Netizens broke the news:
On May 14, in Hefei, Anhui Province, a man drove a Xiaopeng car on the highway, taking his hands off the steering wheel and playing with his mobile phone in the process; The passenger in the back seat was very flustered when he saw this, and reminded the driver that he should drive safely, but the driver said that the vehicle was "autonomous" and "nothing happened".
In response, the customer service of the Xpeng Motors brand responded that the response was very unprofessional and even irresponsible.
Its customer service said:
The vehicle has intelligent navigation assisted driving function, but it is not recommended to operate this way, and the driver needs to pay attention to sudden road conditions at all times, and the behavior of stepping on the steering wheel with both feet is very dangerous.
This response objectively described the danger of the driver's driving behavior with both feet on the steering wheel, but did not directly answer the driver's incorrect description of the so-called "autonomous driving" of his vehicle; At present, none of the vehicles sold to users in the individual market have autonomous driving functions, and the so-called intelligent driving of all vehicles is only "assisted driving", and the intelligent assisted driving systems of all vehicles only meet the L2 standard.
All Xpeng models are no exception, so the fact is that there is no car with full self-driving capabilities, and vehicles that only meet the L2 standard are not allowed to operate this way, but not recommended.
A problem arises
Why does the driver say, "This is autonomous driving"?
Any vehicle with only L2 intelligent assisted driving function is not a self-driving car in the true sense, as a car user should be enough to understand the intelligent driving level of the vehicle, otherwise it will inevitably be misused due to misunderstanding in the process of using the car, and any wrong use may cause serious traffic accidents.
If the driver is aware that the vehicle only meets the L2 standard and still drives the car in the manner described above, his conduct should fall within the scope of the crime of dangerous driving, and there is even a fine line between the crime of endangering the public by dangerous means. Conversely, if the driver thinks that the vehicle is capable of autonomous driving from the time of purchase, then who told him that the vehicle can drive itself?
A common problem among today's smart car manufacturers is to blur the name of the L2 intelligent driver assistance system.
Taking Xpeng Motors' XNGP intelligent driving system as a reference, who knows what words XNGP is an abbreviation? A misty name is easy to misunderstand car owners, coupled with the misdescription of some terminal salespeople who exaggerate the promotion for the sake of orders, and there will be more and more drivers who unknowingly develop dangerous driving habits. In the description of the car's intelligent assisted driving system, the most irresponsible, and even extremely bad definition must be "high-level intelligent driving"! The literal meaning of high-end is easy to misunderstand, thinking that the car has a high level of intelligent driving ability, and the high level is associated with the height to a certain extent, and the high level of automatic driving is L4 level! At present, there is not a single mass-produced commercial vehicle that meets the L3 standard.
So can these automakers really change concepts at will?
Epilogue:
The highway is not a testing ground, driving a vehicle on the road must require a cautious driving attitude, under the premise that smart cars do not have the ability to truly drive themselves, no car brand should use "high-end intelligent driving", "city pilot" or "high-speed pilot" and other names that can be interpreted in a variety of ways to define. The name of the intelligent driving system of all vehicles should clearly indicate the technical level and actual capabilities that the vehicle actually complies with, such as "L2 urban road/highway assisted driving", otherwise it is irresponsible to the car consumer.
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