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.
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China's "New Energy Automobile Blue Book" officially released in 2016
On August 1st, "New Energy Automotive Blue Book: China's New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Report (2016)" co-sponsored by China Automotive Technology and Research Center, Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. and Social Sciences Academic Press. At the seminar, the participating experts stated that since 2015, new energy vehicles have gradually become investment hotspots. It is expected that the country will support the development of new energy automotive industry from six aspects in the future: subsidies tightened, regulations tightened, charging breakthroughs, and R&D increased. Car prices, traffic privilege.
Didi acquires Uber China, Uber or moves the battlefield to Southeast Asia
On August 1st, Didi Travel declared a strategic agreement with Uber, and Didi Travel and Uber will hold each Other’s shares and become minority shareholders of the other party. At the same time, Didi Travel will acquire Uber China’s brand, business, data and other assets. Dripping trips may be attempting to enter the field of automated driving with a large number of users, through cooperation with car companies or IT companies through the collection of driving behavior data. Uber plans to relocate 150 engineers from China's business operations to other key markets such as Southeast Asia. People familiar with the matter said that Uber San Francisco employees will develop new features such as mapping in order to strengthen services in Southeast Asia such as Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia.
Tesla is driving China's first collision and the owner is where to go.
On August 2nd, a staff member who went to the network to drive the Tesla Model S through Beijing’s North Fifth Ring opened autopilot. At the time, there was a black Santana fault car parked inside, but the Tesla system did not This Santana fully identified that Tesla mistakenly thought that the obstacles in front of him had started driving and accelerated directly into the right side of the black Santana. He was paralyzed. Fortunately, no casualties occurred. After the collision, the Model s remains in the normal driving state and continues to drive, just as if it is over the deceleration belt. He stated that he had relied excessively on autopilot and had left both hands with the steering wheel, but Tesla did not recognize obstacles and caused a car accident.
Beiqi New Energy Partners with DDT to Open New Energy Network Vehicle Service
On August 2 news, Beiqi New Energy recently delivered the first batch of 20 EU260 models to Guangzhou Didi owners and started the new energy network appropriation vehicle operation mode. Beiqi New Energy and Didi will start from the South China area and establish car owners' clubs to establish a fleet of pure electric Didi Express trains and explore new sales channels and business models. It is expected that by the end of this year, BAIC New Energy will form a scale of more than 2,000 pure electric vehicles in the South China market.
After Qinhuangdao "Passenger Railway" test was "sealed," the local government said it had not established a project.
On August 2, 2016, China's self-designed and developed “Airbus†with full independent intellectual property rights, the Bazhe 1 test vehicle, began comprehensive tests in Beidaihe District, Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, including braking distance, friction coefficient, and power consumption. And so on, examine the relationship between cars and roads, people and cars. “Pascar†is a new type of mass transit public transport. It is designed to be used above the urban arterial road surface. It is powered by electricity and is designed with a large-capacity wide-body elevated tram. The uplifted architecture is designed to carry passengers and the lower layers are hollowed out. Some of them can normally drive vehicles that are less than 2 meters in height. However, after the comprehensive experiment, "Batie 1" was "sealed" by the company. The Qinhuangdao City Development and Reform Commission stated that the “Basin Railway†project has not been approved for project approval.
New NavInfo and Weilai, Via Mamma into a strategic cooperation to jointly develop car networking
On August 3, NavInfo officially released a new public announcement that it had signed the "Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement" with Weilai Automobile and Weimar Automobile respectively. The agreement indicated that both parties will cooperate in navigation engines, vehicle networking, autopilot, traffic big data online service system, global business, and autopilot in the future. Weilai Automobile and Weimar Automobile are the cutting-edge products of China's Internet vehicles. It will promote the development of the domestic car networking ecosystem and the application of autopilot technology.
