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Chexi reported on January 10 that a few days ago, Qianhang Technology officially released the intelligent driving transportation tool AUTRAONE for China's trunk logistics and transportation market.
AutraOne is jointly developed by Qianhang Technology and Dongfeng Liuzhou Automobile, based on the Chenglong H7 heavy truck tractor, customized with 130 square meters of low wind resistance van trailer, equipped with the intelligent driving system Autrapilot independently developed by Qianhang Technology, which has the characteristics of saving manpower, labor, safety and fuel saving, and faces the pain points of the current trunk logistics and transportation industry.
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Autraone intelligent driving heavy truck.
Qianhang Technology pointed out that the market size of the trunk logistics industry is huge, the proportion of driver costs is high, and the industry will face problems such as insufficient number of truck drivers in the future. Therefore, the intelligent upgrade of the trunk logistics industry is a rigid problem.
Aiming at long-distance trunk logistics transportation between cross-economic circles, they hope to greatly reduce the fatigue of drivers through autonomous driving, and achieve an average daily driving mileage of more than 1,000 kilometers for a single driver, so as to achieve more than 5 times the profit margin of traditional logistics.
In order to achieve this goal, Qianhang Technology's Autrapilot intelligent driving system can allow drivers to "take off their eyes and hands" on high speeds. Specifically, AutraPilot can completely take over the high-speed section between the toll booth and the toll booth, leaving the driver with only 10% of the urban area and toll booth area to drive.
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Qianhang Technology's concept of "taking off your eyes and getting rid of your hands".
In the event of an emergency, the end point of the Autrapilot system is not a degradation of function, but a safe stop. Through the sensor configuration of 6 lidars, 7 high-definition cameras, 3 millimeter-wave radars and 6 ultrasonic radars, coupled with a computing power of up to 1800 tops and a powerful algorithm developed by Qianhang Technology, the system can identify various extreme scenarios in advance, control the vehicle to avoid various dangers or complete autonomous and safe parking, and ensure driving safety to the greatest extent.
In terms of efficiency, the comprehensive algorithm of fuel saving, main hook optimization, dual driving to single driving, etc., Qianhang Technology's AUTRAONE vehicle can earn back the cost of the intelligent driving system in one year, save more than 200,000 yuan in fuel costs for 1 million kilometers, and save more than 750,000 yuan in labor costs in five years, helping enterprises save costs.
At present, Qianhang Technology's AUTRAPILOT has been officially put into the actual operation of trunk logistics transportation, providing more than 300 long-distance trunk logistics capacity services for SF Express, Jumeng Co-construction, Fuyou Technology and other enterprises, with a total mileage of more than 280,000 kilometers, all of which are completed on time and safely in single-driver mode.
Qianhang Technology pointed out that the length of the first-class trunk transportation road in China's express express industry is 1,200 kilometers, and the one-way driving time is more than 17 hours. In the face of ultra-long-distance transportation operations, most express delivery companies adopt the rotation driving mode of two drivers in the car, and ensure transportation safety and personnel sustainability by paying an additional driver cost every year.
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Trunk logistics market situation.
The use of the transport vehicle AutraOne equipped with the intelligent driving system AutraPilot of Qianhang Technology can realize the "man-machine rotation driving" mode, that is, the urban road between the cargo station and the toll station is completed by the human driver, and the high-speed road section between the toll station and the toll station is completed by the intelligent driving system Autrapilot, which can realize "double driving into single driving" in long-distance transportation, cancel the second driver, and reduce the work intensity of the first driver. In five years, it can save more than 750,000 yuan in labor costs.
Compared with the L2 assisted driving system and L2+ high-speed pilot assisted driving system on the market, the AutraOne vehicle is equipped with 6 lidars, 7 high-definition cameras, 3 millimeter-wave radars and 6 ultrasonic radars, and has a more variety and more number of sensors, which can realize the double full coverage of cameras and lidars in the front, side and rear core areas of the car, ensuring stable detection of obstacles.
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Vehicle sensor layout.
Among them, the forward 1550nm ultra-long-distance lidar of the vehicle is arranged on the roof of the heavy truck, which can increase the stable detection distance of the lidar vehicle from 180m to 300m, and the limit detection distance of obstacles to 500m, which fully meets the safety needs of heavy trucks with longer braking distance; In addition, the 70-degree ultra-wide-angle blind lidar that is arranged in the lower part of the front of the car can shorten the blind spot of the lidar forward to the ground from 13m to 30cm, and with the secondary enhancement of ultrasonic radar, the three redundant and stable detection of the 20cm person in front of the car is realized, and the high-speed traffic jam is not afraid of people and vehicles creeping; The medium and long-range lidar at the side and rear can provide a safe distance of 180m in the parallel lane. In addition, the redundancy of mmWave radar supports autonomous and safe parking capabilities in low-visibility weather, dirty sensors, and obstruction.
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Full coverage of dual visions.
