On the afternoon of July 26, at the July press conference of the Ministry of Transport, Wu Chungeng, spokesperson of the Ministry of Communications and deputy director of the Policy Research Office, responded to questions from the media, and promoted autopilot testing and technology development. The Department of Transportation's next major work focuses on three areas: Organizing extensive research, intensifying the preparation of closed-field testing technical documents for self-driving vehicles and conducting research on autonomous driving and road-coalling technology systems.
Conduct extensive research to fully understand the status of China's automatic driving
Internationally renowned research institutions generally believe that after 2020, L4-class driverless technology will gradually enter the market. By 2030, the global L4 and L5 level of driverless vehicles will reach tens of millions of vehicles, of which more than 40 The mileage of the vehicle around % will be completed by the self-driving robotic vehicle. Experts pointed out that due to certain advantages in terms of market size, Internet industry and system, China is expected to seize the opportunity in this new round of global automotive industry competition.
At the beginning of this year, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Smart Vehicle Innovation Development Strategy" (draft for comments) to accelerate the development of China's smart car industry. In terms of road testing, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Changsha, Tianjin and other cities have been successively launched. Conducted and introduced relevant road test management methods, released road tests, and granted partial enterprise test licenses.
However, as Wu Chungeng said, China's population is dense and the traffic environment is complex. Currently, the test roads and test scenarios that have been opened in various places are limited, and it is still unable to meet the testing needs of various entities.
Previously, the reporter of China Auto News also found that in the roads that have been publicly allowed to conduct road tests for intelligent networked vehicles throughout the country, there are a small number of structures and a single structure, and the data and information that can be collected during driving are limited. And other issues.
'The auto-driving road test sections now defined have clear signs, the roads are relatively remote, the road conditions are simple, and the test time is strictly regulated, which is not conducive to the improvement of the auto-driving technology. 'Initiation of a self-driving startup in the South People say that.
In order to solve this problem, it is very important to conduct in-depth research in enterprises. Not long ago, Beijing held a research meeting on road testing and standardization of self-driving vehicles, and listened extensively to the opinions of automobile companies, especially start-ups in the field of automatic driving. At the same time, it said that the future will strive to open more test roads, cover more scenarios, and at the same time further improve the construction of test sites, promote the regulation of policies and regulations and technical standards, and explore the demonstration work in specific regions.
'In order to promote the development of the autonomous driving industry, we strive to keep the policy up to date with the technological innovation of the enterprise and provide services to those who are at the forefront. 'Gu Yuru, Director of the Electronic Information Division of the Beijing Economic and Information Committee, said.
At the press conference, Wu Chungeng pointed out that the Ministry of Transport will also understand the progress of autonomous driving research and development, understand the needs and difficulties, and listen to opinions and suggestions through in-depth automotive, communications, Internet companies and related research institutions, to fully understand the major enterprises in China. And the research and development status of autopilot technology in scientific research institutions. This will undoubtedly lay a solid foundation for the improvement and improvement of autopilot related policies at the national ministry level.
Step up preparation of closed field test technical documents and seek advice
The development of autonomous driving technology is guided by innovation. On the premise of safety, the public road test is gradually opened on the basis of sufficient test and verification of closed space. It is an indispensable link for the application of autonomous driving technology.
Recently, the Ministry of Transport issued the “Technical Guide for the Construction of Automated Driving Closed Test Sites (Provisional)”, which is the first technical document issued by the ministry to standardize the construction of the autopilot closed test site, and further standardized the construction requirements for the autopilot closed test site. And guide all local units to carry out the construction of the automatic driving closed site.
However, due to the lack of perfect high-level automatic driving test theory and method in China, a complete test system covering different levels of automatic driving has not yet been formed. Based on this, Wu Chungeng emphasized that the second focus of the recent work of the Ministry of Transport is to “increase the automatic compilation”. Drive vehicles to close the site to test technical documents, and solicit opinions from the industry as soon as possible to guide and standardize the test of auto-driving closed-sites'.
Organize the development of vehicle and road coordination research and promote pilot demonstration
It is worth noting that at the press conference, Wu Chungeng also mentioned that he would organize the relevant units to carry out research on the automatic driving and roadway coordination technology system and promote relevant pilot demonstration work, which is also suitable for promoting the development of smart cars in China. Significance.
At present, the industry generally believes that the application of vehicle road coordination technology will help smart cars become more "smart" and more efficient. Du Jiangling, president of GM's China Academy of Sciences, has proposed that V2X technology is a non-structural cause for solving traffic congestion (including Insufficient driving safety, safety accidents of vulnerable traffic participants, lack of real-time traffic information, excessively rigid traffic control, operational vehicle management issues, road maintenance management issues and emergency rescue are not important, and are important to achieve the '0 congestion' vision. means.
As a new thing, autonomous vehicles are still in the development stage of exploration and trial. In fact, the formulation of national policies and regulations is also true. Nowadays, the relevant departments of our country are making progress in the formulation and improvement of policies and regulations in the field of automatic driving, which is worthy of recognition.