In recent years, with the development and maturity of a new generation of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and 5G mobile communications, automobile companies have improved and upgraded the automation and intelligence level of their products, and consumers are slowly accepting self-driving cars.
The development level of autonomous driving technology is related to the international competitiveness of the automobile industry and the global industrial division of labor pattern in various countries, so major countries in the world attach great importance to the development of autonomous driving, and China is no exception.
In 2015, for the first time, intelligent networked vehicles were clearly listed as the key areas of national intelligent manufacturing development in the next ten yearsIn 2020, 11 national ministries and commissions, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly issued the "Intelligent Vehicle Innovation and Development Strategy".In 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued the Opinions on the Access of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Products, laying the foundation for the mass production of L3 and L4 autonomous vehiclesIn November 2023, China** issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Pilot Work of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Access and Road Access", selecting intelligent networked vehicles with mass production qualifications to carry out pilot work, which is intended to support the road passage of L3 and L4 autonomous vehicles, and at the same time allow enterprises to sell these autonomous driving function models, which provides advanced intelligent transportation solutions for cities.
At present, L1 and L2 autonomous driving functions such as adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assist, rear and side blind spot monitoring, assisted parking, and lane change assistance have been very mature, and L2+ technical solutions have also been applied to more and more models. According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2022, the penetration rate of new L2 passenger cars reached 345%, L3 and L4 autonomous driving new R&D projects accounted for 18 in 20162% to 55 in 20226%, there has been a big breakthrough in intelligence.
In order to comply with the development trend of the national automotive industry and promote the transformation and upgrading of car companies, the IVISTA China Intelligent Vehicle Index (hereinafter referred to as the Intelligent Index) created the world's first third-party test and evaluation system for intelligent networked vehicles in 2017, and has been continuously upgraded and improved in the footsteps of the times, and has conducted professional evaluations in the latest 2023 version of the evaluation procedures for intelligent driving, intelligent parking, intelligent interaction, and intelligent safetyThe evaluation of L1-L2 intelligent driving functions of driving assistance, the evaluation of L2+ driving intelligent driving functions of navigation intelligent driving, and the evaluation of L1-L2 parking intelligent driving functions of intelligent parkingIn the future, targeted evaluation will be carried out for L3 and L4 intelligent driving functions.
The evaluation results of the intelligence index will be released to the whole society through public channels each period, so that the drivers and consumers who are concerned about the automotive industry have an intuitive understanding of the intelligent car, promote the development of intelligent vehicles in China to a certain extent, and keep the bottom line of safety under the wave of intelligent development, and build a platform for the healthy development of intelligent vehicles with the country and car companies.