Chapter 227 Vehicle-road collaboration and remote intervention under 5G network

The requests of the fool will be met immediately.

Soon, accompanied by Director Zhang, Hu Lai arrived at the brand new Phoenix Industrial Base.

Now the Phoenix Super Industrial Park has been officially put into use, and various branches and departments of Phoenix Group have also moved from the previously leased factories.

Phoenix Auto also completed the relocation work some time ago. At the same time, because of the stable rear base of the Super Industrial Park, Phoenix Auto has always wanted to build a series of sites and equipment such as the internal testing site of the vehicle and the collision testing laboratory.

Projects were established in the super industrial park.

All these changes were seen. When we arrived at the super industrial park, Zhang Feiyang and the main person in charge of the "Unmanned Bus" project team were already waiting for him in the newly built internal testing site.

Zhang Feiyang was naturally standing in front of the crowd. When Hu Lai walked over to the project team members behind Zhang Feiyang, they found several familiar faces, and one of them was Wei Ming, the designer of "Qingluan".

When Wei Ming joined Phoenix Group, he was just an unknown little designer. Later, he became popular because of the independent design of "Hurricane No. 1" and Dali tricycle, and then participated in the design of "Qingluan".

Although "Qingluan" is not super amazing in appearance, it is also above the level, which also makes Wei Ming emerge in the industry. As the new generation of Phoenix Group's main designer, it is not surprising that he participates in the design of the "unmanned bus" project.

Hu Lai looked at Wei Ming and nodded from the air, saying hello.

After Hu Lai met everyone, Zhang Feiyang pointed to the circular test road in front of him and introduced the test site to Hu Lai first.

"Boss, this is part of our internal comprehensive test site."

"This ring road was first completed, mainly to test the durability and reliability of the vehicle. The test site for other working conditions is still under construction, and it is expected that it will be delivered and used in less than half a year."

Nodded Hu Lai.

A few days ago, he was busy with lithography machines, and today it was the first time he came to the internal testing ground of Phoenix Automobile in person.

Hu Lai is still clear about the situation of the entire comprehensive test site.

According to the comprehensive test site planned by Phoenix Automobile, the total length of the road has reached 28.4KM, including highway sections, ramps, curves, wading, mountain roads and other complex working conditions. At the same time, the test site also has extreme working conditions and various limits.

The test site, the circular road in front of you is obviously just one of the test contents.

He looked at the circular road in front of him. There were several Phoenix cars being tested on the road. He pointed to a vehicle he had never seen before and turned to ask:

"Feiyang, that car is..."

Zhang Feiyang smiled slightly and said:

"This is the supercar we are about to launch. It is now undergoing the final durability test and is about to be launched."

While the two were talking, a green and white bus with round shape also slowly drove out from the circular road and stopped in the stop area not far from everyone.

Hu looked at the "unmanned bus" not far away, which was the main purpose of coming today.

He walked over quickly and observed the appearance design of the "unmanned bus" close up. The actual car effect looked more pleasing to the eye than the information.

Hu looked at the designer Wei Ming beside him and asked curiously:

"Wei Ming, your design is pretty good."

Wei was obviously a little flattered, and he didn't expect that Hu Lai and Hu would suddenly praise him. He walked out of the crowd in a slight moment, shook his head and said:

"Mr. Hu, this project was not designed by me, but by our colleague of our design department designer Xiao Yao."

"I'm here too today and I'm here to study."

Now, Hu Lai was a little surprised, and Zhang Feiyang, who was standing beside him, quickly introduced:

"Boss, this is designer Xiao Yao."

"Our 'unmanned bus' was made by the beautiful designer Xiao Yao. She and our designer Wei Ming formed two design teams. She is the design director of another team and recently joined us Phoenix Auto."

"Today, colleagues from our brother's company, BYD Design Department, came to our Phoenix Automobile for exchanges, so designer Wei Ming brought them to visit."

As Zhang Feiyang finished speaking, Hu Lai first looked at the new beautiful designer Xiao Yao, and then the BYD designers who came to study.

He felt a little different from his feelings. It has to be said that Phoenix Auto is indeed becoming a powerful automobile company at a speed visible to the naked eye. Phoenix Auto has the ability to attract top talents in the entire industry.

Hu Lai generously welcomed the designers from BYD, and then praised the designer Xiao Yao, and finally returned to the "unmanned bus" in front of him.

He looked at the "unmanned bus" in front of him. What made him suddenly become more interested just now was the solar panels on the roof of the car.

He looked at the solar panels on the roof and asked:

"Feiyang, Director Zhang just introduced to me, saying that we are now using solar panels on the 'unmanned bus'. Solar charging can achieve a battery life of 20KM in one day?!"

As soon as Hu Lai finished speaking, Zhang Feiyang nodded immediately.

"Boss, that's true."

