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Mobileye will also build lidar.
Recently, foreign media reported that Amnon, CEO of Intel's Mobileye? Shashua made a development plan for the sensor system of autonomous vehicles in 2025 on Tuesday, which will use the built-in lidar sensor instead of the lidar unit provided by Luminar.
At the same time, Mobileye plans to continue to develop new chips, and the next-generation chip name EyeQ6 is expected to be listed in 2023.
After the news was reported, Luminar's share price closed down 17.6%, and in 10, Mobileye signed a supply agreement with Luminar to use its laser radar device in the first generation of Mobileye unmanned fleet.
It is reported that the lidar sensor independently developed by Mobileye is different from Luminar's technology, and Mobileye's technology is mainly based on FMCW principle.
That is, FM continuous wave, FMCW technology emits high-frequency continuous wave, and its frequency changes with time according to the law of triangular wave. The frequency of the echo received by the radar is the same as that of the transmitted wave, but there is a time difference, and the target distance can be calculated by using this small time difference.
If FMCW technology is really used to manufacture lidar, Mobileye's lidar will have the characteristics of no range blind area, high resolution and low emission power.
Of course, it is also related to Intel.
Amnon, CEO of Mobileye and Senior Vice President of Intel? Shashua said, "FMCW technology will benefit from Intel's silicon photonic manufacturing expertise, thus further reducing the cost of consumer cars."
In other words, Mobileye's homemade lidar will be applied to consumer cars together with cameras and millimeter-wave radars, and it may also replace the Luminar lidar system in self-driving taxis.
Amnon? Shashua said: "We believe that the cost of the whole autonomous driving system will be in the range of several thousand dollars in the future, which will put us in the position of consumer-grade cars. If we can succeed, it will also be used for self-driving taxis. We have five years to make this decision. "
Mobileye's first-generation fully automatic driving kit (lidar, chips, other sensors and software) is priced at $654.38+$00,000 to $20,000.
This suite will be the first to apply self-driving taxis. Mobileye plans to launch a test fleet of 65,438+000 fully self-driving cars in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2022, and then the test fleet will be extended to other cities.
It should be noted that Mobileye's first-generation fully automatic driving kit includes the lidar system provided by Luminar.
Lu Minar said, "The original agreement remains unchanged. The company has been supplying radar systems for automobiles developed by Mobileye for nearly two years."
Luminar also said in a statement: "We agree that it is very important to produce high-performance lidar at a cost of less than $65,438+$0,000 for mass production models. We are the first and only company that can achieve this goal, which enables us to land the first self-driving car mass production agreement in the industry. Mobileye is also working with us for this purpose. "
It can be seen that the cost of compressing sensors has become an important part of the Mobileye plan, thus rapidly promoting the fully automatic driving system.
Mobileye plans to install lidar and radar sensors based on the sensors on its camera to capture the three-dimensional view of the road, which can meet the requirements of automobile manufacturers for the safety and reliability of mass-produced cars.
At present, Mobileye provides camera-based driver assistance systems for BMW, Volkswagen Group and Nissan, which can help vehicles achieve adaptive cruise control, lane keeping and other functions, and generate and transmit map data for Mobileye when the car is driving.
Amnon? Shashua said, "These data can enable vehicles to automatically navigate on the streets of Munich, Germany through a week of training, without the need for engineers from their Israeli headquarters to go to Germany."
In this regard, Mobileye released the 1 hour autopilot test video for the first time, Amnon? Shashua said, "This is a major milestone in the field of autonomous driving and the basis for large-scale popularization. If you want to launch a consumer system, cars equipped with this system should be able to drive anywhere. "
This is a video that has not been edited for nearly an hour. Frankly, it's boring.
According to the video introduction, "Mobileye's technology relies on high-definition mapping and is generated according to the data collected by production vehicles. This technology is different from how Tesla builds its neural network to achieve fully automatic driving. "
Mobileye calls its system "? REM ",that is," road experience management ".
The following is a brief introduction of several time points in the video:
At 2: 37, the Mobileye vehicle automatically started the autopilot system.
At 3:42 seconds, the vehicle stopped at the red light, which was a little far from the stop line.
At 3:5 1 sec, the red light turns green and the vehicle starts quickly. In the case of a left-turning vehicle, there is no stop-and-go during slow driving.
4: 16 seconds, complete unprotected left turn and then right turn and merge into the upper bridge route.
At 5:04 seconds, the vehicle slowed down when it met a pedestrian crossing the road.
5: 14 seconds, when encountering disorderly parking on the roadside, detour from the left, and drive to the right in time when encountering the opposite car.
8:45 seconds, merge into the urban expressway.
At 9: 25, the speed reached 90 kilometers per hour.
1 1:50 seconds, the vehicle merges into the left expressway.
1 1:50 seconds, and the vehicle speed reaches11km/h.
12:40 seconds, complete lane change overtaking.
16:42 seconds, leave the highway.
42: 19 seconds, in case of congested road section, complete lane change and park the vehicle.
It is worth noting that Mobileye's speed limit for testing self-driving cars on German roads is 130 km per hour, and the maximum speed during the whole driving process is11km.
At present, lidar is on the eve of pre-assembly and mass production. More than a dozen automobile manufacturers around the world have decided to carry lidar on mass production models, including Xpeng Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, Great Wall, Chang 'an and so on.
At the same time, Robotaxi is about to enter the stage of large-scale landing operation after the pre-test operation. In the critical period of the new round of concentrated application of assisted driving and autonomous driving technology, lidar has been the standard by default.
Now Mobileye has completed the landing and layout of chips, maps and camera solutions. Following the trend of lidar, the word self-developed lidar will inevitably appear in Mobileye's scheme.
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