The Light of Domestic Products: The whole world begs me to sell

Chapter 232 Vehicle-road Collaborative Technology Implementation

Just as the other side of the ocean was still weighing whether to loosen the blockade on Huawei Group, Zhang Feiyang and the "unmanned bus" project team were in full swing for the final sprint.

After Hu Lai personally made the decision, the thinking of the entire project team was quickly unified, and all the ideas of the plan were finalized.

For the solar panels on the "unmanned bus", the project team no longer entangled with the cost issue, and launched two models of buses, a normal version and a solar version.

Among them, the solar-powered version of the bus took into account the cost-effectiveness of the bus company’s operation. The cost of the 5 yuan solar panel Phoenix Motors was only calculated at 3 yuan, and the extra 2 yuan was borne by Phoenix Motors.

In this way, solar panels that originally cost 5 yuan and took more than 7 years to pay back now only need to be operated for more than 4 years to pay back, and the service life of a bus is obviously far longer than 4 years. With such subsidies, A solar-powered version was immediately attractive to bus companies.

The model adopted by the "unmanned bus" did not cause controversy anymore, and finally adopted the method of "no steering wheel" + "remote intervention" + 5G network communication, and first promoted it in cities with 5G coverage.

At the same time, in response to the lack of 5G in third- and fourth-tier cities, the project team also began to try the method of "steering wheel" + "remote intervention" + 4G network communication.

soon.

After a few days of sprinting with all the efforts of the project team, the first batch of "unmanned buses" finally completed the performance and function debugging of all remaining projects.

Zhang Feiyang immediately notified the bus company and the leaders in charge of the city. Next, the bus company only needs to confirm that there is no problem with the model, and then mass production can be carried out according to the negotiated contract order.

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In the Phoenix Automobile office.

"Mr. Zhang, the bus company has officially responded to us. They are scheduled to inspect and accept our industrial park in two days."

"The city also gave an answer just now, and they will come with the people from the bus company in two days."

In the office, Zhang Feiyang's assistant Xiao Lin was reporting the latest situation with excitement.

Zhang Feiyang nodded, finally feeling a little more relaxed.

However, he was still not careless, and after thinking for a while, he continued:
"Xiao Lin, you will notify the project team of the scheduled time and let them prepare."

"By the way, please give me all the information on 'unmanned public transport', especially the 'vehicle-road coordination' technology, and I'll take a look to make sure there are no mistakes."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Feiyang attaches great importance to the "unmanned bus" project, even more than super sports cars.

Although a super sports car sounds more high-end and more expensive, its essence is just a personal private car for ordinary customers, which is a personal product.

The "unmanned bus" project is not a simple vehicle research and development project.

Especially this time, not only various cameras and lidars are used on the "unmanned bus" to ensure the operation of "unmanned automatic driving technology", but also for the first time, "remote intervention" and "vehicle-road coordination" technologies are equipped for safety. .

It is no exaggeration to say that this time the "unmanned bus" is not only selling a car, but also a whole set of "vehicle-road coordination" system construction.

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Two days passed quickly.

In the Fenghuang Automobile Industrial Park, a green and white Fenghuang brand "unmanned bus" was quietly parked in the center of the factory building, and many people were discussing its surroundings.

This time the bus company led the team by Lu Ming, the vice president. Although the bus company has always had a dedicated person to contact Fenghuang with other bus development matters, it is still very fresh for the leaders to see the real bus with their own eyes.

"The design level of Phoenix Motors is really good. This unmanned bus is very recognizable and has a sense of technology!"

"Mr. Lu, you are right. This unmanned bus can be distinguished from our existing buses at a glance. The 12-seat bus is also very suitable for urban sightseeing and night unmanned buses."

The leaders of the bus company and the city leaders are quite satisfied. The high-tech shape can not only be used as a unique city card of Shancheng City, but also can be distinguished from the existing buses in terms of practicality.

After looking around the "unmanned bus", the leaders and members who came to check and accept walked into the car one after another, and they were even more amazed when everyone came into the car.

The spacious and bright cabin is full of technological atmosphere, and a lot of glass is designed to better watch the scenery outside the car.

In addition, the front and rear 16-inch LCD screens in the car, the car's own WIFI, voice assistant and car charging interface make the entire "unmanned bus" design full of technology and humanity.

After some introduction, both the bus company and the city leaders are quite satisfied with the "unmanned bus".

After Zhang Feiyang finished introducing all the functions, the differences between the two sides fell on "vehicle-road coordination".