BYD spends 10 billion yuan to expand battery capacity
On August 3, BYD will invest 11 billion yuan in the capital increase of its two subsidiaries. The increased funds are mainly used in two places. One is the "Iron-Power lithium-ion battery expansion project." The company plans to raise capital of RMB 6 billion for the wholly-owned subsidiary Shenzhen BYD Battery Co., Ltd. to increase capital. The other is the “New Energy Vehicle R&D Projectâ€. The company plans to raise capital by RMB 5 billion or its equivalent in US dollars to the wholly-owned subsidiary BYD Auto Industry Co., Ltd. The capital increase will be used as the registered capital of BYD Auto Industry. In the future, the company will launch several new models such as BYDHAN in the field of new energy vehicles.
Tesla minibus will be released next year
On August 1st, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the company’s newly planned “high passenger density urban traffic†vehicle is not an electric city bus but a model X chassis Smaller vehicles. The Tesla Microbus is under development and will be released next year along with heavy-duty electric trucks. According to Musk’s plan, Tesla minibuses will not be sold to consumers and they will form a fleet. Automatic walking through the streets of the city.
Hong Kong discontinues BYD e6 taxi
Hong Kong has introduced more environmentally friendly electric taxis. However, because of the long charging time and the lack of charging stations, more than 40 electric taxis BYD e6 have already withdrawn from operation. The Hong Kong Environmental Protection Agency said that after two years of trial operation, it was proved that electric taxis are not suitable for Hong Kong. BYD electric taxis only run one shift per day, which is different from other fuel taxis in that they are divided into white and night shifts; although electric taxis can save The next 50% of fuel costs, but charging two and a half hours per class, two classes would charge 5 hours, a long time charging is not suitable for taxi operation needs, so the BYD electric taxi was deactivated.
Japanese driverless bus Chiba operation
According to Japanese media reports, Japan’s large IT company DeNA started shopping customers in the “Fengsha Park†adjacent to “Aeon Mall Makuhari New City†in Mihama-ku, Chiba City on August 1. Bus test ride with automatic driving technology. The test ride will be held until the 11th, in addition to the local fireworks display on August 6, the bus will be in the park every day from 10 am to 5 pm along the route about 250 meters in the park to run at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour. The bus is produced by the French company EasyMile, and each bus has 6 seats. DeNA partnered with the company to commission two buses. There is no steering wheel on the bus and it automatically travels along the specified route with the GPS and sensors.
Uber invests 500 million U.S. dollars to build a global project, reliving its dependence on Google Maps
On August 1, according to insider sources, Uber, a taxi application, had decided to invest 500 million U.S. dollars to build a global globe project to get rid of its dependence on Google Maps and pave the way for its driverless car project. Since its inception, Uber has raised 13.5 billion U.S. dollars. The insider did not explain how Uber will use the money, but its R&D costs are clearly increasing. The global map project requires a large number of cars to walk around the streets. At the same time, Uber's agreement with DigitalGlobe to use its high-resolution map may be very expensive because it needs to maintain updated information.
Tesla and SolarCity formally announced a merger to create a closed loop of energy
Foreign media on the evening of August 1st, Tesla and SolarCity formally announced that they will merge by means of all-stock transactions, and the transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter. This transaction set the largest merger and acquisition transaction in the field of clean energy. SolarCity's existing businesses can be divided into three categories. The first is the installation and sales of photovoltaic systems, the second is photovoltaic leases and PPAs, and the third is energy efficiency (energy-saving) services. The combination of Tesla and SolarCity will create a closed loop for new energy. Tesla claims that both will become a one-stop "clean energy store" and provide consumers with products such as solar energy, household batteries, and electric vehicles under a unified brand.
Tesla Motors’ Q2 Revenue Received US$1.27 Billion Net Loss of US$293 Million
Tesla Motors announced its second quarter 2016 financial results as of June 30 on August 2. The report shows that the company’s total revenue for the quarter was 1.27 billion US dollars, compared with 955 million US dollars in the same period of last year, an increase of 33%; according to the US GAAP, the net loss was 293 million US dollars, compared with a net loss of 184 million in the same period of last year The United States dollar; loss of $2.09 per diluted share, compared to a loss of $1.45 per share for the same period last year.
