[Explanation] "Wait for the red light, avoid pedestrians, transfer at fixed points..." Recently, a uniquely shaped L4 self-driving bus "Xiaoyu" with no cockpit was in the street near the "Financial Island" in Zhengzhou, Henan. Shuttle through lanes, transfer to L3 self-driving bus from the pick-up point to the connecting point. The time is accurate to the second level, so that smart travel is not bad every second.

  Reporters take the L4 self-driving bus. It has no cockpit, 8 comfortable leather seats, and a variety of sensors on the body, which can realize automatic driving without manual operation.

It is understood that the automotive industry divides the level of auto driving automation into levels 0 to 5, from level 0 emergency assistance to level 5 fully autonomous driving.

  [Concurrent] Li Gaopeng, Dean of an Unmanned Bus Technology Research Institute

  "Xiaoyu", in addition to the functions of super cruising, dynamic obstacle avoidance, crossing traffic, and automatic parking of conventional L4 self-driving buses, through 360-degree all-weather all-weather technology, intelligent decision-making technology, intelligent diagnosis technology, remote driving technology, Created the industry's first self-driving bus that supports operation without safety officers.

  [Explanation] After arriving at the station, you can transfer to an L3 self-driving bus, which can run along the "Financial Island" to achieve circular operation.

  [Concurrent] Li Gaopeng, Dean of an Unmanned Bus Technology Research Institute

  Yutong intelligently drives public buses, with L3 automatic driving capabilities, (with) functions such as super cruising, precise parking, intersection traffic, and vehicle-road coordination.

We not only have smart cars, but also smart roads, and we can make urban travel more efficient and safe through vehicle-road collaboration.

  [Explanation] Compared with L4 self-driving buses, why do L3 self-driving buses need safety officers?

Li Gaopeng said that L3 self-driving buses are built according to the application scenarios of urban arterial buses. The purpose is to reduce the driving labor intensity of bus drivers and improve the safety and comfort of operations.

  [Concurrent] Li Gaopeng, Dean of an Unmanned Bus Technology Research Institute

  For buses with L3 autonomous driving, I think this type of product cannot leave the safety officer, because the car is pulling dozens of passengers, the operating environment is more complicated, and the operating mileage is very long. This kind of product is ours Positioning is to improve the safety of vehicles through autonomous driving technology.

  [Explanation] Arriving at the unmanned factory station, the safety officer of the self-driving bus leaves the car, and the car can be automatically parked and charged.

After charging, the vehicle will start again according to the cloud control platform.

  [Concurrent] Wang Zhen, a driverless bus engineer

  Our U12 pure electric passenger car is equipped with some smart devices such as lidar. The car is equipped with 350 kWh of electricity and can travel 300 kilometers with the air conditioner turned on. The current charging bow is fully charged in one hour.

Vehicles are parked and charged in this parking space, including one-button start.

  [Explanation] According to Li Gaopeng, their 5G smart travel plan focuses on six aspects: smart cars, smart roads, smart platforms, unmanned stations, cloud-controlled platforms, and automatic charging to implement the construction of an urban smart travel transportation system.

Through intelligent driving medium-volume bus lines and self-driving microcirculation bus lines, the microcirculation lines are connected to the lines in the "Financial Island" to form a smart public transport network.

This is also the country's first intelligent driving bus line to achieve commercial normal operation.

  [Explanation] So far, the operating mileage has exceeded 70,000 kilometers, the average operating speed has doubled, the vehicle punctuality rate is 100%, and the entire operating time has dropped from 70 minutes to 40 minutes.

  Reporter Li Chaoqing reports from Zhengzhou, Henan

Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]