On August 18, SAIC-GM and Momenta, a world-leading intelligent driving company, signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in the field of assisted driving. Through technological integration, advantage accumulation, and deep safety accumulation, they will work together to create assisted driving technology that better understands Chinese roads and Chinese people.
It is reported that the first smart luxury sedan of Buick's high-end new energy sub-brand "Zhijing" will be the world's first to be equipped with an end-to-end "reinforcement learning" large model - the Momenta R6 flywheel large model, providing full-scene assisted driving functions including "breakpoint-free" city NOA and the industry's first "one-click parking without stopping", bringing users a safe, smooth and efficient travel experience.
Unlike previous "imitation learning" models, which approximate human driving capabilities, the Momenta R6 flywheel model, through innovative "reinforcement learning" technology, breaks through the limitations of "imitation learning" and aims to not only imitate humans but surpass them. Powered by the R6 flywheel model, the Buick L7 has become an "AI driving master," capable of exploring new driving behaviors in simulated environments, learning from successes and failures to optimize self-learning, and continuously iterating with closed-loop training data to enhance its assisted driving capabilities in all scenarios.
Based on 70 million pieces of valuable data extracted from 3 billion kilometers of real-world driving, the Momenta R6 flywheel model undergoes specialized training in a "nightmare question bank" through reinforcement learning. Learning from each successful risk avoidance and potential hazard, it continuously optimizes its autonomous decision-making, resulting in a robust model generalization capability that allows it to confidently handle a wide range of complex scenarios. For example, when faced with high-risk and complex road conditions such as close-range lane-cutting, ghosting, and blind spot obstructions, the Buick Zhijing L7 can accurately predict, intelligently decide, and flexibly respond to avoid collision risks, creating a sense of "oneness" between driver and vehicle, and ensuring a safer and more secure driving experience.
Leveraging the technological advantages of the R6 "Reinforcement Learning" model, the Buick L7 not only handles a variety of complex scenarios, but also drives with the same smoothness as a skilled human driver, achieving seamless urban No Accessibility (NOA). For example, in scenarios like narrow-road cruising and lane-avoidance maneuvers, vehicle recognition and prediction are more accurate, and starting, stopping, and accelerating are smoother and more fluid. Furthermore, ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) traffic at highway toll booths has always been a challenge in NOA. The Buick L7 not only accurately identifies ETC pole positions but also allows for stable blind driving without lane markings, seamlessly completing entry, gate passage, and exit, ensuring the smoothest autonomous ETC traffic.
The Buick L7, the first in the industry to feature the "One-Touch Parking" feature, revolutionizes the parking assistance experience. This feature eliminates the tedious steps of parking, selecting a spot, and then pressing a button to initiate parking. It identifies parking spaces in real time while driving and systematically plans the optimal parking trajectory, enabling a smooth "parking on the move" experience and significantly improving parking efficiency. The Buick L7 also offers industry-leading parking assistance for all parking spaces, featuring customizable parking modes, comprehensive coverage of complex scenarios, and robust parking memory. Even mechanical parking garages, which can be intimidating for experienced drivers, can be precisely parked in virtually any space, completely eliminating parking anxiety. Furthermore, the Buick L7 significantly improves lane change timing in congested traffic and precise navigation at complex intersections, significantly enhancing traffic efficiency.
The deep strategic partnership between Buick and Momenta demonstrates Buick's determination and strength to lead the Joint Venture 2.0 era by leveraging its global automotive expertise and local innovation. The Buick Zhijing L7, a culmination of the "Xiaoyao" architecture technology, is accelerating its launch, poised to satisfy consumers' new expectations for new energy luxury sedans and signal the joint venture brands' counterattack in the new energy market.