Zhang Feiyang has long expected that there will be differences in "vehicle-road coordination". After all, "vehicle-road coordination" is not a simple function, but the construction of the entire system.

Seeing that it was not possible to talk well in a few words in the factory, Zhang Feiyang did not delay, and invited the leaders of the bus company and the city to the meeting room together.

After everyone was seated, Mr. Lu Ming of the bus company first started talking about the topic.

He looked at Zhang Feiyang:

"Mr. Zhang, the performance data and safety of the 'unmanned bus' produced by you have met our requirements. We are very satisfied."

"It's just that the 'vehicle-road coordination' function you proposed requires the 'road-based transformation' of the 'unmanned bus' lines, and the creation of a 'vehicle-road coordination' platform. I can't directly confirm this."

At this time, Lu Ming frowned slightly. He heard Zhang Feiyang explain the "vehicle-road coordination" technology in detail just now, and he immediately realized the problem.

It is undeniable that the "vehicle-road coordination" technology is very good, but it requires the installation of a large number of infrastructures on urban roads. A set of these devices is expensive. One or two bus lines are okay, but once there are more lines, the The cost is simply unaffordable.

Obviously, such a project is no longer within the capability of the bus company.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming paused for a moment, then turned to look at the city leader Xu Guangming who came with him.

"Xu Ju... what do you mean?"

Xu Ju, as the leader of the Traffic Management Bureau, looked at Zhang Feiyang after a moment of contemplation and said:
"Mr. Zhang, we are also very satisfied with Phoenix's 'unmanned bus', but..."

"If you follow what you said, not only do you need to install various sensing devices on the bus operation roads, but you also need to build a cloud control platform and an edge computing platform. Such costs are unacceptable to us."

"I would like to ask, if the 'vehicle-road coordination' function is not required, can the 'unmanned public transport' work normally?"

Zhang Feiyang nodded.

"Of course it works."

"Our 'unmanned bus' is equipped with 2 sets of cameras and 2 sets of lidar, even if there is no 'vehicle-road coordination' function, it can realize unmanned automatic driving."

"However, if the 'unmanned bus' is equipped with the 'vehicle-road coordination' function, it will not only improve operational efficiency, but also improve operational safety..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ming waved his hand very simply:
"Mr. Zhang, to tell you the truth, our bus company has a budget for purchasing buses."

"The 'road informatization' you mentioned requires too much equipment on the road side. I simply calculated that the cost has far exceeded our budget."

"So, we may not be able to equip a platform specifically for the 'vehicle-road coordination' system..."

Seeing that Lu Ming was about to reject the "vehicle-road coordination" function, Zhang Feiyang was not in a hurry.

He had anticipated such a situation a long time ago, and took out another plan from the conference table with a smile and said.

"Mr. Lu, Bureau Xu, we have also considered the difficulties of our bus company, so we specially prepared another cooperation plan."

"The entire 'Vehicle-Road Collaboration' system platform can be built by our Phoenix Automobile. Not only the cloud platform construction, but also the road equipment construction can be fully covered by us."

"but……"

As soon as Zhang Feiyang finished speaking, Lu Ming and Xu Guangming were a little surprised. Phoenix Motors paid for the "Vehicle-Road Coordination" system?
You know, not to mention the cost of cloud technology, even the purchase of road equipment is not a small fee.

The two looked at each other, and then turned their attention to Zhang Feiyang.

"Our requirements are not high. We hope that our bus company and the city can provide some convenience during the construction of road equipment."

"Of course, we can also promise that once the 'Vehicle-Road Coordination' system is completed, we will provide the 'Vehicle-Road Coordination' function for free in the future whenever our bus companies buy our 'unmanned buses', so as to guarantee the bus routes to the greatest extent." safe operation!"

free? !
Lu Ming and Xu Guangming were surprised, and after a brief shock, they quickly figured out the business logic behind it.

Phoenix Auto wants to take advantage of the opportunity of cooperation with the bus company to build a "vehicle-road coordination" system in the mountain city?
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The "Vehicle-Road Coordination" system implemented by Phoenix Automobile itself was not a plan that Zhang Feiyang came up with.

Nowadays, the development momentum of "vehicle-road coordination" is huge, but because the technology industry chain involved is too wide, covering network operators, equipment manufacturers, cloud servers, edge computing, image processing, high-definition maps and major car companies, this leads to It is very difficult to understand the "vehicle-road coordination" technology.

Until now, the entire concept of "vehicle-road coordination" exists on paper, and there is no unified industry standard in the entire industry.

Not only is there a lot of content involved, but there are also many participating companies.

