Recently, the unmanned start-up company company Xiaoma Zhixing announced that it has obtained the road test license for self-driving vehicles issued by Beijing, and has obtained the highest level of T3 in all the issued licenses (Beijing will drive the road test license) Divided into T1~T5, T1 is the lowest), Xiaoma Zhixing became the first start-up company to obtain Beijing auto-driving road test license.
The next challenge for driverlessness is small-scale production.
'Beijing strongly supports start-ups to participate in unmanned road test work. From policy formulation and follow-up work, we all feel the government's emphasis on dual-creation work. Unmanned drivers need to face uncertainty and complexity of road conditions. The road scene, which is also the core content of the Beijing road test license capability evaluation. The acquisition of the highest level road test license is a manifestation of the further recognition of Xiaoma Zhixing in technology. 'Peng Jun, CEO of Xiaoma Zhixing, said, 'I think The main challenge for the next step of driverless driving is whether it can be mass-produced. This has great challenges to the stability and reliability of the system. At present, in order to achieve mass production, we and many partners are doing positive. Cooperation. Get the Beijing license, and let our technical team and partners' technical confidence rise to the next level.'
In fact, in June 2017, Xiao Ma Zhixing obtained a road test permit from California, and realized 24-hour day and night traffic flow automatic drone on the open road in the city. It was the first in the world to be established for half a year. Achieve unmanned coverage of 10 square kilometers of urban area. The multi-level autopilot operating system independently developed by Xiao Ma Zhixing replaces the traditional ROS system still used by most driverless car companies, which not only optimizes the operation of autonomous driving technology. The system supports fast iteration, and is highly optimized and adapted to the in-vehicle computing environment, which improves the real-time performance of the operating system, job scheduling and data transmission.
Beijing: The earliest road The longest road The highest threshold
As a political center and cultural center of the country, Beijing, which is building an international city, is also actively building a science and technology innovation center. Therefore, Beijing is at the forefront of the country in terms of policy and regulation of autonomous driving road testing. 2017 12 On the 18th, the Beijing Municipal Communications Commission, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, the Beijing Municipal Economic Information Commission and other departments jointly formulated and issued the “Guiding Opinions on the Work of Accelerating the Road Testing of Autonomous Vehicles in Beijing (Trial)” and “Beijing” City Autopilot Vehicle Road Test Management Regulations (Trial) Two documents. The above two documents clarify the relevant conditions for the self-driving car road test, covering the qualification application, test details requirements and all the details of the responsibility after the accident. The 'green light' of the self-driving car in Beijing for actual road testing has since been illuminated.
In February 2018, Beijing further advanced its auto-driving policy. The Beijing Municipal Communications Commission and the Beijing Municipal Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, the Beijing Municipal Economic Information Commission issued the “Beijing Autopilot Vehicle Road Testing Capability Assessment Contents and Methods (Trial)” and Two administrative documents of "Technical Requirements for Beijing Automated Vehicle Closed Test Site (Trial)". After the official release of the 'Examination Outline' and 'Examination Site Construction Guide', the standards and test methods for the autopilot road test site are further refined. The first batch of self-driving road test cars in Beijing can finally be listed on the road.
It is understood that at present, in Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, Shunyi District and Haidian District have identified 33 first batch of open test roads with a total length of 105 kilometers, which is the longest city in China with open test roads. But at the same time, to ensure traffic Safety, the requirements for road test licenses for self-driving vehicles in Beijing are also quite strict.
According to Wu Qiong, deputy general manager of the Beijing Smart Car Industry Innovation Center, the overall idea of Beijing's automatic driving road test capability assessment is based on the premise of ensuring safety testing, using group scene intelligent test mode, from traffic safety awareness, handling precision, people The overall performance of the autopilot system is comprehensively tested in terms of machine interaction timeliness and comprehensive scene decision effectiveness. The acquisition of the road test license requires a series of procedures including closed test field training, automatic driving ability assessment and expert evaluation. Based on traffic safety regulations. Investigate the vehicle's awareness of roads, marking lines and ancillary facilities, and review the ability to properly operate the vehicle under specified driving scenarios, including but not limited to automatic driving, automatic shifting, automatic braking, automatic monitoring of the surrounding environment, automatic lane change, automatic Steering, automatic signal reminder and other functions. Third-party authorized agencies should also check whether the driver can intervene and take over the driving behavior of the vehicle anytime and anywhere, to ensure that the driver has the ability to control and take over, and to ensure the safety of self-driving road testing.
In addition, Beijing is the first city in China to require unmanned vehicles to participate in the competency assessment test after training for 5,000 kilometers in a closed field. After a series of procedures including closed test field training, automatic driving ability assessment and expert assessment, Beijing Xiao Ma Zhixing issued a T3-level autopilot road test license, which is the highest-level road test license currently issued in Beijing – representing auto-driving cars with cognition and traffic law compliance, route enforcement, emergency response, etc. Comprehensive ability.