Beijing's high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone granted the corresponding right of way to unmanned delivery vehicles for the first time on May 25, achieving another innovative breakthrough in the management policy of new products in the domestic autonomous driving field.
JD.com, Meituan, and Neolithic became the first batch of domestic companies that obtained the body code of unmanned delivery vehicles and allowed them to be used on public roads in the demonstration zone, and they took the lead in realizing the "certificate" of unmanned delivery vehicles.
Safe driving is a prerequisite for vehicle operation.
In order to avoid affecting road traffic efficiency and driving safety, the functions and performance of unmanned delivery vehicles have strict requirements.
For example, unmanned delivery vehicles should be equipped with various types of sensors, high-performance computing units, a wire-controlled chassis with system redundancy, and intelligent control software and other systems and equipment, which can realize both autonomous driving and external and remote manual operation. "The driving.
For another example, when approaching a curve or intersection with limited visibility, a light or sound warning signal should be issued to remind other traffic participants; under normal circumstances, it is prohibited to pass or reverse in the lane.
In addition, the driving speed of the vehicle is no more than 15 kilometers per hour. In the early stage of operation, each test vehicle should be equipped with an on-site driver and a remote driver, and the driver must be trained by the company before taking the job.
Hundreds of unmanned delivery vehicles have been deployed in the country's first intelligent networked vehicle policy pilot zone, selling breakfast, lunch and dinner in time intervals, or carrying out terminal express delivery at distribution stations, residential areas and major industrial parks.
In the future, Beijing will gradually expand the scale of deployment of unmanned delivery vehicles and provide convenient services on a regular basis.
(Reporter Chen Jian produced Sui Zhiyuan)
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]