36氪 was informed that Shanghai Yika Zhiche Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Yika Zhiche”) received a new round of strategic investment from New Hope Group, and Potential Capital continued to serve as the exclusive financial advisor. Yika Zhiche is also an entrepreneurial project that 36Kr continues to pay attention to (https://ift.tt/d1LkbsN). This strategic financing is another round of financing completed in less than a month after the A+ round in early 2022. New Hope Group and Yika Zhiche will carry out in-depth cooperation in smart cold chain, smart property, smart agriculture and other scenarios.
The skateboard chassis track continues to be hot, and has won the trust of capital and customers, and the development trend is good. Just 8 days ago, PIX Moving announced the completion of the A1 round of financing, and 6 months ago it just received nearly 100 million yuan of Pre A+ round of financing. Seven days ago, Canno in the United States announced that it had signed an agreement with Walmart to purchase 4,500 to 10,000 customized delivery vans.
The popularity of the skateboard chassis track is inseparable from the catalysis of the epidemic. The epidemic has changed people’s living and consumption habits to a certain extent. In the post-epidemic era, unmanned cars may become normalized to serve the society. Yika Zhiche Co., Ltd. is located in Shanghai and has achieved growth against the trend in this epidemic. It is understood that its order revenue in the first half of 2022 has exceeded that of last year.
Application of Yika Smart Car Products in Epidemic Prevention and Control
Founded in 2018, Yika Zhiche is a leading intelligent digital mobile platform (IDV) technology-based enterprise in China. Focusing on the core technology of skateboard chassis of “full line control + true intelligence + integrated die-casting”, by building a product life pool of intelligent design engine + digital intelligent manufacturing + cloud data mining, it can open up user needs, product development, intelligent manufacturing, intelligent operation and maintenance, etc. The management of information flow, logistics and knowledge flow in the whole link and life cycle is the first to target large-scale commercial implementation in the fields of terminal logistics, retail, security, cleaning and other fields.
Several current IDV platforms have adopted wire-by-wire technology and domain-controlled electronic and electrical architecture. The person in charge of Yika Zhiche technology said that the engineering mass production of skateboard chassis needs to overcome the problems including vehicle energy management, vehicle motion control, vehicle intelligent diagnosis, chassis control strategy, as well as safety redundancy design and development of new electrical and electronic architecture, etc. There are many technical problems, which have great technical difficulties and require systematic R&D organization and system support.
Due to the adoption of the domain control electronic and electrical architecture, Yika Zhiche can base the functions of the executive components and standardize the interfaces, and concentrate the vehicle-level function and performance development on the chassis domain controller to achieve software definition, thereby supporting the integration of functions and performance. Independent research and development, expansion and iteration.
In terms of chassis structure, the IDV platform of Yika Zhiche is equipped with a safety collision mechanism, IP67 electrical compartment, etc., and through the system’s CAE simulation analysis, lightweight design, powertrain matching and handling stability adjustment, it can be used in battery life, water wading, etc. It also leads the industry in performance indicators such as depth and grade.
Yika Zhiche builds cars for the scene, not only provides excellent hardware products to the market, but also builds a complete and professional operation and maintenance system and operation and maintenance network, which can provide accurate software and hardware operation and maintenance services for vehicles around customers. This is rare among players in the market.
Yika Smart Car Products
Shu Liang, CEO of Yika Zhiche, said that the unmanned car is different from other products. It has the attributes of a production tool, and when a fault occurs, it is basically in operation. Therefore, there is a strong urgency to solve the problem quickly. The traditional “4S shop” The operation and maintenance mode (sending the car to a designated place for maintenance) is not suitable.
The operation and maintenance system of Yika Zhiche is mainly composed of offline and online parts. One is the offline service network covering all customer operating areas, and the layout of the operation and maintenance team in multiple cities can achieve the arrival of the vehicle site within 1 hour after receiving the order, and solve the problem within 24 hours; the second is the online information tool At present, a remote diagnosis/upgrade platform has been developed. Through the communication module installed on the vehicle, it can remotely detect the running status of the vehicle, and perform predictive maintenance analysis and fault diagnosis to realize the early identification and processing of vehicle faults. At the same time, users can also use the mobile terminal to report for vehicle repairs online to efficiently handle vehicle problems.
At the market level, my country’s terminal distribution market has continued to expand in recent years, and it is predicted that it has reached a trillion yuan level. At the same time, policies are also actively promoting the issue of driverless vehicles on the road. On July 5, 2022, Shenzhen passed the first domestic regulation on the management of intelligent connected vehicles – the “Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Intelligent Connected Vehicle Management Regulations”, which clarifies the division of responsibilities after traffic accidents involving autonomous vehicles.
Shu Liang said, “The introduction of regulations on unmanned vehicles will provide good guidance and guarantees for the R&D, production, operators and scene parties of vehicles, which will accelerate the development of business models, promote the development of the industry and lead the world.”
Investor said:
Yu Feng, Chief Investment Officer of New Hope Group, said, “After 40 years, New Hope Group has become China’s largest comprehensive supplier of meat, eggs and milk. From production to supply, we keep our traditions and are also shaping and acting as a cold chain food distribution service. The new role of the merchant. The low-speed unmanned delivery car at the end, from the perspective of the supply guarantee of the epidemic in the big city, is the scene waiting and ripening the technology. From the technology supply side, the development of vehicle-level functions and performance is concentrated in the Chassis domain controller, which supports its independent expansion and iteration through standardized/underlying interfaces, is a trending opportunity for skateboard chassis. Many things can be matured, but the intelligent hardware itself, from conceptual design, sample development to mass manufacturing process accumulation, It is the most important foundation for our strategic investment and subsequent long-term cooperation with Yika Zhiche.”
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Related events
- Yika Zhiche completed the strategic financing of New Hope Group2022-07-20
- Yika Zhiche has successively completed round A and A+ rounds of financing of nearly 100 million yuan2022-04-15
- Yika Zhiche has completed tens of millions of yuan in Pre-A round of financing, and plans to launch more than 10,000 unmanned delivery vehicles in the next three years2021-05-18
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