Driverless Taxi Survey|Will Ride-hailing and Taxis Be Replaced? Many drivers said they were not panicking

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2024-07-11 22:25Posted on the official account of Shandong Poster News

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01 The commercial operation of unmanned driving has attracted attention, and many taxi and online car-hailing drivers said that they are not panicking at present, and it is too early to worry about being replaced by unmanned driving.

02 Drivers believe that unmanned driving technology is not yet mature, and places with many people cannot run during peak hours, and may face the impact of passenger orders in the short term.

03However, Master Xue and other practitioners said that unmanned vehicles are still deficient in dealing with uncertainties and emergencies, such as temporary changes in itinerary and drunk passengers.

04 On the other hand, it will take some time for the promotion of driverless taxis, and the current price is low in order to seize the temporary market.

05Drivers are concerned that they may have nowhere to go when driverless vehicles gradually crowd out the ride-hailing market.

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Poster News reporters Zhao En, Liu Jingyi, Wen Luyi reported from Shanghai and Wuhan

Recently, the topic of unmanned commercial operation has attracted wide attention, will the online car-hailing and taxi industry be impacted? What do practitioners think? From July 9 to 11, Poster News reporters interviewed several taxi and online car-hailing drivers in Shanghai and Wuhan, Hubei Province, and they all said that they were not panicking at present, and they were worried that it was too early to be replaced by unmanned driving.

Many drivers believe that unmanned driving is not yet mature

On July 9, an online car-hailing driver in Wuhan told a poster news reporter that the number of orders has decreased recently, but it is not greatly affected by driverless taxis, because he has not found how many people ride, "Autonomous driving is still immature, and places with many people cannot run during peak hours." ”

Master Cao in Shanghai has been driving a taxi for more than 20 years and has experienced the rise and impact of online car-hailing. On July 11, in an interview with a poster news reporter, Master Cao said that he and many peers believe that with the development of science and technology, unmanned driving will develop more and more successfully, but at present, it will take at least a few years to promote.

"It can't replace us." On July 10, Master Xue, who has been driving online car-hailing in Shanghai for three years, told a poster news reporter that he is basically optimistic about the impact of unmanned driving on the online car-hailing industry.

Master Xue introduced that in the short term, there is indeed a reality that the number of passenger orders will be impacted, but at present, many passengers who choose driverless vehicles just have a cheap or curious attitude to experience it, but the actual ride-hailing experience is not necessarily more comfortable than online car-hailing, and the degree of humanization of the service is also very different.

"For example, on a rainy day, I can go into the community to pick up passengers, can I go in and pick up unmanned drivers? Can it tell the depth of the stagnant water? If there is too much luggage and the passenger can't hold it, can the unmanned driver help him carry it? Master Xue believes that these advantages are not available to the machine for the time being, especially for the elderly and minors, unmanned driving may not be more convenient.

Reporters experience driverless cars in Shanghai

On the other hand, the ability to cope with uncertainties and emergencies is also a key factor affecting the large-scale promotion of unmanned vehicles. Taking Baidu's Radish Express as an example, the official website says that in order to deal with the emergency situation of passengers, the Carrot Express vehicle provides SOS services, if passengers suddenly feel unwell, after pressing the SOS help button, the remote cloud cabin will respond in real time to help the vehicle park safely, and can dial 120 to send passengers to the hospital.

So, what about when faced with a more contingent situation? For example, if a passenger has to change their itinerary at short notice, or if a drunk passenger suddenly wants to vomit, the driverless vehicle may not be able to handle it properly.

Master Cao also mentioned that if there is a phenomenon of congestion and road rage, how should unmanned vehicles respond? In addition, he also mentioned the problem of inaccurate line navigation, sometimes encountering the navigation software can not identify the line, often can only rely on the driver's experience to deal with, "like the use of unmanned technology in the bus can be considered, every day to run a line, each station is fixed." However, there are many people on the bus, and the risk of an accident is too great. ”

There are also concerns behind optimism

Behind the optimism, practitioners represented by Master Xue also revealed some uneasiness, he said: "Shanghai's online car-hailing and taxis are already saturated, and there must be enough drivers and cars. A platform like the one I'm running on now is much worse than the first two years. If this market is occupied by unmanned driving again, why do so many drivers go? ”

According to the data of the Ministry of Transport, in 2023, the passenger traffic of taxis (including cruise taxis and online taxis) in Shanghai will reach 1.075 billion, a year-on-year increase of 105.8%, the fastest growth rate among statistical cities. From January to May 2024, the number of taxi passengers in Shanghai has reached 430 million, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%.

The Ministry of Transport announced the national urban passenger traffic in 2023

According to the statistics of the online car-hailing regulatory information interaction system, as of May 31 this year, a total of 351 online car-hailing platform companies across the country have obtained online car-hailing platform business licenses, and a total of 7.033 million online car-hailing driver licenses have been issued in various places, an increase of 460,000 from the end of 2023.

According to China News Weekly, in the face of whether unmanned driving has robbed taxi and online car-hailing drivers of their jobs, and whether it will replace the driver's voice, the relevant person in charge of the Wuhan Municipal Transportation Bureau said: "Wuhan's (taxi) automobile industry is relatively stable, and there are many rumors on the Internet. ”

In Master Xue's view, it will take some time for the promotion of driverless taxis, and the current price is low in order to seize the temporary market. "In fact, it was the same in the early stage of the development of online car-hailing, after the source of customers was pulled, the price began to rise." On the other hand, he can't help but worry that when taxis are impacted, practitioners can still "switch" to the online car-hailing track, and when unmanned driving gradually crowds out the online car-hailing market, where can drivers go?

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