Aion unveils new architecture to improve EV safety

Chinese carmaker GAC Aion unveiled its latest electrical and electronic architecture on Tuesday, which is expected to be first used in its high-end Hyper vehicles.

The new E/E architecture, called Xingling, features one of the world's most powerful sensing system to improve smart vehicles' safety, said the carmaker.

The system is composed of 39 sensors, including three second-generation lidar units with variable focal lengths.

It also involves the infrared remote sensing technology, which can detect objects that cameras and radars may fail to spot.

The Xingling architecture came days after the electric car platform, called the AEP 3.0, was unveiled.

GAC Aion said its Hyper vehicles, the first of which will hit the market in 2023, will feature both the E/E architecture and the AEP 3.0 platform.

The carmaker said vehicles built on the platform can have a top speed of 300 km/hour, and the acceleration takes merely 1.9 seconds for multiple-electric motor vehicles and 4.9 seconds for single-electric motor ones.

The AEP 3.0 platform also enable models to excel in terms of the radius of turning circle and the braking distance, said the carmaker.

GAC Aion is one of the first Chinese carmakers to launch an EV platform. It sold 30,063 electric vehicles in October, up 149 percent year-on-year. The carmaker sold 212,384 units from January to October, up 134 percent year-on-year.