As Haoyu Technology's high-end autonomous driving technology is installed on more and more vehicles, this technical solution has also become the leader among several international high-end autonomous driving technologies, occupying the high-end autonomous driving market. The share is also increasing year by year.
Therefore, although Haoyu Technology does not manufacture cars, its influence in the automotive field, especially in the field of new energy vehicles represented by electric vehicles, is also increasing year by year.
So this time when the first L4-level intelligent driving regulations were formulated, the relevant departments found them. Of course, Wu Hao and others warmly welcomed this, and also sent elite soldiers and generals in this field to participate in the formulation of the entire regulations.
For them, it is more about providing technical support and reference, and formulating detailed technical standards for L4 level intelligent driving.
To put it simply, it is to develop a unified technical standard for L4 level intelligent driving. After all, various manufacturers and technology development companies have developed so-called L4-level intelligent driving, but this is only a standard set by them. Specifically, whether the L4-level intelligent driving technology they have developed can reach the true L4 level. As for the technical standards for intelligent driving, this is still unclear because there are no more unified and detailed technical standards.
Now that regulations have been formulated, there must be a set of true and reliable unified standards as the basis for the formulation of L4-level intelligent driving regulations.
In other words, only through this unified L4 level intelligent driving standard, that is, the national standard car companies and technologies, can this L4 level intelligent driving system be used in the car. Companies that fail to meet the requirements cannot carry and use L4 level autonomous driving technology, and can only downgrade to use L3 level autonomous driving technology.
This technical standard is actually not easy to formulate, because each company has its own standards. How to unify these standards is a huge problem because it involves the interests of each company.
If the standard is set too low, it will affect the development of domestic autonomous driving technology and industry, and if the standard is too low, it means that the entry threshold is lowered, so the safety risks will be greatly increased.
However, if the standards are set too high, the technology of most companies will be out of reach, which will easily form a monopoly among some companies and is not conducive to the development of the entire industry. Therefore, the scale of this standard must be grasped well, not only to ensure the quality of the entire standard, but also not to raise the threshold too high.
Therefore, for this standard, various companies are speculating very fiercely, especially many companies that are not so confident in autonomous driving technology, and they are speculating like crazy.
As the leaders here, Wu Hao and the others are very calm. No matter how they fight, it will not hinder their interests in the end.
However, they had not been spectators for too long, and the leaders would not allow them to quarrel like this, so they immediately appointed representatives from several companies as persons in charge to assist in the formulation of this set of standards.
Therefore, although they are not too willing to be the villain, but the leader ordered them to do it, they can only bite the bullet and do it.
Fortunately, there are several companies besides them, and through discussion, these companies can resolve many disputes. After much discussion and consultation with the industry and all parties, they decided to set the standard higher.
On the one hand, this can promote the development of domestic autonomous driving technology and lay the foundation for the development of future L5-level fully autonomous driving technology. On the other hand, it can also improve the safety of L4-level autonomous driving technology.
However, this standard should not be set too high, otherwise it will dampen the enthusiasm of other car companies to enter and develop.
Therefore, around the formulation of this standard, it can be said that dozens of large and small demonstration meetings were held, and finally after a vote, such a set of plans was produced.
This set of standard solutions has also been highly recognized by relevant leaders and experts. Everyone agrees that this set of standards is in line with national conditions and is in line with the current level of autonomous driving development.
The formulation of standards also laid the foundation for the drafting of regulations, and further revisions and modifications were made based on the actual situation, the implementation of L3 level autonomous driving regulations in recent years, and related problems encountered.
In the end, with everyone’s efforts, this set of L4-level intelligent driving regulations was finally finalized. The next step is to publicize and solicit opinions from all walks of life. However, this is generally not a big problem. The makers of this set of bills are all professionals in the entire industry, so there is basically no problem.
Even if there are some minor problems, they can be modified slightly and will not affect the overall situation.
Although Wu Hao and others knew that this draft set of L4 intelligent driving regulations would be released, the impact of its release was beyond their expectations.
The first is that the stock prices of various car companies have risen significantly, and have reached the county-wide daily limit. As a participant in the formulation of regulations and an in-depth participant in the field of autonomous driving technology, although Haoyu Technology is not listed, its subsidiary Haoyu Aerospace is a listed company, and its stock has risen a lot due to this impact.
The reason why the stock market reacted so hugely is because the promulgation of L4-level intelligent driving regulations has a far-reaching impact, which also means that the domestic automobile and transportation fields have officially entered the field of high-end autonomous driving.
This also means that many industries that were illegal and impossible to operate in the past will also start under the formulation of this set of regulations.
For example, in the simplest field of autonomous driving, with the support of this set of regulations, high-end autonomous driving technology will no longer be a patent for passenger cars, but will extend outward to cover other work vehicles.
Among them, the most profound impact is undoubtedly on large freight vehicles. The autonomous driving technology of freight vehicles has always been the focus of the research and development of various autonomous driving technologies, and it is also an important direction for the development of various freight logistics companies.
However, limited by relevant laws and regulations, progress in this area has been relatively slow.
And because of the special characteristics of freight vehicles, such as over-length, over-height, and over-weight, they have higher requirements for autonomous driving technology. It is precisely the freight logistics industry that needs autonomous driving technology the most, because freight vehicles have relatively long driving distances, long driving times, and difficult driving, so it is easy to drive while fatigued.
In fact, many major traffic accidents are caused by improper driving of freight vehicles. Therefore, the freight logistics industry urgently needs a set of reliable autonomous driving technology to assist drivers in driving and avoid various traffic accidents caused by improper driving.
However, the technical difficulty in this area is huge. Although there are many car companies developing it, no one has been able to come up with truly practical autonomous driving technology.
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