Baidu has been eager to commercialize driverless cars. A few days ago, they made two innocent Samoyeds participate in the "Subject Two" exam and successfully brushed the circle of friends.
According to Baidu’s official WeChat related article, the unmanned vehicle was undergoing road test at that time, the body was mainly red and white, printed on both sides “Baizhiâ€, “Baidu autopilot†and other words, as well as eye-catching Baidu LOGO, there is really no one in the car.
These are not the key points. The focus is on the two Samoyeds in the car. They feel comfortable and have a good sense of lens. However, both of them could never understand what Baidu is doing.
Samoyed old driver
Baidu said that the reason why the unmanned vehicle will participate in the driver's license test is that the unmanned vehicle also needs a quantitative standard to measure its own skill level. For example, pedestrian identification is an important standard, which not only guarantees the safety of the occupants, but also protects the safety of pedestrians. In addition, the exam can restore human life scenes and let the unmanned vehicle quickly become familiar with human daily life. demand.
It's always more interesting to comment than the event itself. Let's take a look:
gag:
"Dog: It's hot and hot. These stupid humans don't give me air conditioning."
"The coach's prediction came true when it was over, over, and over. The steering wheel was hanging on a block of meat. The dogs were better than you."
“The pedestrians in Qiu Ming Shan are rare. There are often competing bodies. Now the license plate is still there, not the old driver.â€
"Thirty and no driver's license, waiting for Baidu unmanned vehicles to save water and fire."
"Does this not mean that people who have failed to get a driver's license are not as good as they are? It is advisable to change animals and have no love."
One serious:
"How did Baidu get the driverless car to get permission? Isn't it not responsible for road safety? And why should you put two dogs for the girl? No one can?"
“Don’t drive the whole person to monitor it? Since we need someone to monitor it, we don’t call it unmanned! What is the difference between a remote control car and a remote control car? With the current level of technology, who would dare to send children to school without a driver’s car? Want to subvert the trend of traditional driving, at least a few decades or even hundreds of years of precipitation!"
Quickly wake up from Samoyed’s 懵X and let us talk about Baidu’s unmanned vehicle.
In fact, as early as last December, Baidu completed an unmanned drive test on the Beijing Fifth Ring using the modified BMW 3 Series. The official stated that "the road test has achieved many complicated driving actions such as vehicle deceleration, lane change, overtaking, up-and-down sloping, and U-turn. It has completed different roads from high speed (incoming traffic) to high speed (out of traffic). Scene switching. The maximum speed during testing is 100 km/h.â€
This time, replacing the BMW 3 Series car is Baidu and Chery jointly launched the all-electric driverless car - Chery eQ improved version . The car is loaded with Baidu's AutoBrain software, the core of Baidu's unmanned technology, and has automated components such as driving maps, detection, positioning, control, and planning decisions.
Improved Chery eQ, priced at $9,000
According to official Baidu news, this small, improved version of the Chery eQ is specifically built for the Chinese market. With government subsidies, the market price is set at 9,000 US dollars (about 60,228 yuan). The original Chery eQ was launched on November 5, 2014. Its maximum cruising range at full power is over 200 kilometers. It supports fast charging and can charge about 80% in 1-2 hours. The market price is between 50,000-60,000 RMB. In this way, we can also take a look at some of the performance of the Baidu improved Chery eQ.
As to why this cheap unmanned vehicle is to be launched, some people think that Baidu would like to use this modified version of the Chery eQ to enter the field of travel services and compete with Didi.
When it comes to the origin of Chery and Baidu, the time goes back to the end of 2015. At that time, the Baidu Automatic Driving Division was formally announced and actively sought cooperation with the traditional depot. At that time, the cooperation with BMW had achieved results, and the communication with Chery was still active.
On May 16th this year, Baidu officially announced that it would cooperate with the Wuhu government to build a “wide area for driverless cars†and announced that its driverless cars will be commercialized for the first kilometer. The headquarters of Chery Automobile is located in Wuhu, after which Baidu set up the Autopilot Division, where Chery’s CEO Yin Tongyue was the site. This also shows that the relationship between Baidu and Chery is very bright, and it may be Chery’s matchmaking.
Baidu and Wuhu Government Collaborate to Build a "Driving Area for Driverless Vehicles"
It is not yet known when the car will be on the market and it will not be possible to know the feelings of two Samoyeds. It will also be a big question if they will be sold in the future. What is certain, however , is that Baidu is very imminent when it comes to landing commercial cars.
As Baidu World Congress 2016 approaches, Baidu will demonstrate its latest progress in the field of self-driving cars for the first time. Informed sources said: "The scene is most likely to be electric unmanned vehicles (autonomous electrical energy driving cars)."
For more follow-up news, please pay attention to the report of the new intellectual driving.
