"Hey! Isn't this voice smart assistant a little too smart?"
"That is, we have never used Xiaodu Xiaoai elf, right?"
"It's real, this is definitely an 'artificial' intelligence."
"If you have the guts, call the customer service!"
"Everyone, please understand that for the sake of the show's effect, I just prepared a few questions in advance to heighten the atmosphere. It's not a big deal!"
"The gimmick is gone. The guy who went up there must be a dog bearer, right?"
Listening to the discussion below, the reporter in the car rolled his eyes.
Doesn't he know whether he is a dog keeper or not?
Looking at it just now, there is almost no delay in the reply. It is hard to imagine the speed that the "human customer service" in the background can edit the answer on the spot and then convert it into a robot voice reply.
It took more than this time just to type these words, so it’s not like the other party is a tentacle monster, right?
This "Bajie"...is a bit evil...
While everyone's attention was immediately attracted by "Bajie", the faces of the three children were solemn.
Laymen, your focus is obviously skewed, okay?
Price! Price is the key!
"How much did the other party just say? 6.98w?" Xiaopeng looked at his two companions with a constipated look on his face.
"Is it a mistake? Can it be sold at this price? Even if the worst materials are used, the price will be lost to grandma's family, right?"
"The key is the auxiliary driving equipment, which is the bulk of the cost! A lidar alone costs 50,000 to 60,000 yuan!"
The three of them were confused and confused.
If the other party can still make a profit at this price, how low will the production cost of the entire vehicle be?
You wouldn’t buy a lidar and get it for your car, right?
"Uh...you think...could the other party be following Tesla's technical route?"
"How is it possible! Even we can't do it!"
As we all know, the current mainstream technical routes for vehicle assisted driving are camera vision, millimeter wave radar, and laser radar.
Among them, lidar has the highest cost, millimeter wave radar is only about one-tenth of lidar, and pure vision has the lowest cost.
Although future autonomous driving technology must be "multi-sensor collaboration", for now, the simpler the sensor, the lower the cost, and the higher the algorithm and technical requirements. This is an unavoidable fact.
Tesla is based on "no lidar dependence" and emphasizes the optimization of algorithms to achieve advanced assisted intelligent driving by relying only on cameras + millimeter wave radar.
It does not need to know what the obstacle is, it only needs to know that the obstacle exists, that is, it can perform the next step!
In terms of technical strength, it is very difficult for vision solutions to achieve L2 (Tesla level) autonomous driving. Many domestic high-tech companies have tried it, but none of them succeeded.
For example, Baidu, which was the first to start researching autonomous driving, has been exploring the fusion solution of lidar + vision for many years. It was not until 2017 that it began to explore pure vision technology.
It’s not that pure vision is better than a lidar solution with greater safety redundancy, it’s simply because the cost factor is too high.
Comparing a 2-megapixel camera that costs tens of yuan with a lidar that costs tens of thousands of yuan each, doesn’t that drive the research and development of this technology?
The three new forces of Xiaopeng and classmates currently use the entry-level solution of lidar + high-precision map, so the price of the designed model cannot be lower than 15w.
However, with a price of more than 15w, it can only achieve entry-level autonomous driving, and has no competitive advantage in front of traditional fuel vehicles. This is the embarrassing situation that intelligent new energy vehicles currently face.
Technology and cost are the biggest factors for Tesla to rely on the edamame series to make a killing on a global scale!
"Haha! It seems that you have some doubts about the theme of our press conference today. So, let's invite another guest to the stage to experience our 'talking car'!"
At this time, Mr. Bao on the stage, faced with the questioning voices of the crowd, took the initiative to change the guest.
"Come on, come on, Dog Tow No. 2 is about to appear!"
"No matter how many times you replay the play, it won't become true!"
"That's right, I can substitute someone, but this time I can't let you, Mr. Bao, appoint the person!"
"Yeah, who knows if he will be an actor again?"
"Then why not let me do it?"
Everyone looked at the figure in the front row who stood up in surprise.
That was none other than our little classmate!
"Eh? Isn't that Mr. He?"
"Yeah, I didn't expect him to come too. The two people next to him... aren't they the two Mr. Lis!"
Naturally, Mr. Bao had already recognized the three people in the front row. After all, there were only a handful of them on the new energy vehicle track, and everyone basically looked up without looking down.
"Haha! It would be great if Mr. He is willing to be a guest for this experience.
No one should think that Mr. He is colluding with me, right?"
"No, no! We can definitely trust Mr. He!"
Finally, a person whose status was recognized by everyone and who would never be a dog sitter came forward, and reporters and guests naturally supported him one after another.
"Thank you!"
Xiaopeng came on stage, thanked him and took the microphone handed over by the previous "guest".
However, he did not enter the cab immediately. Instead, he circled the "Saint Bean Shi" twice...
"Two front and rear cameras, integrated ADAS warning and internal and external driving recorders..."
After some careful observation, Xiaopeng's face was a little twitchy.
This configuration... is not generally low, but too low...
As a car manufacturer, he is naturally very familiar with the structure of new energy vehicles. Not to mention the chef Ding Jie Niu, he can basically tell everything at a glance.
But... let alone laser radar, there are no traces of the installation of millimeter wave radar.
So how does the other party achieve automatic parking?
It can’t be purely visual, right?
He couldn't help but glance at Mr. Bao, his eyes a little strange.
He didn't say anything at that moment and sat directly in the cab.
"Bajie, what are the processor-related configurations of this car?"
To everyone's expectation, the first question he asked was not to test the voice interactive intelligence at all, but to inquire about the car's configuration.
Many people in the audience were confused, but the two companions below nodded repeatedly.
My friend, this is the key question!
[Hello, this car mainly uses Intel chips as its key computing power support.
Including Intel Atom processor, Intel Movidius vision processor, and Intel ALTAI wireless communication module.
In addition, it is also equipped with Renesas Electronics’ MCU control chip and Ericsson’s communication module.]
That's it?!
Xiaopeng glanced at Mr. Bao, his eyes even weirder.
You want to engage in assisted driving with this kind of rubbish configuration? You’re kidding!
If this is possible, then the other party will not only use "pure vision", but also need "low computing power"!
The Edamame series needs to be equipped with millimeter wave radar and advanced chips...
This guy...could he really be making false propaganda at the press conference?
There are so many journalist friends!
Do you really think that the country does not arrest entrepreneurs?
"Haha! I didn't know that this kind of low computing power configuration can also complete the assisted driving function. How did you do it?"
[In autonomous driving, ‘automatic parking’ is a low-complexity simple scenario.
In addition, as you said, our computing configuration is not advanced in the market, so we can only complete this scenario calculation at low speed.
To be continued...