"Hefei made" unmanned bus prototype offline also experienced "pregnant" in October

Drops! The "unmanned" Alpha Bar is coming! Does this mean that we must wave goodbye to the driver soon? On December 7, the newspaper jointly organized a multi-stream live broadcast across the region, jointly with the Shenzhen Evening News. One of them was located at the birthplace of “Alfaba” – Hefei Ankai Bus Company. The reporter exclusively interviewed R&D personnel to reveal the birth of the “Hefei-made” unmanned bus. "Driving without driver" is not really nobody On December 2, two “Hefei-made” unmanned buses held a global launch ceremony in Shenzhen. On the same day, the unmanned bus developed and manufactured by Ankai Bus was put into operation on the open road of Shenzhen Futian Free Trade Zone and became China's first unmanned bus running on public roads. On December 7th, during the guest's “frontal” live broadcast, Chen Shundong, director of the Ankai New Energy Bus Institute, said that in reality, the so-called “unmanned” Alfabar is not really without a driver. "'Alphapa', its more accurate name should be 'Intelligent Connected Cars'." Chen Shundong revealed to reporters, according to the definition of national level, "Intelligent Connected Cars" will be divided into five levels of development, the first level is auxiliary Driving, the second level is part of smart driving, the third level is conditional smart driving, the fourth level is highly intelligent driving, and the fifth level is called completely unmanned. The "Alfaba", which was just launched in Shenzhen, belongs to the third level - conditional smart driving. At the same time, he disclosed that according to the national plan, full smart driving will not be realized until around 2030. The driver's friends do not need to worry too much, which means that after 15 years, no smart driver of the human driver will really come. Chen Shundong said that "Alfaba" is currently an intelligent assistant to the driver and does not want to replace the bus driver. Its arrival can greatly increase security. In the future, if the vehicle fails and the driver is not aware of it, Alfaba will automatically slow down to ensure passenger safety. Alphabar reacts faster than human brain The wisdom of "Alfaba" is a true "baby" in the bus industry. It will neither speed nor overload. However, people are concerned that the "driving without driver" bus is really safe enough? Our reporter displayed a photo of the “Alfa Bar” front to the netizens. It was equipped with an HD camera compared to ordinary passenger cars. “Everybody is very concerned about how Alphabar realizes smart driving.” Chen Shundong responded that Alphabar has a camera mounted on its body. The professional name is “environmental awareness system.” Its mission is to use laser radar, microwave radar, and other equipment to transport vehicles. The surrounding roads, traffic, and pedestrians become continuous information that is passed on to the body's "brain," allowing the car to make automatic decisions. Starting, accelerating, detouring, braking, emergency obstacle avoidance... These seemingly incredible functions, the “Alphaba” made by Hefei, have already been realized. Chen Shundong played an image metaphor at the live broadcast room. “The driver’s brain is like an on-board intelligent decision system. The driver’s eyes are equivalent to the smart radar and microwave radar on the car.” It can be revealed that the current “Alphaba” body coating is up to 12 sensors. One. It will constantly monitor the surrounding information, and the response speed is even faster than the human brain! Charge 10 minutes at the fastest speed of 40 kilometers “How much is the average speed?” netizen “@hahasiri” asked in the studio. “The maximum speed of our Alphaba design produced by Ankai is 70 kilometers. However, for safety reasons, we set the upper limit of the speed limit to 40 kilometers,” replied Director Chen Shundong. "Alfaba Smart Driving Bus" was initiated by the National ITS Center and Shenzhen Bus. Why is Ankai selected as one of the manufacturers among many car manufacturers? According to Chen Shundong, An Kai is the Research Center of Electric Vehicle Function and Technology of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and also the only research center for integrated system engineering of electric vehicles for electric vehicles. Based on the technical advantages of pure electric vehicles, Ankaiba's "Alfaba" can be fully charged in 10 minutes at the fastest, and its cruising range will reach 50 kilometers. "In Shenzhen's Futian Free Trade Zone, which operates in 'Alfaba', although it is an open public road, the road conditions are relatively not very complex." Chen Shundong said: In the future, we will continue to explore experiences. After all, it is still a new thing. "From easy to difficult. I believe that there will be a future when there is a beginning!" Sample car goes offline in October “pregnant” How long has the swipe-free drone "Alfaba" been brewing? In the guest broadcast room, Chen Shundong revealed that “everyone looks at the results and shows that it is very fast. In fact, the smart driving project was planned, verified, and confirmed nearly two years ago. From here, it is not difficult to see that any new ones are emerging. It takes a lot of basic research work before the project is born." Ankai received the "starting point" for project development in February of this year. Chen Shundong's feelings in the live broadcast, with heads and tails, counted for about 10 months. On July 14 this year, the first two prototypes of the prototype were in the heat during the official offline of Ankai. Chen Shundong said that in the early stages of debugging, various incurable diseases are inevitable. In order to ensure that the "Alfaba" environment awareness system can be perfectly integrated with the intelligent decision-making system, Ankai's gangs ran all day under the hot sun. "We often come to work early in the morning, go home and rush to sleep and come early. Go to work." On December 2nd, Chen Shundong himself was not in the world's first spot of "Alfaba". When witnessing through the on-site video the two Ankai “Alfaba” perfectly completed the start, acceleration, braking, evasive vehicles and pedestrians, Chen Shundong’s mood can only be described with ambiguity and complexity. In the next step, the future direction of development of passenger cars is the use of hydrogen fuel and pure electric passenger vehicles as the carrier for intelligent networked vehicles. Ankai, an indigenous company with innovative genes in Hefei, will once again occupy the highlands and use the next generation of safer, more efficient, and reliable “unmanned” passenger cars to welcome the arrival of the unmanned era. “After success, it is the beginning and the road ahead is long.” Chen Shundong used the phrase to conclude when he was at the end of the “Front” live interview.