As soon as the news was released, the capital exploded instantly, and people from all walks of life flocked to the experience points of Yizhuang and Haidian. How hot is it? A media friend of mine 12 went to Haidian leisurely after lunch to prepare for the experience, and waited for an afternoon without waiting in line.
Later, I learned that on June 5438+02, the number of calls in Beijing exceeded 2600. No wonder he didn't make it. It's much more difficult than going to an online celebrity restaurant to eat hamburgers.
Of course, we can't just see the status quo of "one person is hard to find". The service of Baidu Apollo self-driving taxi was officially opened in Beijing, which is of far-reaching significance. For the whole domestic self-driving industry, it is a major event worthy of good analysis.
Apollo? The opening of Go in Beijing is of great significance.
Before that, Baidu Apollo? Go service has been opened in Changsha, Cangzhou and other cities, but this landing in Beijing is of great significance, because Beijing is the vanguard of the domestic autonomous driving industry and a difficult highland.
As a national science and technology innovation center and a strategic highland for the development of artificial intelligence and intelligent transportation, Beijing plays an important role in the development of autonomous driving industry in China. As early as the end of 20 17, Beijing issued the first national standard for automatic driving test, which is the earliest area in China to open and standardize automatic driving test, and is also the city with the fastest development speed and the most complete supporting facilities.
At present, four autonomous driving test areas have been opened in Haidian, Yizhuang, Shunyi and Fangshan, among which Fangshan has the first 5G self-driving car test road in China, and Yizhuang's 322km test road is the first large-scale and complete test area in China. As of June this year, Beijing has 200 self-driving test roads with a total length of 699.58 kilometers, ranking first in the world. * * * 77 self-driving vehicles have completed the test of more than 654.38+0.58 million kilometers on these roads.
Beijing ranks first in the country not only in the number of test vehicles and road test mileage, but also in the scale of test license plates, the richness of test scenarios and the standards of test management. In addition to being very open, Beijing has the strictest requirements for self-driving vehicles. The policy of self-driving manned test issued by Beijing is the policy with the highest safety requirements and standards in China.
Being able to carry out manned test is an important link in the commercialization of autonomous driving, which is of great significance to autonomous driving enterprises. At the same time, manned tests put forward higher requirements for the safety of self-driving vehicles, and the corresponding regulatory norms are also stricter.
In order to ensure the safety of the test to the greatest extent and not hinder the manned test of autonomous driving enterprises, Beijing has formed a standardized and effective policy system from the selection and opening of public test roads to vehicle capacity evaluation and technical verification, and compiled a corresponding standard system according to the characteristic traffic scenes in China. At the same time, the first self-driving road test supervision platform in China was built to comprehensively control the test work and ensure the safety of traffic participants during the test.
On 20 19 12, Beijing issued the first batch of notices of manned road test for self-driving vehicles, and Baidu Apollo took the lead in winning 40 licenses for manned self-driving test, becoming the first batch of enterprises in Beijing to carry out manned self-driving test.
It is precisely because Beijing represents the highest threshold in the domestic autonomous driving field, Baidu Apollo? It is of extraordinary significance that Go can be officially played in Beijing.
Baidu Apollo continues to lead the autonomous driving industry.
According to the list of road test qualifications for self-driving vehicles published by Beijing in 2020, there are Baidu, Ma Xiao Star, Daimler, Audi, Toyota and Sankuai Online, among which only Baidu has truly opened self-driving vehicles to the public.
Baidu's "first" is hard to come by. According to Beijing's regulations, self-driving vehicles can enter the manned test stage open to the public, provided that the cumulative safety test mileage must exceed 500,000 kilometers.
After obtaining 40 manned test licenses in June 5438+February last year, after more than half a year of small-scale manned test, Baidu Apollo autopilot team completed more than 5 1.9 million kilometers of road test in Beijing. Even after the impact of the epidemic, it did not slow down the pace of road test. Finally, the notice of manned test in the second phase of self-driving in Beijing was obtained on August 24th, and it was 65438+ 10/0 in June.
