[Explanation] Baidu announced on December 26 that it will expand the commercial operation of fully unmanned autonomous driving in Wuhan on a large scale. At the same time, the operating hours of fully unmanned autonomous driving in the Junshan New City area of Wuhan Economic Development Zone will be further expanded to 7:00 Until 23:00, it fully meets the needs of citizens for night travel.
[Explanation] The reporter took the Baidu Apollo unmanned vehicle from Wuhan Economic Development Zone Artificial Intelligence Technology Park to Hubei Youth Innovation Park that day.
After getting in the car, the passengers sit in the back seat and fasten their seat belts, click the start button, and the fully unmanned self-driving vehicle will drive smoothly into the driving lane.
When the vehicle is running, the two electronic screens behind the front seats display the vehicle's route in real time.
Tap the screen to view maps, play music and videos.
During the driving process, if the vehicle encounters a car or pedestrian in front, it will automatically slow down and avoid it; when it encounters a traffic light, it will automatically stop and pass.
[Concurrent] Citizens
The speed is not so fast, but it is still relatively stable, including the lane change and turning, etc., which is also relatively stable, so people feel relatively at ease. I think more and more people should choose such a way of travel .
[Explanation] Wang Chong, chief brand officer of Baidu's intelligent driving business group, introduced that the daily order volume of unmanned vehicles launched in Wuhan can reach more than 10, and the number of high-frequency users continues to increase.
[Concurrent] Wang Chong, Chief Brand Officer of Baidu Intelligent Driving Business Group
Our bicycle service is more than 10 orders, which is comparable to the capacity of ordinary online car-hailing cars and private cars, and even exceeds the general travel vehicles. Therefore, it can be seen from this data that users really accept Self-driving travel, such a brand-new way, has more and more trust in our products and technologies, and more and more recognition of our safety.
[Explanation] It is reported that the self-driving travel service platform "Carrot Run" was launched in Wuhan Economic Development Zone in May, and the first fully unmanned self-driving commercial operation in China was launched in August, and then cross-regional traffic was realized in December. Unmanned driving at night, Baidu Apollo joined hands with Wuhan to create the "Wuhan Speed" of unmanned driving.
[Concurrent] Wang Chong, Chief Brand Officer of Baidu Intelligent Driving Business Group
One is the expansion area. What is the expansion area? It refers to the further expansion of our coverage area, which has reached 130 square kilometers. The second refers to our increase, that is, the number of our fleet is constantly increasing. It can be said that it has increased by five times, reaching more than 50 vehicles, and will continue to increase investment in the future. The third is the increase in time, which means that our operation period is getting longer and longer. It can be said that this time in Wuhan It has become the first area in the country to carry out fully driverless operation services at night.
[Explanation] At present, intelligent networked vehicles are an important direction for the development of Wuhan's digital economy.
As one of the most active areas for innovation in the automobile industry in central my country, at present, various types of intelligent network connection test roads in Wuhan have exceeded 400 kilometers, ranking among the top in the country.
Reporter Zou Hao reports from Wuhan, Hubei
Editor in charge: [Sun Jingbo]