Major car companies are doing it, major Internet companies are doing it, and even telecom and mobile are providing solutions, but.

All the solutions do not have a unified commercialization idea in the end.

To put it simply, the "vehicle-road coordination" technology needs to invest in basic equipment, such as roadside AI cameras, signal receivers, and radar detectors. Are these equipment invested by the local government, or are they handed over to several operators like broadband? After the operator builds the network, it will charge the customers who access the network?

With a series of uncertain commercial profits and too many companies involved, the development of "vehicle-road coordination" technology is actually slow.

Therefore, after Hu Lai and Zhang Feiyang considered it, they decided that Phoenix Motors would take the opportunity of "unmanned public transportation" to directly enter the construction of road equipment.

The initiative to provide free "unmanned buses" this time is also Phoenix Auto's active strategy. As I said before, although the main source of information in "Vehicle-Road Synergy" is roads, cars are supplemented.

However, once the "unmanned bus" vehicle with a fixed route provides information on road blind spots, it can also greatly supplement the "vehicle-road coordination" technology, and eventually form an all-round vehicle with "road informationization" + "unmanned bus" road synergy.

And most importantly.

Phoenix Group itself has its own edge computing platform and a mature cloud control center. The cost of the "vehicle-road coordination" system is not high. Once the "vehicle-road coordination" system is built, it can be directly applied to Phoenix shared cars or even On "Green Luan".

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Under the condition of free, the bus company and the city reached an agreement with Phoenix Motors early in the morning of the third day.

Phoenix Motors will start the "road informationization" transformation of two night buses, and the bus company will provide sufficient convenience.

After confirming the order, the "unmanned bus" project team started to move. All major equipment suppliers received business cooperation emails from Phoenix Motors.

Yanguo Telecom...

Dahua, Hikvision, AutoNavi Maps...

Almost all companies with core technologies in the "vehicle-road collaboration" have received Phoenix Auto's procurement information. All supply chain companies that have received the news dare not neglect, and havetened to send professional technical teams to Shancheng City to build "vehicle road coordination" system.

Soon, a week after the specific plan was finalized, with the assistance of all suppliers, Phoenix Auto’s "Vehicle-Road Collaboration" platform was established, completely opening up the three-terminal interconnection of the car-road-cloud, and two networks covering Kowloon The night bus lines in the slope area have also been transformed.

The sudden appearance of equipment on the roadside bus station has caused a lot of discussion among the citizens of the mountain city. When everyone was guessing, the Phoenix Group suddenly released various technical parameters of the "vehicle-road coordination" system in the mountain city. In the future, all cars using this parameter will have It can be connected to the Phoenix "vehicle-road coordination" network through the vehicle-mounted "vehicle-road coordination" function.

At this time, Phoenix Motors also began to announce to the outside world that it will provide solutions for all domestic car companies with in-vehicle "vehicle-road coordination" functions.

Just when many car companies thought that Phoenix Group was only entering the "vehicle-road coordination" market, a shocking news came suddenly.

[Mountain City's first unmanned night bus is about to start trial operation! 】

[According to reliable sources, the unmanned bus at night comes from Phoenix Motors' new unmanned bus technology! 】

As soon as the news came out, netizens all over the country sent congratulatory messages.

"Damn it, many car companies haven't even figured out autonomous driving, and Phoenix even has unmanned buses?"

"There are no buses at night? My tortoise, this is another time when Shancheng City is ahead of the whole country."

"I envy the real-name system, the citizens of Shancheng City are so fucking happy..."

"I can no longer tell whether a mountain city is a first-tier city..."

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PS: There is no charge for the following words.

As an important landing project of 5G, vehicle-road coordination technology will also be an important application of smart cities in the future, so I will write a little more here.

But even if I wrote more, I couldn't explain the vehicle-road coordination more thoroughly. (In fact, writing this chapter also feels like being sprayed with water...)
In the end, the author is summing up.

Vehicle-road coordination is actually the difference between China and the United States in their future autonomous driving technology routes. Because the United States has sufficient advantages in the chip industry, the idea of ​​​​Google and Zesla is bicycle intelligence to maximize bicycle intelligence.

China has infrastructure and network advantages to develop vehicle-road coordination technology, but vehicle-road coordination has high requirements on the network, and there is still no way to achieve full network coverage in high-speed, mountainous areas, etc., so the application of vehicle-road coordination technology scenarios is still limited. .

Looking at it now, it is impossible to know which method the market will choose in the future, but because of the space priority, the idea of ​​vehicle-road coordination technology is here, and the author will mention it again if necessary in the future plot.

(End of this chapter)