Jaguar cuts off sports car plan, only brewing two pure electric cars
On August 3, according to foreign media reports, Jaguar will abandon plans to produce XK sedan and convertible convertibles, as well as the C-X75 supercar, and switch to producing two luxury electric cars. One of the electric car-positioning hatchback 4-door coupe, code-named X590, will use the new electronic architecture platform to adapt to the driverless software developed by former BMW engineer Wolfgang Ziebart. Jaguar will release another electric SUV in 2019 after the X590. This SUV will highlight the application of aerodynamics, will have a rear drive version equipped with a motor and a 4-drive version equipped with two motors. Both versions will be equipped with three different battery packs based on the mileage, performance and charging time of the car. Jaguar plans to produce 2-3 million X590 and 3-550,000 electric SUVs each year. Jaguar hopes that these two vehicles will lay the foundation for the future of their electric vehicles.
Faraday may be testing the autopilot system in the future
On August 3, foreign media reported that Faraday may be testing their autopilot system with a disguised Lincoln MKZ. The front and rear bumpers of the test vehicle are surrounded by a bar-shaped device. Sensors are also installed at both ends of the front bumper, both sides of the rear license plate frame and the rear edge of the roof. However, Faraday has yet to disclose the details of the production car. It is said that it may be a cross-border car that can compete with the Model X.
Nissan Launches World's First Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Vehicle
According to the British media autocar on August 4, Nissan introduced the e-Bio Fuel-Cell concept of the concept of bio-fuel cells, becoming the world's first solid-oxide fuel cell vehicle that can use pure bio-ethanol to generate electricity without any pollution. The car is based on the e-NV200 MPV, which uses a 24 kilowatt-hour battery and 600 kilometers of cruising range comparable to current-generation fuel vehicles. It can also be run with an ethanol blend solution that is safer and easier to use, and can also be used to store and manage equipment at existing gas stations. In the future, electronic biofuel cells will become more convenient. Ethanol mixed solution is more convenient and safe than other fuels, and does not require new infrastructure, which has great market potential.
Continental and car companies team up to test water to drive unmanned cars to compete against BMW
According to the report of the Bloomberg News Agency on August 4, the Continental Group will cooperate with European and American car manufacturers to launch pilot projects of self-driving cars and compete with BMW, Intel and Mobileye in this field. A spokesman for the Continental Group stated that they divided the autopilot project into 4 or 5 phases, which is very similar to the research plans of European and American partners. In the initial stage, the mainland wants the autonomous driving system to learn to collect and analyze data and make correct feedback on environmental changes.
Maserati will push electric sports cars due to market pressure
August 5 news, recently, according to overseas media reports, FCA's brand Maserati recently announced that it will launch a new electric model to meet the future from Tesla MODEL S models and other electric cars. It is reported that the car or the production of ALFIERI models. In an interview, Maserati’s president Malchoe said that he will launch a brand new electric model to cope with competition from the future. It is even more frank that Tesla will be under pressure. Because Ghibli did not meet sales expectations. In order to further attract potential consumers, a decision was made to launch an all-new electric car. The model has also been basically defined as the ALFIERI model previously released at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. Prior to ALFIERI, it was thought that it would be released as a regular model in 2019. The gasoline-powered version of this model is now postponed and the purely electric version will be released in early 2018.
The hacker team successfully cracked the Tesla autopilot system
On August 5th, a team composed of the University of South Carolina, Zhejiang University and Qihoo 360 successfully reconfigured the hardware of the Tesla Model S and successfully invaded the Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system. The team used two sets of equipment to accurately interfere with Tesla's radar sensors, allowing the car to detect obstacles. The team also used some other devices to disable the ultrasonic sensors and did not warn the obstacles when it stopped automatically.
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