On October 14, Shenzhen TV's "Super Launch" aired a Dongfeng Yipai M8 special during prime time. With "knowledge popularization + immersive experience + authoritative release" as its core, the program is based at China's frontier of scientific and technological innovation and serves as an important window for cutting-edge technology and industrial innovation to reach the public. This episode set its recording site at Huawei's Songshan Lake base, focusing on showcasing the implementation results of the strategic cooperation between Dongfeng Yipai and Huawei Qiankun, and also confirming the foresight of the two sides' strategic cooperation: using the quality of central state-owned enterprise car manufacturing as the foundation and joining hands with Huawei Qiankun's intelligent technology to jointly create intelligent vehicles and smart mobility solutions for ordinary families.
Geng Shuxin, deputy general manager of Yipai Technology Sales Company, and Yang Jie, senior product expert of Huawei Intelligent Driving Solutions, appeared on the program. Starting from the real anxieties of family users about "difficulty choosing a car and fear of it becoming outdated," and centering on the three main lines of intelligence, comfort, and safety, they jointly discussed how a RMB 200,000-class large six-seat SUV should respond to the mobility needs of Chinese families, from product definition and technical collaboration to long-term quality assurance.
Understanding "family mobility": resolving car-choice anxiety in one step
There are more and more new cars on the market today, yet users' anxiety about choosing a car only grows. Geng Shuxin mentioned on the program: "At the product definition stage, we took into account the choice anxiety users might face. When it comes to the product, that means giving it all."
What does "giving it all" mean? On the intelligent driving level, the Yipai M8 is among the industry's first batch to be equipped with Huawei Qiankun Intelligent Driving ADS 5 Pro, using the in-cabin lidar vision sensor Limera and 27 intelligent perception hardware components to achieve a full-link closed loop from perception to execution; NCA navigation assistance and full-scenario intelligent parking cover long-distance highway travel, urban commuting, and campus parking.
Beyond intelligent driving, the Yipai M8 is also the only model in the RMB 200,000 class with the Huawei Qiankun six-piece set standard across the entire lineup: Huawei Qiankun Intelligent Driving, HarmonyOS Cockpit, Qiankun Vehicle Cloud, Qiankun Vehicle Control, Whale Fin Communication, and HUAWEI SOUND. Even the entry trim enjoys the complete intelligent ecosystem, with no gap between high and low configurations. On the powertrain level, the Yipai M8 is likewise the only model in its class to offer both pure electric and extended-range dual powertrains. The pure electric version has a CLTC range of 600 kilometers, while the extended-range version has a combined range of 1,281 kilometers, providing suitable solutions for both commuting and long journeys.
As the program host said in summary, with the first batch to carry ADS 5 Pro intelligent driving, the only fully equipped Huawei Qiankun ecosystem, and the only available dual powertrains, the Yipai M8 "is not stacking parameters or shouting slogans, but satisfying the real needs of today's family users and offering a complete solution."
Protecting "family mobility": building family trust through systemic safety
Battery safety is the most central concern for family users in the new energy era—what if the chassis is scraped? What if it is submerged in water? The answer given by the Yipai M8 is the Golden Shield battery developed through deep cooperation with CATL: the internal cells are all selected from CATL's latest products; externally, a defense line is built by the world's largest 16,000-ton integrated die-cast battery pack. This enclosure won the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) "Aluminum Alloy Structural Component Excellence Award," and is also the world's first battery enclosure-type die casting to receive this award. This battery system completed four consecutive extreme electrical safety tests at CATL, passing in sequence rigorous verification involving gravel impact, water wading, high-temperature baking, and lateral extrusion, achieving a safety performance of no fire under extreme conditions.
Vehicle risks also come from complex road environments. The CAS 5.0 full-dimensional anti-collision system equipped on the Yipai M8, as the core active safety capability of Huawei Qiankun ADS 5 Pro, builds multiple layers of protection: it can provide early warnings for sudden braking ahead and blind-spot risks to the side and rear; it can actively brake to a stop in sudden situations such as pedestrians crossing or mistakenly pressing the accelerator pedal; when the vehicle deviates at high speed, it actively corrects the body. The system can operate stably in complex lighting environments such as nighttime, rainy nights, and backlighting, covering full-speed protection from 1‑150 km/h. Yang Jie said on the program that stable response under complex road conditions is precisely the core starting point for the design of this active safety system for family users.
On the passive level, a high-rigidity cage body is paired with an integrated laser tailor-welded door ring; the cabin has received dual certification from CATL for "zero formaldehyde, zero benzene," and the seat fabric has received OEKO-TEX maternal and infant-grade healthy skin-friendly certification; the entire vehicle has more than 10 million kilometers of durability verification, paired with lifetime warranty service for the complete vehicle and the three electric systems. From cell protection, body structure, and road hazard avoidance to after-sales warranty, the Yipai M8 has built a complete family mobility safety system.
Measuring "family mobility": quality and comfort covering every family member
The comfort of a family-use large six-seater has never been just a simple stack of "refrigerator, color TV, large sofa"; it is even more a test of space design and detail refinement. The Yipai M8 first provides generous features: the only dual first-class cabin seats in its class, with an 11-layer cloud-feel structure, 20-way electric adjustment, and 10-point physiotherapy massage, receiving seat comfort certification from CATL; an 8.8L dual-door bidirectional heating and cooling box, dual-view large screens, a "velvet soft-touch sunroom" cabin, and a full fresh-air replacement system, extending comfort from a single seat to the entire cabin.
What shows even more craftsmanship is the thoughtfulness beyond the features: a vehicle length of more than 5 meters and a wheelbase of 3,025 millimeters, with the class's largest 60.3% wheelbase-to-length ratio leaving more space for the cabin, earning CATL cabin space utilization certification; a 445-millimeter rear door threshold, so elderly people and children do not need to struggle getting in and out; a fully flat floor design, making it easier for family members to move around inside the vehicle.
From the launch of a large six-seat product to the formation of a system spanning intelligence, safety, and comfort, the Yipai M8 is Dongfeng Yipai's complete response to family mobility needs. Behind it is the combined strength of 57 years of central state-owned enterprise car-making accumulation and cutting-edge intelligent technology, and also a cross-section of China's new energy vehicles moving from single-point breakthroughs to systemic competition. Turning advanced technology into a quality experience that families can perceive—this is precisely the direction Dongfeng Yipai continues to explore.
