With the’electricity, the development of services using’Artificial intelligence (AI) is a big trend in this World Cup’Auto 2024. A brief tour of the fair and the different forms of’use the’AI.
At Xpeng, an AI as a designer
At the Xpeng stand, the Chinese brand exhibits its G6 and G9 electric SUVsits first models marketed in Europe. But we can also discover a concept car, the large P7+ sedan.
“The P7+c’It is our first car entirely developed thanks to’artificial intelligence,” explains Thomas Rodier, marketing director of Xpeng France.
“This will facilitate the development of the vehicle,’we have solutions to make it even more efficient, with a penetration rate in the’aerial record, an essential point for an electric car,” he continues.
All’It is also still interesting to save development time, with the possibility of finding solutions more quickly and thus reconciling the demands of the design teams and engineers.
“l’the idea will be for example’optimize the chassis, with the limitation of’Place the largest battery possible in a small space. In this way, we could go from the current 5 to 6 years to completely design a new vehicle to two and a half years, while remaining much more responsive to consumer expectations,” adds Thomas Rodier.
In the production version of this P7+ concept, Xpeng also intends to use the’AI for the management of autonomous driving (as in Tesla) or integrating a powerful virtual assistant.
Reno, l.’renault virtual assistant
At Renault, the’virtual assistant “Reno” doped with’AI is already in a car: the last r5. will also be offered in the new R4, unveiled during this World Cup’Car.
takes the form of’a small avatar that appears’screen when you say “Hello Reno” and can respond to many requests thanks to this ChatGPT-based solution. We were able to test it during testing of the R5 and it can, for example, answer various general knowledge questions or suggest places to visit.
Another quite innovative use, Reno may suggest the’use of’a vehicle function, such as’activation’an eco or sport driving mode depending on the traffic context. Or again, and we’We experienced during these tests, a risk of fogging on the windshield and therefore on the’activation of defogging before’have the first visible marks on the windshield.
Knowledgeable salespeople at Kia and La Centrale
l’AI can also facilitate interactions to obtain information. A use that does not date’yesterday with conversational robots (or chatbots) that come to talk to you during your visit to the site’a car brand, for example. But your ability to respond effectively to requests’improve with progress’AI.
At Kia,’It is an artificial intelligence called EVE, which is also supported by ChatGPT, which can provide information about the latest 100% electric model of the Korean brand presented at the Mondial, the’EV3.
To chat with her, simply scan one of the QR codes found on the stand, in the vehicles or on small dedicated panels, which will take you to a website with a link to chat with EVE via Whatsapp. In this way we were able to debate, with pertinent answers about the’Minimum and maximum autonomy to expect, charging time or even prices depending on version. an online purchase’It wasn’t available yet, but EVE directs you to Kia dealers and can even help you schedule an appointment and test drive the vehicle.
in the car place’La Centrale used, you can receive personalized advice to choose your car. A solution that is based, here again, on ChatGPT d’OpenAI, “fed” by this professional’s immense database’chance.
Quite practical when you don’t know very well which specific models to use. In this way, you can indicate your profile, for example that of a young driver or that of a family with two children, and different criteria such as a price, a search area and a maximum mileage, to arrive at several proposals.
A service available here after a simple registration on the La Centrale website.
Enough to satisfy an important need: two out of three French people feel lost when choosing a new car, indicated last March a study by Kantar for Centrale.
The car of your dreams at Crédit Agricole
Finally, if you can’t find the car of your dreams in the showroom, Crédit Agricole can create it for you. No “Pimp my ride” in French’horizon, but resort to the’artificial intelligence and in particular’Generative AI’image.
A “Green Garage AI Experience” available at the stand of the French bank and its subsidiary Drivalia, specialized in short, medium and long-term rentals and’car sharing.
From a touch screen you must indicate your type of’use (professional, recreational or daily), your driving style (flexible or sporty), what matters most to you when choosing’a car (style or power) and your monthly car budget (small, medium or large budget).
The first attempt gave us a kind of Cupra Born with AI sauce, to admire below.
Fortunately, we can also try’online experience, with a much more convincing result when moving (logically) from’a medium budget to a large budget. It is enough to wait before the launch of the next Tesla Roadster with this second 100% AI creation.
After this totally imaginary car, Drivalia offers you different real solutions with the associated rental. For our first “mid-budget” example, they suggested, for example, a Tesla Model 3, a BYD Seal or even a Hyundai Ioniq 6.
Source: BFM TV
