Chinese auto giant Changan Automobile on Monday launched the E07, an electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) that can be transformed into a pickup truck, in an attempt to meet a wider range of customer needs.
Debuting at the fourth Changan Tech Ecosystem Conference, the model features another selling point -- Changan's self-developed advanced intelligent driver assistance system.
"Through tech innovations, we have made breakthroughs in using foundation models to achieve end-to-end intelligent driving, as well as enhancing vehicle perception in complex scenarios. In the future, we will gradually introduce multimodal large language models (LLMs) and vision models to provide better interactive experience between drivers and vehicles," said Wang Jun, president of Chongqing Changan Automobile.
To cater to the personalized and diversified demands of customers, the automaker has built an intelligent plant with digital technologies, allowing consumers to participate in the manufacturing process.
"Once customers determine the specifications for the vehicle they want to buy on their cellphones, they can directly modify the parameters of our Bill of Materials (BOM) on the digital chassis. Then we will send material requirements to and place orders with our suppliers so as to efficiently match the personalized needs of our customers," said Wang.
Changan Automobile debuts transformable electric SUV to meet customers' personalized needs
