Achieving full autonomy is a long way to go

What impact will smart cars have on the entire automotive industry in the future? Driverless “pay”! “Marriage”! In September, car companies, Internet companies, and capital are rushing into the smart car market, and cross-border cooperation has frequently entered the public. Vision.

Some research institutions expect that China's smart car market will reach 60 billion yuan by 2020. How will smart cars affect the entire automotive industry in the future? When will unmanned driving become a reality from science fiction?

Car companies, internet companies, and capital are competing to enter the market

On September 20, Baidu announced the upgrade of the Apollo smart car open platform, which will invest 10 billion yuan in three years to complete the investment of more than 100 projects and build the Apollo ecosystem.

On September 27, Alibaba Group announced the upgrade of the operating system strategy and the release of the new AliOS brand. It also put forward "Join Zebra Network and more partners in the entire automotive industry chain to jointly promote the intelligent transformation of the automotive industry."

At the same time, car companies and Internet companies vie for “marriage”: SAIC and Alibaba develop Internet vehicles; Car and Home cooperate with Brilliance Automotive Group to develop smart home cars; GAC and Tencent team up to force multiple automotive intelligence fields; Baidu Cooperation with Jianghuai Automobile and Chery etc.; Huawei's cooperation with Dongfeng Motor's target of “smart car”... In addition, major investment funds and equity private equity are also competing for entry. China's smart car industry is rapidly developing with the industry's marriage and cross-border integration.

“Leveraging on the strength” is a summary of the development of China’s smart car industry by a senior investor. "The smart car itself is a cross-border new thing. No one can do it alone, cross-border integration can produce agglomeration effects, which is also the characteristics of China's smart car development." He said.

Behind the enthusiasm of enterprises is the national strategy. On June 12th, the China Intelligent Network Alliance Automotive Industry Innovation Alliance was established with industry associations, car companies, internet companies, and research institutes participating. On September 15, the National Development and Reform Commission stated that China has started the drafting of the national intelligent vehicle innovation and development strategy. It will clarify the strategic direction, development goals, major paths, key tasks, and safeguard measures for the development of smart cars in the next China proposes an immediate action plan to ensure early and orderly implementation.

"The development of smart cars is a major trend, and it is a major opportunity for the development of China's auto industry." The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission pointed out that the automotive industry and products are important carriers for the application of new technologies. In this wave of intelligentization, the global industry The major changes will focus on the breakthrough of smart cars.

It is understood that by 2020, China's smart car market will be close to 60 billion yuan. Some organizations indicated that, driven by policy support and breakthroughs in automotive technology, the pace of unmanned industrialization will accelerate, and the market for vehicle networking including hardware terminals, sensors, and operational services will be spawned. The potential scale will reach 100 billion yuan.

How smart can a smart car be like using a point and shoot camera?

In July of this year, Baidu CEO Li Yanhong took a video of a driverless car and drove the driverless car to the cusp. For a time, driverless, smart cars from the industry hot words into a national hot spot.

In the end what is a smart car? “Playing round to the left, down, down...” For many new drivers, the area of ​​psychological shadow caused by reverse is really huge. The smart car "fool" level of automatic parking system will completely relieve the novice mental pressure.

In fact, future car controllers can use safe braking systems, automatic cruise control, lane departure warnings, and their own Wifi technology to use the camera as a point and shoot camera to safely, conveniently, and comfortably manage vehicles.

"Intelligence is an inevitable trend in the development of the automotive industry." BYD said that the development of smart cars has begun many years ago. There are five international levels of smart cars ranging from driving assistance to fully automated driving, including ACC adaptive cruise. Control systems, LDW lane departure warning systems, etc., belong to the category of smart cars.

The person in charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology once said that a new generation of artificial intelligence technology will bring major disruptive and alternative influences and become the driving force in leading the new generation of industrial revolution. It has spawned new industries, new forms of business and new models, and promoted the economic and social transition from digitization, networking, and intelligence to an accelerated and unprecedented impact on lifestyles and ways of thinking.

When can a driverless car hit the road?

A number of car owners said that the current priority is to increase the level of intelligence in existing vehicles, and at the same time carry out integrated research and development of driverless cars. In the true sense of the unmanned prototype, it is estimated that it will be possible to come up until 2020. There are many supporting factors to consider when driving a self-driving car.

--safety. In May 2016, a case in which a Tesla driver suffered an accidental death while using the automatic driving function occurred in the United States. Although the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a survey earlier this year that it did not detect defects in the design and performance of the Tesla automatic emergency braking system and the automated assisted driving system, it casts a shadow on unmanned driving. .

-- Convenience. The public is concerned about whether the driverless car can change the traffic jam in the city. The driverless car relies too much on the infrastructure of the Internet and the cloud platform. If the public Wifi in the city is still not popular, does the driver drive it?

--legality. Li Yanhong's "Journey to Self Drive" has caused controversy over whether drones violate the traffic rules. A car company stated that to achieve true driverless driving, there are many problems currently faced, such as the complex road conditions in the country, the absence of relevant laws and regulations, and the lack of authority of the testing organization.

According to Liu Junfeng, general manager of the automotive business division of HKUST, the traffic laws and regulations will be further improved as the automobile intelligent technology matures. The level of road planning and construction and the quality of the owner will increase accordingly. advent.

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