SAIC new energy brand Zhiji new car listing LS6 anchoring 250,000 yuan market, the number of blind orders has exceeded 30,000 units 2023-10-13 Source： Jiefang Daily

Reporter, Wu Danlu

Yesterday, SAIC Motor’s new energy brand Zhiji Automobile announced the official listing of Zhiji LS6, which brings together many new energy innovation technologies of SAIC Motor Group, not only equipped with industry-leading technology platform and self-developed intelligent software, but also took the lead in realizing GPT (natural language processing large model) in the car.

The Zhiji launched a total of four models, the listing equity price is 214,900 to 276,900 yuan, anchoring the 250,000 new energy vehicle market. As of the listing, the number of blind orders for Zhiji LS6 has exceeded 30,000 units.

Liu Tao, co-CEO of Zhiji Automobile, said that Zhiji has completed the 9-year smart driving road of its peers in 2 years, and has always adjusted the technology development route with technological leadership.

The reporter learned from the press conference that the top version of Zhiji LS6 can reach a top speed of 305 kilometers per hour, which refreshes the maximum speed of mass-produced pure electric SUVs within one million yuan. This is due to the quasi-900-volt dual-silicon carbide high-performance platform carried by the LS6. The platform uses silicon carbide power modules to achieve the industry’s highest maximum operating voltage of 875 volts and a rated voltage of 751 volts, making a new breakthrough in voltage platform technology.

In terms of intelligent driving, Zhiji LS6 is equipped with high-speed NOA (automatic assisted navigation) standard to high-precision maps, and will cover the whole country by the end of the year. At the same time, with the support of hardware such as NVIDIA Orin X chip and lidar, Zhiji LS6 will also open a large-scale public beta of urban NOA in October. Within next year, it will achieve NOA and commuting mode in cities without maps, covering 100 key cities across the country.

In recent years, SAIC Motor Group has insisted on accelerating the strategic transformation of new energy vehicles through technological innovation. On October 7, SAIC Motor Group just announced the production and sales data for September: SAIC Motor Group’s sales of new energy vehicles exceeded 100,000 in September, which is the first time this year that the monthly sales of new energy vehicles have exceeded the 100,000 mark, an increase of nearly 30% year-on-year. From January to September, the cumulative end point delivery of new energy vehicles was 680,000, an increase of nearly 20% year-on-year.

As the "first army" of SAIC Motor’s strategic transformation, Zhiji Automobile focuses on the development of high-end pure electric smart car products. For future development, Liu Tao said that the fourth car of Zhiji will be launched by the end of this year or early next year. "Among the four cars, L7 and LS7 will be branded, benchmarking against BMW 5 Series and BMW X5, and establishing Zhiji 350,000 to 450,000 yuan high-end pure electric positioning. LS6 and the fourth model will be sold, LS6 will be benchmarked against Model Y, and the fourth car will be benchmarked against Model 3."

SAIC also said that in the next two to three years, a large number of SAIC’s new energy innovation technologies will also be "first used" in Zhiji products, including SAIC’s 800-volt silicon carbide shafts, solid-state batteries, vehicle central coordinated motion controllers (VMC), Galaxy 3.0 smart car full-stack solutions and other industry-leading technologies.