Autonomous driving has reached a bottleneck
With the rapid development of science and technology, unmanned driving technology has become a hot topic. However, the autonomous driving industry is currently facing some challenges and bottlenecks.
First of all, unmanned driving technology is not yet fully mature. Although Level 2 or even Level 2 assisted autonomous driving systems have become the standard configuration of smart cars, L3 and above autonomous driving technology is still in the stage of continuous development and improvement. Especially when dealing with complex urban scenarios and environments, unmanned vehicles still face many technical difficulties. Among them, the algorithms, training and other links of the perception system require time and more data to "polish".
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Secondly, the commercialization of unmanned driving is also facing challenges. At present, the testing or trial operation of driverless taxis or driverless vehicles around the world is in the limited testing or operation phase, and there are few publicly reported cases of repeated accidents and serious injuries like cruises. The situation of several self-driving companies in the United States is also not optimistic, the completely suspended cruise has been established for 10 years, was acquired by General Motors in 2016, and obtained the driverless car road test approved by California earlier; Waymo, which obtained a driverless taxi license in California at the same time as Cruise in August this year, is a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, which became independent in December 2016 and is still carrying out pilot operations of driverless taxis to carry passengers.
However, Waymo also suffered continuous losses and financing difficulties, and was forced to lay off more than 130 engineers in March this year; Ride-hailing giant Uber's self-driving division ATG was acquired by American self-driving startup Aurora at the end of 2020, but Aurora's financial woes are also becoming increasingly prominent. In many European countries, only autonomous vehicles with safety officers are usually allowed to be put on the road for trial operation. For example, Spain's **anza company has developed an unmanned pure electric bus, which will start running between the center of Malaga and the port in the southern Spanish coastal city of Malaga as early as February 2021, with a capacity of 60 passengers, and a safety officer on board the bus as required; In June last year, the UK launched a driverless car rental service, which is also the first time that the UK has allowed driverless cars to be commercialized, and there are also safety officers on board; Germany has also launched driverless car rental services, which also have a safety officer as required.
China's autonomous vehicle operation focuses on safety first. At present, most of the domestic self-driving taxis are in the test stage of operation on designated roads, and even in the trial operation stage, the vehicles are running in limited areas and road sections, and the larger Pony.ai and other companies have been approved to provide "front-row unmanned" self-driving taxi services in Beijing Yizhuang Development Zone, Guangzhou Nansha Pearl Bay and other places. But even these "unmanned vehicles in the front row" will have safety officers in the back, and through the vehicle-road cloud network system, the control center can remotely brake in an emergency.
In addition, due to the lack of major breakthroughs in autonomous driving technology, the impact of the new crown epidemic and the global economic downturn, the global unmanned driving industry is indeed facing a bottleneck period. In the past year alone, a number of autonomous driving companies in the United States, such as Embark, Locomation, Quanergy, and Argo AI, have declared bankruptcy or collapsed.
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Step by step "get on the bus safely".
Although the development of the industry has encountered some problems at present, unmanned driving will definitely be realized in the future. With the rapid development of technology, unmanned driving technology is gradually becoming a reality. Although the autonomous driving industry is currently facing some challenges and bottlenecks, the future development prospects are still broad.
First of all, with the continuous advancement of technologies such as artificial intelligence, perception systems, big data, and cloud computing, the technical support required for unmanned driving has basically been available. Level 2 and above assisted autonomous driving systems have become standard in smart cars, and Level 3 autonomous driving is expected to be realized in the next few years. These technological advances have laid a solid foundation for the development of unmanned driving.
However, there are many issues that need to be solved to achieve fully autonomous driving. In terms of perception systems, whether it is pure vision or a combination of multiple radars, they need to be more accurate and reliable. In addition, a lot of work needs to be done on algorithms and training to ensure the safety and reliability of autonomous driving systems. Although it will take some time to achieve Level 5 fully autonomous driving, it is believed that it will be possible in the future as technological breakthroughs and progress continue to be made.
Secondly, the demand for autonomous driving is also increasing. With the development of intelligence and sharing, people's needs for travel are also changing. If all cars can be driverless and on-call through intelligent means such as apps, then personal ownership of vehicles will be meaningless. Driverless vehicles will be able to automatically choose the smoothest route, greatly alleviating "big city diseases" such as traffic congestion, and pushing society to a higher stage of development. Therefore, unmanned driving will also become a sign of social development to an advanced form.
In short, although the unmanned driving industry is facing some challenges and bottlenecks, with the continuous progress of technology and the development and change of society, it is believed that this industry will make greater breakthroughs and progress in the future. Autonomous driving will become the trend of future travel, bringing people a safer, more efficient and more convenient travel experience.