What will a smart cockpit look like that will be fully put into production within 5 years and the technology will be implemented within 1 year?

The evolution of personalization is part of the development path of smart cockpits, and the leader must be the industry-leading supplier of smart cockpit-related components - such as the Yanfeng XiM21 smart cockpit we are going to talk about today, which is about to be put on the market.

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Yanfeng may not be familiar to consumers, but it is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, ranking 15th in the global auto parts company rankings.

Yanfeng is involved in automotive interior and exterior decoration, cockpit electronics, passive safety, etc., and the smart cockpit is one of the important achievements of Yanfeng's multi-field collaborative innovation.

XiM21 is a technology platform for Yanfeng to demonstrate its product capabilities in the field of smart cockpits to the market, and it can be directly put into the market within the next five years. Some of the technologies can even be implemented in mass-produced vehicles within a year.

It can not only provide integrated packaging solutions for OEMs, but also disassemble each technology and customize it according to OEM needs.

As an important player in the field of smart cockpits, the technology demonstrated by Yanfeng on XiM21 that can be put into mass production actually represents some important development trends of smart cockpits in the next five years.

What elements does a smart cockpit contain?

At present, a complete smart cockpit should contain four parts: sensory experience, function realization, input and output.

For Yanfeng XiM21, let’s explain one by one.

Sensory experience refers to the parts that can be seen, touched, and felt. From Yanfeng’s perspective, they hope to express high-tech, modern, and advanced themes in the smart cockpit to lead the next five-year era of interior design.

This is also a process of systematic consideration from many aspects such as modeling design, material selection, and light arrangement.

In XiM21, there are 5 displays, and they can be flexibly set by sliding the front row, lifting the rear row, etc.

The shape design with extended lines, a combination of surface materials with different reflectivities, and the color and ambient lighting convey a more sophisticated concept in contrast and unity.

The high-tech feel brought by multiple screens will appear cold, while skin-friendly materials such as solid wood, leather, and fabric will appear warm. The sensory characteristics created by this unique design language are what Yanfeng hopes to express in XiM21

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The functional requirements of smart cockpits are currently mainly focused on driving parameters, driving assistance information, navigation, infotainment, communications and other aspects.

Today's cars are more or less involved in these, but the future trend is that smart cockpits should be smarter, more proactive, and more customized to fit the user's driving habits.

In other words, the smart cockpit will become the intelligent brain of the car and be "soul-connected" with the user.

For example, XiM21 can control the interior environment of the car by performing real-time temperature adjustment and air quality management based on weather conditions, air conditions, driver status, number of passengers, etc.; the seat posture, screen display, ambient lighting effect, etc. in the car can be adjusted in real time.

Adjusting fragrance and sound can form "memory" according to different occupants; for example, all O2O services, smart homes, multi-device interconnection, payment, information services and audio-visual entertainment in the context of the Internet of Things can be based on the occupants and car usage scenarios.

, grasp the needs of users, promote what they need and what they want.

The progress of smart cockpits in actively getting closer to users is the key to breaking the all-in-one trend of mobile phones in the next entry-level competition between cars and mobile phones.

In terms of input and output, or the control and display of human-computer interaction, XiM21 has also made many innovations.

In terms of input methods, the physical buttons on XiM21 have been greatly simplified, and the buttons that need to be retained are integrated with the material and become "surface buttons", which can achieve physical feedback with sound, light, and vibration.

More inputs are provided by voice, gestures, faces, etc., and other functions in the car are linked to achieve personalized services based on the status of the occupants.

The output mode is mainly left to the screen display.

From XiM21, it is not difficult to see that the trend of smart cockpit display is large screen, multi-screen, and flexible.

Of course, there is no need to talk about large screens. Multi-screens are reflected in displaying the most appropriate information at the most appropriate position and time. Flexibility means that different screens can be adjusted in position to achieve maximum flexibility.

For example, the front-row screen on the XiM21 can slide towards the passenger seat, and the sub-dashboard can also be shared by multiple rows of seats using long slide rails. This customizable space solution based on needs is also a major feature of the smart cockpit.

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The smart cockpit that combines all these elements creates a brand new experience for users.

Whether it is smarter or more humane, it gives users a more emotional experience and an extension of their living space. This is a key criterion for smart cockpits to distinguish existing automotive products.

How does the smart cockpit affect the automotive industry chain?

The needs and development of a field are often initiated by the leading participants in this field and then spread downwards.

Today, there are many high-end models that have begun to partially realize the concept of smart cockpits. BBA's models are already the prototype of smart cockpits. Local brands such as Roewe, Geely, and Trumpchi are also actively exploring applications in their models. This is no longer an unreachable goal.

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