On July 5, on the opening day of the mainland group's IAA media in Frankfurt, Germany, the Commercial vehicle division of the Continental Group showcased a High-tech innovative truck.
According to the introduction, this innovative truck on the launch of many Continental Group's latest research and development results, to show people the mainland group on the future of transport, logistics shape of the concept.
The network was fortunate enough to work with more than 20 media colleagues from many countries around the world to experience this innovative type of truck.
No mirror to see more clearly
A truck without a reflector can also save fuel in passing. Do you believe it? It may sound strange, but the mainland's innovative trucks really do. Inside the cab, it turns out that the most unusual thing about this innovative truck is that the reflector is closed. Despite the regulatory requirements, innovative trucks retain the mirrors, but the basic only decorative effect.
The two electronic screens placed on both sides completely replace the reflector.
A two-block screen can completely replace the reflector. As we all know, heavy-truck mirrors are usually redundant 2, in order to reduce the driver's blind area. The innovative truck replaced the mirror with two large screens.
According to staff, the two large screen can be placed in the car outside the camera, the screen real-time transmission to the screen. ' Traditional mirrors require drivers to switch at all angles, but through our ' digital reflector ' we can make a clear view of the road outside the cockpit.
' staff introduced to. In addition to canceling the reflector, this innovative truck has a large screen in the middle of the cab. This screen, through 3D technology, can simulate the image of a heavy card on the road in real time.
In addition, the information of each azimuth vehicle is also transmitted to this large screen through the camera in real time. This is actually based on a very important auxiliary driving technology of continental Group--Artificial intelligence turn auxiliary function. The system can also determine the surrounding pedestrians, bicycles, some movement trends, so as to determine the possibility of traffic accidents. When the system ' perceives ' a danger to occur, the blue ribbon above the windshield of the cab will light up to remind the driver. ' Second-generation right-turn accessibility will be more effective, it will better distinguish between dangerous and non dangerous situations, in an emergency, it will automatically brake the vehicle.
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See further places in the CAB In addition to real-time transmission of the image around the truck, in the E-horizon function, the driver can also observe the 250 meters ahead of the traffic status, the future can reach more than 1km distance. And drivers can choose to view the dynamics of the truck from a different perspective.
' It feels like playing GTA5 in real life, ' the staff quipped. Although it seems like playing games, in fact, through this real-time dynamic E-horizon (similar to a dynamic image technology, the author note), truck drivers can master the road situation earlier, and early on traffic jams, speed limits and other transportation conditions to respond.
In order to reduce the braking speed and reduce the fuel consumption, it also avoids the traffic accident and Road jam. According to the Continental group, since 2012, trucks using static Ehorizon on the mainland have been able to save about 830 million litres of diesel, equivalent to more than 1 billion euros.
The use of dynamic e-horizon vehicles, compared with static technology, will save about 2% of the fuel consumption.
Bye, stereo! As a truck driver for a long time in the cab, the entertainment function of the car is particularly important.
I'm sure we all want better acoustics in the cab, but what if your cab is a stereo? Is it better to feel the sound surround? On the continent's innovative truck, this became a reality! When a staff member starts playing music, the entire cab becomes a home theater with stereo surround sound. ' You don't need the stereo anymore, but you pass the sound through the various materials in the cab.
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Although this function can not play a fuel-saving, reduce accidents and other practical social significance, but this is a lot of people like the function of the cab change home theater, who can not love it?
More forward-looking technology to ensure safe driving In addition to the technology that can be ' at a glance ', there are many advanced technologies hidden in the mainland's innovative trucks. For example, as for the top of the CAB Dtco 4.0 (similar to the intelligent traffic Recorder, the author note). This intelligent digital recorder, in addition to the implementation of the CarLog function, but also a platform for the product, can continue to download new software to update, and this new technology can be connected to the satellite positioning system, through the wireless transmission of data to make trucking companies and law enforcement work easier, and more importantly,
New encryption methods to make data transmission more secure. In a two-day media day, the mainland's staff introduced their latest technological achievements through images and video, while innovative trucks focused on the results. It may be a long way to achieve a full sense of unmanned driving.