At present, intelligent networked new energy vehicles with automatic driving as the ultimate goal have attracted more and more attention in the mainland, but the maturity is still insufficient. Zeng Qinghong, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE Group, put forward the "Proposal on Accelerating the Development of Intelligent and Connected New Energy Vehicles" during the two sessions of the National People's Congress in 2021, suggesting that supporting infrastructure construction should be strengthened and efforts should be concentrated on solving the problem of "charging difficulties" of new energy vehicles. Nandu reporter recently learned from the reply of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that the mainland will promote the release and implementation of charging interface related standards as soon as possible, appropriately advance the deployment of standard research and formulation, accelerate the release and implementation of the "Intelligent Networked Vehicle Road Test and Demonstration Application Management Specifications (Trial)", and adhere to the strategy of promoting the synchronous promotion of intelligent networking.
The representative suggests
Accelerate infrastructure construction and technological innovation
Zeng Qinghong said that at present, the mainland's intelligent networked new energy vehicles are mainly new energy vehicles (such as electric vehicles) and low-level intelligent networked vehicles (assisted driving) such as L1/L2, and there are still many problems in their practical applications.
Taking new energy vehicles as an example, the problem of "difficulty in charging" is the most prominent problem that plagues users and affects the experience. First, the lack of public charging facilities for new energy vehicles, holidays, especially the Spring Festival, National Day and other peak periods of return to the hometown due to long traffic jams, insufficient power can not support long-distance driving and lead to the news of electric vehicles breaking anchor in the middle of the road occurs from time to time; second, the fast charging technology is not perfect, the current relatively common domestic ordinary fast charging equipment takes 40-60 minutes, and slow charging takes 8-10 hours, which is a strong contrast with the situation that fuel vehicles can be refueled as long as it takes 5 minutes, which greatly affects the public's willingness to buy a car Third, the installation rate of private charging piles is low, on the one hand, there is no fixed parking space, on the other hand, property non-cooperation and insufficient capacitance in old residential areas are important factors affecting the installation of private charging piles.
Zeng Qinghong suggested that we should strengthen the construction of supporting infrastructure and concentrate on solving the problem of "charging difficulties" of new energy vehicles. The relevant ministries and commissions of the state have strengthened overall planning and planning layout, continued to popularize ordinary fast charging piles, developed high-power fast charging technology, strengthened the construction of private charging piles, and carried out power transformation for old residential areas.
Zeng Qinghong also said that at present, intelligent networked vehicles can only focus on the development of the technical route of "bicycle intelligence" for the time being, and the development process of networking is slow, and it is easy to have a "blind spot" of safety and security. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the technical route of the development of intelligent and connected vehicles and accelerate the development of network sharing technology.
Improve the current traffic safety regulations and recognize the legality of intelligent and connected vehicles
Zeng Qinghong mentioned that the recognition of "intelligent networked driving system" by laws and regulations is not high. The current traffic safety regulations are based on vehicles driven entirely by people, and are not fully applicable to intelligent networked vehicles, and the application restrictions for intelligent networked vehicles are relatively large.
At present, although the state has allowed some intelligent networked vehicles to go on the road, its practical application still faces many legal problems, and it is urgent to revise the existing laws and regulations that do not match the implementation of the development results of intelligent networked vehicles in the field of automobiles and road transportation, and establish a new legal system and regulatory framework for the development of intelligent networked vehicles.
Therefore, Zeng Qinghong proposed to amend the current Road Traffic Safety Law and related regulations to recognize the legitimacy of intelligent networked driving systems and make them match the development of intelligent networked vehicles; the implementation of the proposal to consider the particularity of intelligent networked vehicles and distinguish them from vehicles driven entirely by humans.
At the same time, the intelligent networked car of L2 level and below uses a combination driver assistance system to complete the control of car driving, which is neither a car driven by a completely human, nor a car that is fully autonomous. It can neither be fully applied to the current regulations nor can it be managed in accordance with the regulations for autonomous vehicles. In this regard, Zeng Qinghong suggested that the management of intelligent networked vehicles below L2 level be identified and independently identified from existing management regulations, and the provisions adapted to their road testing and market applications should be added or explained.
