The future belongs to intelligent vehicles

The future belongs to intelligent vehicles

Be prepared for the imminent auto storm

Although the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a broader definition for intelligent vehicles, which is accepted by many countries, cars as a whole can be classified into five grades. If a manually driven car is grade 0, a fully self-driving car will be grade 4.

A grade-4 car should have a perfect combination of environmental perception, decision-making and automatic control. For example, Google's driverless car, which many are familiar with, could self-drive only on special roads such as the Fourth and Fifth Ring Roads in Beijing, so it should be classified as grade 3. Theoretically, a self-driving car should not need a human driver.

Intelligent car technology is being developed to improve road safety. Studies show many accidents are caused by drivers' negligence, and intelligent vehicles can help achieve harmony among motorists, cars and road.

Grade 1 and 2 intelligent vehicles have already achieved industrialization. In fact, Google plans to launch its driverless car in 2018, with General Electric and BMW following in 2020. Chinese companies, on the other hand, plan to launch grade 3 vehicles between 2020 and 2025.

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