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Chapter 1450 Let’s Play Together From Now On

Zhang Qihang smiled and nodded: "If it's just adaptive cruise control, yes, we can do it ourselves, but what we want to do is autonomous driving."

"Autopilot?"

Li Shuai was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "It's... similar to the autonomous driving in Will Smith's movie "I, Robot"?"

  It's 2009 now, and even mid-size sedans don't have cruise control as standard, let alone more advanced adaptive cruise control and autonomous driving. As of 2009, many people believed that autonomous driving would definitely be possible in the future, but that would definitely be to years or even longer. But now, Zhang Qihang actually said to himself that their Huateng Industrial Group was now preparing to work with Qiandu Search to research autonomous driving technology?

"Yes, that is the kind of fully autonomous driving technology," Zhang Qihang nodded with a smile. "I have talked for a long time with my colleagues in the company and friends in the domestic Internet industry such as Fox, and everyone feels that from the perspective of software development, Qiandu Search's capabilities are second to none in China."

Hearing this, Li Shuai couldn't help but smile.

Zhang Qihang's words were a recognition of Qiandu's search capabilities, and he was of course very happy.

"Hua Teng Industrial Group is the strongest company in the field of automotive electronics technology in China. We are honored and very happy to cooperate with you." At this point, Li Shuai asked tentatively: "I just wonder what your general idea of ​​cooperation between the two sides is, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Qihang did not answer this question, but asked Li Shuai: "Mr. Li, with the current automotive electronics technology, how many steps do you think it will take to achieve autonomous driving? Or in other words, at what level do you think the current automotive technology is at?"

This question...

After all, Li Shuai is not in the automotive industry, so if he hadn't prepared in advance, he really wouldn't have been able to answer the questions. But since he had been preparing for a few days, he could still talk about something.

After a moment's silence, Li Shuai said a little embarrassedly: "Mr. Zhang, I am not from the automotive industry, and I don't know much about it. But since you asked, I will tell you my immature opinion, which can be regarded as a starting point."

"Mr. Li, you're welcome."

"First of all, the technical level displayed by the vast majority of current cars is definitely that these cars do not have the ability to drive autonomously. During the entire driving process, the accelerator, brakes, and steering are all controlled by the driver. This level is considered the first level, or even the zero level."

"Well, that makes sense."

Zhang Qihang smiled and nodded.

Li Shuai went on to say: "As for the second technical level, it should be the ability to cruise control. Although the driver is still needed to control the vehicle's throttle, brakes and direction, it does free the driver's feet to a certain extent." Zhang Qihang nodded slightly.

In fact, in the subsequent classification standards for autonomous driving, vehicles with only the most basic cruise control capability will still be classified as L0 autonomous driving, because this system can only set a fixed speed, and the vehicle itself will not automatically adjust the speed according to road traffic conditions. However, as of 2009, it is not wrong to say that cars equipped with cruise control systems have L1 level autonomous driving capabilities. After all, it frees the driver's feet to a certain extent.

  "As for the next level, I think it belongs to the current ACC adaptive cruise control. After being equipped with sensors such as radar or cameras, the vehicle can detect road traffic conditions and control its speed within a certain range.

The next third level is what you told me before. In addition to adaptive cruise control, it can also identify lanes and keep the vehicle in the lane. If there is a sudden situation ahead, it can also automatically switch lanes. However, this stage is still driver-oriented and the system only provides auxiliary functions.

  As for the fourth level, I think it should be when conditions permit, such as on a smooth highway, the vehicle can achieve automatic driving without the driver's control. The driver usually has nothing to do and can even leave his hands on the steering wheel for a long time. He only needs to take over the vehicle in time when an emergency occurs.

As for the fifth level, the vehicle can realize automatic driving in urban areas with complex traffic conditions, even in residential areas, underground garages and other places with the worst traffic conditions, which is the true meaning of "letting the on-board computer help the driver drive."

At this point, Li Shuai said to Zhang Qihang a little embarrassedly: "This is roughly my opinion on autonomous driving. If there is anything wrong, please forgive me, Mr. Zhang."

"Clap clap..."

As Li Shuai finished speaking, Zhang Qihang clapped his hands softly. He shook his head with emotion and said, "Mr. Li, you are too modest. I am afraid that even those of us in the automotive industry may not have the same views as you."

Li Shuai didn't dare to take it seriously and quickly said, "You are too polite."

"I'm not being polite," Zhang Qihang paused and said to Li Shuai, "With the popularity of smartphones, I think the navigation software installed on smartphones will replace traditional navigation software. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that I think with the development of smartphones, 3G technology, and future 4G and even 5G technology, cars will no longer be a simple means of transportation. They will become more and more intelligent and will give rise to more possibilities.

At this time, we need a partner with Internet thinking to work with us to promote the development of the entire industry and technology, which is why I found you, Mr. Li."

  Is that so?

Of course, Li Shuai didn't expect Zhang Qihang to tell him the truth from his heart, but he also knew that what Zhang Qihang had just said were indeed valuable information. Some of them were things he had thought of in the past few days, and some were things he had not thought of in the past few days. After listening to Zhang Qihang say these things that he had not thought of, he was greatly inspired.

Perhaps, after cooperating with Huateng Group, Qiandu Search can get rid of the dilemma that the group's revenue mainly depends on bidding ranking, and truly achieve walking on two legs.

Thinking of this, Li Shuai no longer hesitated, stood up, picked up the wine glass, and said politely to Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, chatting with you today is really worth ten years of reading. It has inspired me and our Qiandu Search for the future development. I toast you a glass and thank you."

After saying that, Li Shuai drank it all in one gulp - this action also meant that Li Shuai accepted Zhang Qihang's invitation to cooperate.