particularly high-profile manner.

The car owners' celebration is a matter for the car owners themselves.

This feature greatly enhances car owners' sense of security when parking at leisure, and increases the success rate of tracing accidental scratches while parking.

However, it could also be used by malicious individuals to launch attacks based on public opinion.

Xu Yi named it "Guardian Mode" for the same reason.

Guard and sentry, just two words apart.

The guard sounded much more reserved.

...

From any perspective, the functionality and smoothness of the Starry Sky in-vehicle system have made extremely efficient use of the current automotive chip hardware, almost surpassing the current era.

This is enough to shock our competitors!

Despite the fact that many competitors are not even aware of the importance of in-vehicle infotainment systems.

but.

Even such an amazing team is not immune to development challenges.

An internal meeting in the afternoon.

Zhao Yang talked about the problems the team had encountered recently, saying, "The bug resolution rate reported by car owners of the Qunxing system has reached 99%."

He paused for a moment: "However, the last 1% might be very difficult to resolve..."

Recently, we've encountered some issues with Bluetooth key activation. Even with significant optimization, some car owners have reported intermittent disconnections or insensitivity when using our Bluetooth key for unlocking…

The Xingchen L7, as a new energy vehicle that focuses on intelligence, is equipped with three unlocking methods.

These are wireless key, Bluetooth key, and NFC unlocking.

The NFC functionality here supports both mobile phones and cards, and can be seamlessly adapted as long as it has been activated on a mobile phone.

"Our vehicle's Bluetooth BLE module supports BLE 4.2 and 5.0, right? Why is it not working properly?"

Xu Yi was surprised.

Their unlocking solution uses Bosch's latest BLE solution, the same one used by high-end brands like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi. They also specifically communicated with the supplier to make improvements and adaptations.
Both encryption and real-time signal strength should be flawless, and should even be stronger than those of competitors.

However, after a moment of surprise, Xu Yi quickly realized that this might not be a problem with their car.

The truth was exactly what he thought.

Zhao Yang let out a breath: "That's right. On the iOS side, models from the last two years all support BLE 4.2, and this year's models also support 5.0. But on the Android side, the quality of manufacturers is a bit mixed. Some mid-to-low-end models are still using BLE 4.1."

He pointed out the key issue, and then added:
"Furthermore, some manufacturers frequently modify Android's native Bluetooth API, or even have their own custom Bluetooth drivers, resulting in poor protocol recognition signal strength with the vehicle's BLE 4.2 module, or even handshake failure..."

"Another issue is the system background. Different systems have different restrictions on power-consuming applications, which may lead to background processes being killed, or the phone's Bluetooth antenna design itself may be flawed... In the end, even though it's not our problem, we still can't start the car's Bluetooth unlocking."

Zhao Yang shrugged.

Some phones with metal bodies already have poor Bluetooth signals, and they also place the Bluetooth antenna at the bottom of the phone. When users hold the phone, their palms will block the antenna, so it's no wonder the signal is bad.

Listening to his words, one can imagine how much time the team spent figuring out these problems.

Because of these chaotic and unregulated mobile phone factories, Xingchen has to clean up their messes.

Xu Yi's blood pressure gradually rose.

(End of this chapter)