On February 10, the California Transportation Authority DMV released the latest 2021 full-year autonomous driving data, and The top self-driving companies in China and the United States continue to occupy the top of the list. Among the top 10 companies in California in terms of fleet size, AutoX Antu, Xiaoma Zhixing, Wenyuan Zhixing, and Didi were listed.
In the report, the MPI of autonomous driving takeover mileage is one of the core measurement indicators of autonomous driving technology, reflecting the comprehensive annual mileage and takeover number, which is considered to be a more objective and quantitative measurement method than the test driving experience in the industry.
It is reported that California has the largest number and longest number of autonomous driving companies in the world, collecting a large amount of test data every year, and the California DMV is also the first issuing agency for full driverless licenses. In 2020, Antu obtained the world's second fully driverless license in California, and in 2021, Baidu, Wenyuan and Xiaoma also obtained this license.
At this stage, logistics trucks and park cars driving in a specific low-speed environment are the main scenarios for the application of autonomous driving technology, and roboTaxi driverless taxis have greater difficulties in terms of technology, cost, and policy permits. For autonomous driving companies, providing autonomous driving travel services through mass production models is the only way to achieve commercial applications.
Previously, Xiaoma Zhixing laid out three business lines of Robotaxi, RoboTruck truck and passenger car assisted driving, and launched assisted driving solutions for passenger cars; Wenyuan Zhixing also launched a manned Wenyuan minibus Robobus, a self-driving light passenger Robovan Robo, and a Swayper unmanned sweeper around the urban scene; Baidu autonomous driving also launched a robotTaxi radish fast run, assisted driving ANP, L2 to L4 autonomous driving such as minibus RoboBus Apollon and truck DeepWay have fully blossomed.
It remains to be seen whether these attempts to broaden the landing scenario can truly generate commercial value, but with the in-depth development of autonomous driving technology, the technology of the head enterprise has begun to achieve landing application in specific areas.
In addition, from the perspective of the actions of the industry's leading players, full unmanned driving without security officers will become the next development trend. In December 2021, the US driverless company Waymo announced that it will launch a steeringless self-driving taxi zeek in cooperation with Geely and put into production in Detroit A factory for L4-level autonomous vehicles; the American company Cruise's model Origin also removed the steering wheel and achieved the production and testing of the first 100 model models in 2021.
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