WM begins presale of third mass-produced model W6

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- WM Motor announced it began taking pre-orders for its third mass-produced model, the W6 all-electric SUV, on March 1, and will start formal delivery next month.

As a mid-sized SUV priced around 200,000 yuan ($30,940), the W6 offers consumers a choice between ranges of 520km and 620km under NEDC testing cycle.

WM Motor's W6; photo credit: WM Motor

The startup said the W6 is China's first vehicle model available for autonomous driving features in specific scenarios, and is also the domestic first cloud-based model equipped with Baidu's AVP (Apollo Valet Parking) solution.

The W6 adopts a fire new electrical/electronic architecture (EEA), the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chips using 7nm process technology, 5G base band and the autonomous driving domain controller the automaker develops in-house. It is also assisted by Baidu Apollo’s cloud with a whopping computing power of over 1 million TOPS.

According to the startup, the AVP can be classified into HAVP (Home-AVP) and PAVP (Public-AVP) based on usage scenarios. The HAVP is designed for the scenarios with relatively fixed parking routes, such as the parking spots at home or nearby office. Before the first-time use, a driver needs to demonstrate a complete parking process by himself, allowing sensors, including 5 77GHz millimeter-wave radars, 7 cameras and 12 ultrasonic radars, to record relevant data and upload them to the cloud server. Next time he can have his car parked at the right spot via a mobile phone. In addition, the PAVP enables a car to be parked automatically in public places without fixed routes.

WM Motor attempts to extend autonomous driving applications into more scenarios. For instance, some advanced driver assistance functions will be shipped to the public through OTA (over-the-air) upgrade in 2021.