Core Insights - The article discusses the rapid development of large models for smart vehicles, highlighting Li Auto's collaboration with the National Innovation Decision Intelligence Technology Research Institute to release the "Soft and Hardware Collaborative Design Law" for edge large models [1][2]. Group 1: Theoretical Breakthrough - The large model has become a core indicator of the evolution of smart vehicles from tools to intelligent partners, with the deployment of edge native large models becoming a new benchmark for high-end smart cars [2]. - Li Auto has invested significantly in R&D, with nearly 50 billion yuan spent over the past eight years, and plans to invest 12 billion yuan in 2025, with over half (6 billion yuan) allocated to artificial intelligence [2]. - The "Soft and Hardware Collaborative Design Law" optimizes the matching logic between model architecture and hardware computing power, effectively reducing the computing power consumption and operational power of edge large models while enhancing inference efficiency [2]. Group 2: Industry Empowerment - The large-scale deployment of edge large models is reshaping the competitive landscape of the smart vehicle industry, with 2025 expected to see high-end models requiring efficient operation of edge large models as a key technical threshold [4]. - Li Auto's strategy of making intelligent driving technology a standard feature without additional charges allows the benefits of edge large model technology to reach consumers, leading to increased sales of models equipped with its intelligent driving system [4]. - The competition in the smart vehicle industry has shifted from product-level to core technology-level, with large models becoming a critical component of industry competition, providing a foundation for Li Auto's product technology layout and supporting the development of China's automotive industry in the global smart vehicle technology field [4].