At present, new energy vehicles, as representatives of new productivity, not only drive the prosperity of related industrial chains, but also promote technological innovation and industrial upgrading, injecting new impetus into the high-quality development of the economy and society. Recently, He Xiaopeng, chairman and CEO of Xpeng Motors, appeared at the "Sina News 2024 Discovery Conference" to share his insights on the innovation trends of the new energy vehicle industry, the application of AI technology and other issues.
He Xiaopeng said that new energy vehicles have made remarkable achievements in the past ten years. The core of this huge change is that the transformation of physical cars from traditional fossil energy to electrochemical energy has brought a new experience to users. He believes that the next round of innovation in the automotive industry will be superimposed with AI technology: “In the previous round, there was intelligence, but it did not bring about huge changes in experience. But when AI, large models, cloud services, and big data are superimposed on There will be huge innovations in the car.”
When it comes to how to innovate, He Xiaopeng advocates using "first principles" to think about innovation, that is, breaking the original rules and using new ways to achieve innovation. In his opinion, on the innovative road, overtaking in corners is much more difficult than lane-changing racing. "The technology tree gives us a huge opportunity to change lanes and start the race again. What China's new car-making forces can do is not overtaking in corners, but changing tracks, that is, in the new electrochemical field." He encouraged companies to invest in emerging fields. Look for opportunities to achieve lane changing and overtaking through technological innovation.
"Xpeng Motors hopes to build a global AI car in the next decade." He Xiaopeng said that globalization, AI and cars are the three key words that make up this goal. Compared with localized software and services, Xpeng Motors will explore a new innovation logic by globalizing large-scale hardware and large-scale AI technology.
Talking about the empowerment and replacement of people by new technologies, He Xiaopeng said that he firmly believes that AI will drive the fourth new industrial revolution, but this process will be a long-term and complex process. He believes that the popularization and application of AI technology will be restricted by various factors such as laws and regulations, industry penetration rate, etc. Therefore, although AI may develop faster in some industries such as the digital industry, in physical industries, the replacement and empowerment of AI will be a process that lasts for decades or even one or two hundred years.
"About 110 years ago, when cars first started, many people were worried. But you can see that because of cars, roads, fossil energy, logistics, and people flow have emerged, and a lot of industries have been created." He Xiaopeng believes that autonomous driving and even driverless driving in the future will definitely bring new opportunities to the industry. In this process, companies at the forefront may have the opportunity to obtain the greatest value and even become industry leaders.