In fact, the mass production of L2 driver assistance system on vehicles has been close to 10 years, and since the release of the S-class in the W222 era in 2014, the production car has officially entered the L2 assisted driving era. But this L2 driving system is not particularly intelligent, and it is thought of as an enhanced version of ACC adaptive cruise control plus lane keeping.
The real popularization of the L2 concept is the launch of Tesla, and Tesla vigorously promotes its own assisted driving, at that time there was a great sense of buying assisted driving and giving away the car, which shows how high the availability of this assisted driving system is. Indeed, for the first time, Tesla's driver assistance system has made people feel the convenience brought by this system. And unlike many traditional car companies that constantly advertise how many levels of assisted driving they are developing, Tesla is directly out and has always been at the forefront of the industry.
Models have given domestic consumers a more concrete understanding of assisted driving.
Domestic laws and regulations are extremely cautious about assisted driving
After so many years, Tesla is still one of the most advanced assisted driving experiences among production cars, and the other is Huawei, a rising star. Whether it is equipped with the assisted driving system on Wenjie or AVATAR, it can not only navigate itself from point A to point B, but also change lanes like a human to overtake the car in front in the process, and the process is decisive and safe, almost no different from experienced drivers.
In fact, in terms of the definition and actual performance of these two assisted driving systems, they have reached the L3 level of assisted driving, but due to domestic laws and regulations, they are still called L2 automatic driving, but they are followed by many plus signs.
One of the important reasons why the relevant departments are so cautious is that compared with developed countries in Europe and the United States, there is a big gap in the quality of many domestic traffic participants, which leads to more complex traffic conditions and higher requirements for assisted driving systems. For safety reasons, it is especially cautious about the road assistance system, which is not a bad thing.
The chaotic traffic situation has posed a great challenge to car companies.
What does it mean for BMW to obtain a L-level autonomous driving test license for high-speed roads in China
In fact, at present, BMW's vehicles equipped with L3 system in Germany have been approved to drive on German roads, and the successful acquisition of test licenses in China means that the domestic vehicles equipped with L3 system are getting closer and closer to mass production and driving on the road.
Because the complexity and uncertainty of China's road conditions are much higher than those in Germany, it is not possible to copy the software and hardware adapted to Germany, which will definitely not work. To be approved to drive in China, it must be optimized for road conditions and achieve a high level of safety at the same time to be recognized by laws and regulations. Although there is still some time before the official recognition, at least it gives consumers hope.
Shortly after BMW officially announced that it had obtained the test license, Mercedes-Benz also made an official announcement, and more and more car companies have obtained official licenses in China, indicating that China is about to follow the pace of Germany and the United States, and consumers will have a better highway driving experience in the future.
The liberalization of official standards means that the restrictions on the research and development of assisted driving systems have been further relaxed, which can put the real L3 system on the road, so that the future will pave the way for the development of L3+ or even L4. For consumers, it will no longer be a luxury to experience the automatic turning of vehicles at urban road intersections, and it will be rolled out on a large scale in the near future, which can truly liberate the driver's hands and feet as much as possible under the premise of ensuring safety.
Summary. Behind the L3 driver assistance system test license obtained by BMW and Mercedes-Benz indicates that the restrictions of domestic policies and regulations have been relaxed, because the driver assistance system is completely different from the lane keeping and ACC of the past, and the roads around the world are almost the same. After the level of assisted driving is raised, the impact of traffic conditions in different countries will become more and more obvious, which means that it must be specially developed for different countries and regions, and cannot be replicated on a large scale. Therefore, behind the release means that it is not far from the official launch of L3, there is no need to continue to be forced to squeeze toothpaste at the L2 level, and we will enjoy more and more advanced assisted driving systems in the near future.