Geely's Role in the 19th Asian Games- A Q&A Session with Xinhua News
August 06, 2023
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What support services does Geely provide in the comprehensive support services for the intelligent transportation system of the Asian Games?
Geely Holding Group mainly provides the following four support services for the intelligent transportation system of the Asian Games：
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Asian Games event car service:
- As the FIRST official partner of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Geely Holding Group will serve the Asian Games event with green and intelligent technology. During the event, it will provide a full range of mobility services for the Olympic Council of Asia, Asian Games athlete delegations of all countries, officials of all levels and other important event guests.
- Nearly 2,000 new vehicles under Geely Holding Group brand portfolio, namely the Geely brand, Zeekr brand and Lynk&Co brand, will be recruited for the Asian Games to provide a full range of mobility services, utilizing models with pure electric technology, plug-in hybrid technology, and super efficient fuel technology.
- At the same time, we will take advantage of the Group's strengths and deploy Cao Cao Mobility Service (a mobility service company under Geely Holding Group) with professional drivers and operation personnel to ensure the guests with smooth passenger experience, on-time arrival, and zero accident.
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Intelligent mobility in core Asian Games area
Complying with the "Intelligent Asian Games" concept proposed by Hangzhou Asian Games Council, In the core area of the Asian Games, we will deploy Geely BoYue (Chinese Azkarra Series) and Zeekr 001 model equipped with the latest intelligent driving system to offer mobility service wholly based on intelligent driving technology for all road scenarios.
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"Sky and Ground" technological ecosystem integration
Geely Holding Group will make use of the "Geely Future Mobility Constellation" , the low-orbit satellite constellation, to provide an integrated, highly efficient, and highly precise positioning service for the Asian Games service fleet, which will be seamlessly connected with the ground traffic command system.
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Guardians of the Torch
Geely Holding Group will contribute to the Asian Games during torch relay and escort with high-end new energy models, such as Geely Yinhe models and Zeekr 009 model.
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Asian Games event car service:
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What are the main aspects of the intelligent services of the Asian Games transportation? What are the highlights?
As a global mobility technology group, Geely has built an integrated intelligent three-dimensional mobility ecosystem from ground to the sky, and will define the mobility experience beyond expectations with innovative technologies. The grand scheme of the mobility service provided by Geely will utilize "Smart Cars" as its core competitive advantage, ensuring a safe, intelligent, and pleasant experience for the passengers.
Geely has created a full-fledged “Smart Mobility” plan for the Asian Games. We are dedicated to providing highly intelligent cars for the distinguished guests and athletes coming from across Asia.
At the same time, the deployment of BoYue (Chinese Azkarra Series) and Zeekr 001 models with intelligent driving technologies in the core areas of the Asian Games marks the first time that intelligent cars of certain levels of autonomous driving capabilities being used in any major international sporting events.
To make sure more accurate and efficient geo-positioning and communication services for the vehicles deployed during the Asian Games, GEESPACE co. under Geely Holding Group has planned to send dedicated satellites to the earth orbit to provide independent services, instead of relying on potentially super congested commercial satellite services.
Based on the above-mentioned, guests and athletes from all over Asia will have the opportunity to experience first-hand the radical evolution that is made possible by the mass market applicable autonomous driving technologies and connected vehicle capabilities. All that technologies and futuristic experience will be made a norm during the Asian Games Torch Relay, Marathon Support, Cycling Competition Support, Opening/Closing Ceremony, Asian Games Olympic Village, etc. Geely Holding Group is proud to be one of the pioneers and advocates of the Hangzhou Digital Smart City Development.
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What are the challenges Geely has overcome and what are the breakthroughs that Geely has made in terms of providing mobility service for the Asian Games?
Back in April 2019, Geely officially signed the contract with the Asian Games Council, becoming the FIRST official partner/sponsor of the Hangzhou Asian Games. Since then Geely has mobilized the resources of the whole group and proactively participated in the preparations of the mobility solution aspect of the Asian Games. Geely hopes to utilize innovative technologies from the group to serve the Asian Games in all aspects needed.
The “Geely Future Mobility Constellation” containing 9 satellites has been launched to the space in June 2022, all carried in the same rocket. One of the satellites was named after the Asian Games as “Asian Games China Star”. It was the first time that the China National Space Administration has named a commercial satellite after and for the Asian Games. Geely hopes to utilize the spacecraft grade geo-positioning capabilities of the satellite constellation to ensure the smooth operation of mobility service
In the ultra-complex city traffic environment, it happens every day that your location is not accurate, not updated or drifting between two buildings when using conventional public satellite navigation service. With the “Geely Future Mobility Constellation” in place, plus Geely-owned base station data network, all the different vehicles deployed in the Asian Games are equipped with high-accuracy geo-positioning capabilities, enabling the real-time display of locations of all Asian Games vehicles in the traffic monitor center. Apart from that, the cameras inside and outside the cars will be recording footages for passenger safety purpose, meeting the accuracy and safety requirement of the Hangzhou Asian Games Council.
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