"This time we specially cooperated with the domestic leading photovoltaic company, Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd., to specially manufacture a batch of solar panels that fit the roof of our 'unmanned bus'. The final test results did reach a 20KM range."

Hu Lai thought in his heart, and subconsciously felt that the range of only 20 kilometers per day was too small.

Before he could say it, Zhang Feiyang continued:

"For a long time, traditional solar panel conversion efficiency is low, with a power limit of only a few hundred watts, and even the car air conditioner cannot be carried. Although many new energy vehicles claim to have solar panel charging, they are actually gimmicks."

"This time we used the latest generation of 'Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.'s technology, which greatly improved the conversion efficiency of solar energy, which achieved a 20KM battery life per day, far exceeding other domestic solar panels."

"but……"

Zhang Feiyang's explanation surprised Hu Lai. According to Zhang Feiyang's opinion, it is already a high-end solar energy technology to achieve 20KM battery life per day?

In doubt, he pricked up his ears and listened carefully to Zhang Feiyang's next words.

"Boss, although we have achieved a 20KM battery life, the cost is indeed a bit high."

“We are not completely sure whether we need to adopt this solar panel charging technology on ‘unmanned bus’.”

Hu Lai was even more confused and asked:

“The cost is a little high?”

“Yes, the cost is even higher!”

Zhang Feiyang replied:

"Boss, the latest solar panels we use are not only the latest technology, but also because in order to perfectly fit our curved roof, the production process is also more difficult."

"Just like this solar panel with a roof price is nearly 50,000 yuan."

"When every bus is in full sun, it can save 20KM of battery life every day. Calculated by one kilometer of one kilometer of electricity, it actually saves 20KW and 20 yuan."

"In other words, the 50,000 yuan solar panels take 2,500 days to make a profit when the charging efficiency is the best every day, and it will take 7 years..."

"In fact, there will definitely be various maintenance problems during use, so we are considering whether to use such solar panel design on the 'unmanned bus'."

Hu Lai was stunned and then fully understood Zhang Feiyang's thoughts.

To put it simply, this is the issue of product positioning or product strategy.

The "unmanned bus" made by Phoenix Automobile must be introduced to the market. The first factor to consider when introducing it to the market is commercialization.

At present, the launch of this technology is definitely more harmful than good for bus companies. It takes 7 years to cover the cost of 50,000 yuan of solar panels under the best sun. This cost-effectiveness is not a matter of high or low, but a problem of no cost-effectiveness.

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I believe that even the bus company at a cost price is definitely not willing to purchase this function.

but.

From the perspective of technical reserves and technological leadership, the technical development of technology will definitely outweigh the disadvantages of applying such an unmature or low-cost-effective technology to "unmanned buses".

Hu Lai was thinking, and Zhang Feiyang took a step forward and opened the door of the "unmanned bus".

Hu Lai stepped on the "unmanned bus" under Zhang Feiyang's guidance, and Zhang Feiyang continued:

"Boss, it's not just a matter of solar panels, but it's not entirely decided whether we use the steering wheel on this 'unmanned bus'."

Hu Lai's thoughts were pulled back. He looked closely and saw that there was no traditional steering wheel in the original driving seat in the "unmanned bus".

The entire carriage is consistent in front and back, and the inside is like a subway carriage. The only difference is that there is a dozen inches of LCD screen in front and back of the carriage, which shows the current speed of the bus and the road conditions.

Hu Lai is thinking about several technical directions of the world's unmanned autonomous driving technology. One is the most common unmanned autonomous driving with a steering wheel. This method is to allow manual intervention when the unmanned autonomous driving technology is immature.

This way to make up for the shortcomings of autonomous driving technology.

Another is Google's unmanned autonomous driving technology, which not only cancels the steering wheel, but also cancels the brakes and accelerator pedals, completely adopts a solution that is controlled by the computer and does not intervene manually.

In terms of the current commercialization level, even Phoenix Automobile’s “Qingluan” adopts a steering wheel and manual intervention. However, now, the “unmanned bus” project team adopts another mode, no steering wheel mode.

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Hu Lai didn't know the idea of ​​the "unmanned bus" project team, nor did he know which plan was correct and in line with the trend.

Even so, so far, all unmanned autonomous driving companies around the world cannot be 100% sure whether there is a steering wheel or no steering wheel solution is the final historical development trend.

In an instant, I thought about it.

This is the problem that an enterprise needs to face after reaching the industry.

Previously, in the field of family cars, Zesla had already told all new energy vehicle companies with its own sales that the best commercialization in the field of family cars is the best way to have a steering wheel and unmanned autonomous driving mode.

Now, in the field of unmanned automatic buses, Phoenix cannot cross the river by touching any company, and Phoenix can only cross the river by touching the stone.

What is the future market direction of the "unmanned bus"? Will the country Zheng Ce force a steering wheel in the future? Will even the solar panel technology just now become a trend? These items require Phoenix Automobile to explore by itself.

Go to market and experiment.
To be continued...