Digital Kingdom

A: Brother, I'm going back from Shanghai,

B: Pay attention to safety on the road and bring some Shanghai specialties.

A: OK, hey, specialty?What special products can Shanghai have,

B: Shanghai Volkswagen,

A: Get out...

This is Zhao Ziming's first impression of Shanghai Volkswagen.

Volkswagen cars running all over the street, earthy shapes.

Zhao Ziming was a little surprised before, why the SAIC General Trade Union participated in this artificial intelligence symposium.

After all, the two sides are a little far apart. A traditional car company and an Internet upstart have almost no intersection.

Hearing Zhang Ying's intentions, Zhao Ziming was stunned.

It turned out to be autonomous driving.

This global hot spot has attracted a lot of attention from inside and outside the industry.

Countless resources are put into it, and countless fights are going on.

In the future, autonomous driving will completely replace manual labor, and this day is coming soon.

Affected by Tesla, traditional car companies have made efforts in the field of intelligent driving.

The lack of reputation at this stage is also due to industry characteristics.

In the Internet industry, there are even stories about PPT entrepreneurship.

In traditional industries, it is generally done first and then said, and only after the results have been achieved, it is promoted.

For example, in 2013, SAIC Group formed an alliance with AVIC in the field of autonomous driving.

At the Shanghai Auto Show in the first half of the year, SAIC demonstrated its self-developed intelligent driving car iGS.

iGS observes the surrounding environment through the camera and radar, and then transmits the road condition data to the control software for analysis and gives instructions.

After road test identification, iGS can initially realize functions such as remote control parking, automatic cruise, automatic following, lane keeping, lane changing, and autonomous overtaking.

According to the classification of autonomous driving technology by SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) and NHTSA (United States Highway Safety Administration), iGS has reached Level 3 autonomous driving.

Roughly speaking, cruise control belongs to the first level.

The second level is partial automation, and the driver can take over at any time. Tesla's ModelS is the second level.

At the third level, the driver can do something else, read a book, and conditionally automate.

The fourth stage, highly automated driving-the automated driving system completes all driving operations, and the driver does not need to take over the vehicle.

The most advanced: just set the departure place and destination, you can cancel the steering wheel.

It seems that iGS has a higher degree of automation, but the two are not comparable. One is a trial product and the other is already on the market.

Although SAIC has developed iGS, it does not produce energy, and everything is empty talk.

"Being able to cooperate with SAIC is also a rare learning opportunity for us. How to do it requires further understanding of both parties. In principle, there is no problem."

Zhao Ziming thought about it and said sincerely,

Zhang Ying came forward through Deputy Mayor Xu, hoping to get the support of the digital group in the field of artificial intelligence and realize the big leap development of intelligent driving.

SAIC’s vision is to achieve level 5 intelligent driving in ten years’ time and is currently independently developing the second-generation MGiGS.

However, time waits for no one, and traditional car companies and Internet giants have made arrangements.

Google, Apple, and Nvidia in Europe and America; Baidu, Tencent, and Ali in China; SoftBank in Japan.

Tesla, Uber, Mobileye, FaradayFuture, etc...

Although SAIC is strong, it is nothing compared to other competitors.

Even in China, BAIC, Changqi, Yutong, BYD, and NIO are all accumulating strength.

SAIC wants to get ahead, even more difficult, not to mention, overwhelming the crowd.

Especially for the automotive industry, the future of autonomous driving is a necessity, not a core competitiveness. If you don’t have one, you will be eliminated directly and there is no room for struggle.

SAIC naturally seizes every opportunity. As soon as the Digital Group launched artificial intelligence, it made him aware of an opportunity.

The core of autonomous driving lies in intelligent judgment, and in this regard, the Digital Group is an expert.

"Haha, learn from each other, learn from each other", a big rock fell in Zhang Ying's heart.

Before he came, he was not very sure, Zhao Ziming might not have taken a fancy to this business.

Say big or not, say little or not.

For the average entrepreneur, more than enough.

For Zhao Ziming, it's not worth mentioning.

However, since he wanted to seek cooperation, Zhang Ying never fought unsure battles, and studied Zhao Ziming early.

He discovered that it may be because of his youth and enthusiasm. Zhao Ziming always likes to lead things, either not doing it or just being the boss.

Although it is a matter of mutual benefit, Zhang Ying is not very sure this time.

SAIC certainly cannot give up the initiative, this is its bottom line.

Digital Group can only serve as a technology provider and belongs to a subordinate position.

Zhao Ziming is really a little nervous about whether he is willing to cooperate.

however.If you don't give it a try, and you are not reconciled, cooperation cannot be achieved by external forces.

SAIC has strong wealth and connections to crush the digital group, but it is of no use. It can't cooperate with the digital group.

Zhang Ying was introduced by Deputy Mayor Xu. After the meeting, he expressed his intentions. Fortunately, the results were not bad.

For a person like Zhao Ziming, since he has agreed to cooperate, he will naturally not be inconsistent.

The general direction is set, and professionals are naturally responsible for specific matters.

"Speaking of which, in the field of autonomous driving, there are still more domestic innovation opportunities",

After talking about the business, Zhang Ying started chatting.

"The main reason is that the domestic auto industry has just begun to develop, the first-tier supplier system has not yet been solidified, the monopoly is not enough, and the degree of conservativeness is not enough, there is a lot of room for breakthroughs.

In Europe and the United States, outsiders have almost no way to intervene in the car production process. The first-tier suppliers of major auto companies have cooperated for more than several decades, which is equivalent to a closed circle. Outsiders have no chance.",

Zhao Ziming also understands this aspect.The big reason why he agreed with SAIC's plan is also due to this.

The automotive industry in Europe and the United States is very conservative. Generally speaking, major automakers cooperate with their own first-tier suppliers for research and development, many of which are even century-old stores.

If it is not a Tier 1 supplier, it is almost impossible to assemble the product into the car.

Even if the artificial intelligence of the Digital Group is invincible in the world, it can only cooperate with the domestic automobile industry at this stage.

Since Zhang Ying has already found the door, she can’t help but give her face,

The Digital Group has only just begun to contact the industry, and there will be some places in the future that need help from the other party.

Through this cooperation, we can learn something and lay a solid foundation for the next development.

Moreover, intelligent driving involves many problems, not just hardware and software problems.

Laws and policies are a big challenge. How to apply for roads and whether to allow unmanned driving? In this regard, the old SAIC Group has more advantages.