The new driver, Weekly, is a weekly fixed column of new intellectual driving (micro-signal: AI-Drive), which looks at the latest developments in global automotive technology in the past week.
AsiaAt the Beijing Auto Show in April this year, the second-generation smart driving car MG MG-iGS independently developed by SAIC made its debut. Under the operating conditions of 60-120 km/h, MG MG-iGS has realized remote parking, automatic cruising, and automatic With the car, lane maintenance, lane change, independent overtaking and other intelligent driving functions.
SAIC recently announced that it has completed 14,000 km of test road simulation test and highway real vehicle test, and applied for more than 10 national patents. In order to track and study the latest global automotive industry and cross-border developments in technology and business, SAIC set up a venture capital company and the California Innovation Center, focusing on interoperability, smart driving, human-computer interaction, software engineering, materials science, energy technology, etc. Field layout.
On the evening of July 21, BYD issued an announcement that Samsung will purchase 52.26 million BYD A shares with a shareholding of 1.92% with approximately RMB 3 billion (approximately US$ 450 million). Samsung subsequently stated in a statement: “This investment will strengthen our electric vehicle chip business. We will also cooperate with Biya in other areas.†Some analysts claimed that Samsung’s shareholding in BYD was achieved through “curves to save the countryâ€. The way to obtain the Chinese government's certification - Samsung car batteries, if you want to enter the Chinese market, you must get access to the Chinese government directory.
According to a Reuters report, the Thai industry minister said on Friday that German carmaker BMW is preparing to build a new battery factory in Thailand. The batteries will be used in plug-in hybrid vehicles. Thai Minister of Industry Atchaka Sibunruang stated that the BMW plant may start construction in the middle of next year and invest 2 billion baht, and the factory will help reduce the prices of hybrid vehicles, which will benefit Thai consumers. In the eyes of the top car manufacturers in the world, Thailand is a regional production center and export center.
The Japanese express service Black Cat Express announced on Wednesday that it will cooperate with the electronic giant DeNA to launch a logistics service for self-driving cars, and is expected to start trials in March next year. The current trial area has not yet been decided. During the trial, there are still drivers in the car, but in the future it will launch a fully automatic driverless service. The user can determine the date and place of delivery of the goods through the mobile phone App, and can also check the delivery status of the goods and the expected delivery time.
EuropeAccording to the German Ministry of Transport, the German government plans to introduce new regulations that require automakers to install “black boxes†for cars with autonomous driving functions to help determine liability in the event of an accident. When the vehicle starts the autopilot function, the driver himself does not need to pay attention to the road conditions or focus on steering, but he must be sure to sit behind the steering wheel so that he can get involved in driving in an emergency situation. A German Ministry of Communications spokesman said that the new draft regulations will be sent to other ministries for approval this summer.
Audi recently stated that the new Audi A8 will be officially launched next year. The car has now been tested on the famous Nürburgring. It is worth mentioning that the car will be Audi's first fully-autonomous driving system, and the new A7, A6 and Q8 will follow this technology. Audi's purely automated driving system will be named Traffic Jam Assist. The system can control the vehicle without the driver completely interfering with it. Audi official said: If the Audi car accident occurs in the automatic driving mode, the company will assume full responsibility. However, if an accident occurs in the semi-autonomous driving mode, Audi will only assume some responsibility.
Oxbotica is a British start-up company that was spun off from Oxford University. The company is developing a new software system that can transform ordinary cars into driverless cars. The software system developed by Oxbotica is named Selenium, which obtains data through visual cameras, laser scanners, or radar systems. The software uses a series of algorithms to determine the location of surrounding objects, identify the type of objects, and indicate the direction of advancement for the car.
Professor Paul Newman, a Oxford University professor and co-founder of Oxbotica, said: "Selenium can turn any car into a self-driving car." According to the team's plan, software can be used not only to control driverless cars, but also to control warehouse robots and forklifts. , Self-driving public transport.
AmericaFiat Chrysler Motors has announced that it will provide bonuses for hackers who find bugs in their on-board software and become the first large-scale automobile manufacturer to seek help from hackers. Previously, its 2014 Jeep Free Light had previously been cracked and remotely controlled. Fidelity’s senior manager of security affairs, Tadas Melnik, said that Fiat's loophole feedback award program is primarily concerned with the company’s automotive-related system. He indicated that Fiat is strengthening its security construction, and this reward program will also encourage more talented hackers to give advice and suggestions on their security construction.
US federal traffic safety regulators are considering certification of autonomous driving technology before they are allowed to go on the road. This may be because the auto-cruise function of the Tesla Model S caused fatal traffic accidents, leading the U.S. government to expand its supervision of such technologies. Existing US automobile safety regulations do not address driverless cars, meaning that regulators have no right to ban such technologies before launch.
Earlier this year, GM announced that it will invest US$500 million in Lyft, an online car rental service platform. The two parties will cooperate in the application of self-driving cars. The GM executive Pam Fletcher revealed that GM’s first self-driving electric vehicle will use Lyft’s car rental service platform. Launched to provide users with a better ride experience. It is reported that GM and Lyft are likely to bring on-road testing by self-driving electric vehicles by the end of 2016. Bolt electric vehicles may become the main test vehicle models.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's latest "super plan" revealed that the company will vigorously expand the area of ​​driverless cars and car sharing. Musk stated that Tesla will also develop SUVs, pickup trucks and bus buses in the future.
The contents are summarized as follows: Solar panels integrating the integrated power storage function will be developed; the electric vehicle product line will be expanded to meet the needs of various market segments; and through a large number of fleet learning functions, automatic driving technology that is 10 times safer than humans' manual driving will be developed; When your car is idle, you can make money for you by sharing it.
Earlier, Tesla changed the official website domain name from teslamotors.com to tesla.com. This change reflects from the side that Tesla is not only a car company in the future, but also a travel service provider and energy service provider, and gradually forms an ecologically closed new energy company.