As early as 20 13, Baidu began to deploy autonomous driving business, and it was the first enterprise in China to enter this field. Along the way, it is very challenging and risky, but the achievements made by Baidu Apollo are equally remarkable.
At present, Baidu's global patent applications for autonomous driving exceed 1.800, and it has obtained test licenses exceeding 1.70, among which the manned test license exceeds 1.20. 2065438+In July 2009, Beijing issued the only and most difficult T4 license for self-driving in China. Obtaining T4 license means that self-driving vehicles have the ability to drive automatically on complex urban roads, and it is Baidu Apollo that has obtained this valuable license.
20 18 and 20 19 for two consecutive years, Baidu Apollo ranked first in the road test report of self-driving vehicles in Beijing, including the number of vehicles, mileage and scene coverage. Since the launch of the research and development of autonomous driving, Baidu Apollo's road test footprint has spread all over 27 cities around the world, with a test fleet of 500 vehicles, a total test mileage of more than 6 million kilometers, and a cumulative service of more than 654.38+ million passengers, achieving zero safety accidents.
The influence of Baidu Apollo has already gone abroad. In 2020, Navigant, a world-renowned research institution? The study listed Baidu Apollo as one of the four "leaders" in the global autonomous driving field. In February of this year, the California Vehicle Authority (DMV) released a report on automatic driving separation, and Baidu Apollo surpassed Google Waymo and General Cruise, ranking first among the 60 companies that submitted reports in the world.
Today, Baidu Apollo is moving towards the commercialization of autonomous driving, and the important link is to realize real "unmanned" driving as soon as possible. Remember the live broadcast of Baidu and CCTV news last month? In Beijing Shougang Park, security officers have disappeared from Baidu Robotaxi filmed by CCTV reporters.
During the whole experience, Baidu Robotaxi's skillful driving skills like an old driver and smooth operation of the whole service left a deep impression on the audience in front of the screen. Guess this is Apollo, too? After Weiqi landed in Beijing, citizens rushed to experience it.
Apollo? Go is very popular, so be more patient.
Apollo this time? Go reached its peak only three days after its opening in Beijing. At the ten connecting points in Haidian and Yizhuang, we can see that there are many more people waiting in line, and those who are not in place are left there. Everyone is full of curiosity about this technology.
Of course, you can also see many comments from experienced netizens online, and people who don't line up are spitting. Here we also give you some hints.
First of all, there are currently only 40 Baidu Apollo test vehicles in Beijing that are qualified to carry people on the road. Why so little? It's really not that Baidu is stingy, but that there are regulations in Beijing that you must get a car with a self-driving manned test license to undertake this important task. At the end of last year, Baidu got 40 licenses, which is the largest number of testing companies.
Thousands of people send orders a day, and the capacity is only 40 vehicles. Try not to get together and stagger the peak experience in front. Of course, there is no need to queue up in vain.
Many people arrived at the scene and found that this car was not the red flag seen by CCTV live broadcast. Indeed, because the 40 cars that got the license at the end of last year were Lincoln MKZ, so "one car, one license" must also provide these Lincoln MKZ services now.
The most common thing is that there is a security officer sitting in the car. Aren't they all unmanned? Alas, Baidu is also bitter. Technically, unmanned driving can definitely be realized, but according to the current policy requirements, these vehicles are still in the manned test stage, so they must be equipped with security officers, and this is also for everyone's safety considerations.
It is precisely because of the emphasis on safety that we can feel that these self-driving cars are particularly cautious when driving. Some people think that driving has a strong "frustration" and there will be occasional sudden braking. There's nothing we can do. Don't you know the traffic flow in the capital? For the sake of safety, the braking strategy of vehicles will be relatively conservative, and everyone should understand.
Generally speaking, the landing of Baidu Apollo self-driving taxi service in Beijing can attract such high attention, which just shows that people's interest in the new technology of autonomous driving is rising and their acceptance is getting higher and higher, which is positive for the whole industry. At the same time, it also marks a step forward in the commercialization of Baidu Apollo. We also look forward to seeing Baidu Apollo self-driving taxis in more cities.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.