Actively promote the rapid development of autonomous driving technology
At present, research on autonomous driving is urgently needed to be tested on highways. Zeng Qinghong said that although the "Specification for the Management of Road Test and Demonstration Application of Intelligent Connected Vehicles (Trial)" (Draft for Comments) issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology at the beginning of 2021 has clearly liberalized the testing and demonstration application of highway scenarios, it is only a principle provision and there is no specific operational guideline. Moreover, this provision is in conflict with the relevant provisions of the current "Road Traffic Safety Implementation Regulations", and in practice, whether the traffic law enforcement department supports it, how to avoid violating the current regulations, and how to coordinate and cooperate with various state departments still needs to be further clarified. In this regard, it is necessary to improve the relevant policies and regulations of the current road testing of autonomous vehicles, increase support, reduce the capital cost of enterprise research and development and the time cost of testing, and liberalize the testing and demonstration application of highway scenarios to better promote the development of the industry.
In addition, Zeng Qinghong mentioned that the development and application of autonomous driving technology need to pass a large number of tests to verify and improve the safety performance and maturity of the technology, and suggested accelerating the preparation and release of technical standards related to autonomous vehicles.
The development of intelligent networked vehicles requires good road conditions, Zeng Qinghong pointed out that the current road construction and maintenance methods bring many challenges to intelligent networked vehicles. Therefore, it is of practical significance to strengthen the standardization of road construction and maintenance, the operation network, and the protection of road safety. On the one hand, standardize the standards and behaviors of road construction, maintenance and maintenance; on the other hand, promote the networking of construction and maintenance team operations.
Department response
Ministry of Science and Technology: Continue to promote the rapid development of intelligent driving car technology
In its reply to the proposal, the Ministry of Science and Technology said that it will consider the key core technologies of new energy vehicles, including charging technology, and focus on strengthening scientific and technological research in key technologies and equipment for efficient collaborative charging and replacement, such as key technologies for cloud interconnection of vehicle piles, planning methods and orderly charging management technologies, key technologies for high-power wireless charging, and key technologies for rapid replacement of power batteries, so as to provide technical support for the construction of new energy vehicle charging infrastructure and the large-scale promotion of new energy vehicles in the mainland.
For promoting the rapid development of autonomous driving technology, the reply proposes that it will focus on the new electronic and electrical information architecture, complex environment fusion perception, risk quantitative cognition and learning, intelligent decision-making and flexible high real-time operating system, expected functional safety technology, wire control chassis platform, etc., strengthen the research and development and deployment of intelligent driving, vehicle network integration and related infrastructure support technologies, and continue to promote the rapid development of intelligent driving vehicle technology in the mainland.
For the improvement of the technical route of the development of intelligent networked vehicles, the reply proposes that it will fill the gap in the overall design theory and method of the top level of the vehicle network integration system, tackle key technologies such as high-precision positioning, cloud control platform, learning-type automatic driving system, high-precision automatic driving dynamic map and Beidou satellite fusion positioning, etc., and effectively support the integration of new energy vehicles with transportation, energy and cities, and continue to promote the healthy and orderly development of intelligent networked vehicles in the mainland.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Strengthen departmental coordination and improve the policy environment
Regarding the acceleration of the preparation and release of technical standards related to autonomous vehicles, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in its reply to the proposal that it will take the construction of the "14th Five-Year Plan" technical standard system for intelligent and connected vehicles as the goal, innovate the working mechanism, strengthen the integration of resources, appropriately advance the deployment of standard research and development, improve the matching degree and adhesion degree between standards and industrial development, and strongly support the research and development and industrialization of intelligent and connected vehicles.
Regarding the improvement of the relevant policies and regulations on the road testing of autonomous vehicles and the establishment of a cross-regional mutual recognition mechanism for license plates, the reply pointed out that the implementation of the "Management Specification for Road Testing and Demonstration Applications of Intelligent And Connected Vehicles (Trial)" will be accelerated, supporting industry institutions and enterprises to conduct road tests on a larger scale, carrying out demonstration applications in a variety of scenarios, further promoting data sharing and mutual recognition of results, encouraging the exploration of commercial development models, and accelerating the industrialization process.
Regarding the improvement of the technical route of the development of intelligent networked vehicles and the acceleration of the development of network sharing technology, the reply proposes that it will adhere to the strategy of synchronous promotion of intelligent networking, accelerate the research of key core technologies, strengthen the construction of network infrastructure, deepen test demonstration and pilot work, and promote the high-quality development of the mainland automobile industry.
In addition, for the development of high-power fast charging technology, the reply said that actively organize the National Automobile Standardization Technical Committee to accelerate the formulation of high-power charging standards, has proposed a revision plan for charging interface related standards, is organizing the industry to carry out sample development and test verification, and strengthen communication and coordination with the energy industry, promote the release and implementation of relevant standards as soon as possible, and support the development of high-power charging technology.
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