The self-developed on-board computing unit AutraSpark Max equipped with AutraOne has a general-purpose computing capacity of 1824kdmips and a neural network inference capability of 1800TOPS, which can provide 4 times the general-purpose computing power and neural network inference ability compared with the dual Orinx controllers commonly used in the common flagship passenger car intelligent driving systems on the market, and can support more accurate and reliable algorithms and larger-scale artificial intelligence models.
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Qianhang Technology's self-developed computing platform Autraspark Max
At the same time, with reference to the aircraft standard, AutraSpark MAX has a three-layer structure design, which can work independently, redundant backup to each other, and support the first-class functional regression mechanism of full-featured driving, pulling over, and parking along the original trajectory; In addition, the division of labor and cooperation can avoid homologous failure through different computing chips and different operating systems, and maximize the safety of vehicles, goods and drivers.
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Autraspark MAX security structure.
Paired with high-performance and high-reliability hardware, Autrapilot's full-stack self-developed intelligent driving system software, including AutraOS, a highly reliable and efficient communication and dispatching system that integrates Rust and C++ languages, and a safety core area of up to 99A perception algorithm with 99% detection recall, a full-scene ** algorithm with transformer architecture, a planning algorithm with spatio-temporal joint integration with full analytical solutions, and a control algorithm that takes into account safety, smoothness and fuel saving.
Based on this, AutraPilot has the ability to independently complete all driving behaviors on the highway between the "toll station and toll station", including straight driving, following, avoidance, overtaking, merging, merging, exporting and other operations on the main road and ramp, with a maximum speed of 100km h, meeting the strict requirements of express delivery and fresh cold chain for transportation timeliness, and based on navigation information and complete perception and accuracy of road participants, intelligent speed adjustment and trajectory planning are carried out. Avoid obstacles just right for safe, smooth, and smart driving. And in the case of special road conditions, system abnormalities and other conditions, the first function is retreated to achieve autonomous and safe parking.
It is worth mentioning that Qianhang Technology's new generation of intelligent driving system software based on end-to-end artificial intelligence models has entered the stage of public road actual testing, which will further accelerate the continuous improvement of Autrapilot system capabilities in the future.
AutraOne adopts the three-in-one fuel-saving strategy of "good car, good person, good hanging". "Good Car" is based on the "fuel-saving pioneer" Chenglong H7 heavy truck tractor, which matches the powertrain for the scene and achieves the ultimate fuel efficiency; Based on Autrapilot's intelligent fuel-saving algorithm and superior handling capabilities, the "Good Guys" achieve a fuel consumption savings of 5% compared to the average driver's level.
"Good hanging" is a low-wind resistance trailer customized and developed with Dongfeng Liuzhou Automobile that is suitable for the market demand of express delivery and has integrated wind resistance optimization through the head hanging. The design of the trailer is inspired by the tail of the civil airliner, based on the industry-wide aluminum fuel-saving cargo box with a volume of 130+ cubic meters, smooth plane and chamfered treatment, and a small inclination slipback design is added to greatly reduce the turbulence of the rear of the trailer; On the basis of the front shroud, the bottom deflector plate and the side deflector of the trailer are added to effectively reduce the turbulence at the bottom of the trailer; On the whole, the drag coefficient can be reduced by 12%, the theoretical fuel saving of 90km h can reach 9%, and the measured fuel saving in the breeze environment is more than 5%. Through the three-in-one fuel-saving scheme, the overall fuel efficiency can be optimized by 10%, and the fuel cost of 1 million kilometers can be saved by 200,000 yuan.
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System costs are reduced.
Up to now, AUTRAPILOT has been officially put into the actual operation of trunk logistics transportation, and has provided more than 300 long-distance trunk logistics capacity services for the strategic partners of Qianhang Technology, including SF Express, Jumeng Co-construction, Fuyou Technology and other logistics head enterprises, with a total mileage of more than 280,000 kilometers, including one-way 1,100km two-way four-hitch back-to-back two-way fixed-route orders, as well as one-way temporary orders of more than 2,100km, etc., all on time and in single-driver mode. Done safely.
AutraOne will start mass delivery in the second quarter of 2024, and Qianhang Technology has launched a "worry-free" trial plan, based on the self-sustaining intelligent driving heavy truck tractor and trailer group Autraone, equipped with trained authorized safety drivers, which can provide one-stop logistics capacity services for the first batch of customers, so that customers can experience zero investment and share the economic benefits brought by technology with zero risk.
In the context of the endless debate on autonomous driving technology, Qianhang Technology responded to the needs of the industry from the aspects of safety and efficiency based on the actual situation of the trunk logistics industry. Among them, the standard of "taking off hands and eyes" proposed by Qianhang Technology allows a single car to travel thousands of miles a day to be truly realized, and also allows the logistics industry to truly reduce costs and increase efficiency.
In addition, in terms of safety, Qianhang Technology has invested a lot of algorithm R&D and practice in high-speed scenarios, and has also arranged "luxurious" hardware configurations for vehicles, which can be said to provide huge safety redundancy. With the dual blessing of extreme safety and efficiency, Qianhang Technology may realize the deep empowerment of intelligent driving in the logistics industry and help improve the intelligent level of trunk logistics.