Fast Technology reported on October 20 that in Chongqing recently, a resident claimed that he had witnessed an AVATR car automatically driving past and parking in a parking space in his underground garage many times.
This frightened them and thought that there was a huge safety hazard in this operation, and they were worried that if the vehicle broke down or operated incorrectly, it could cause a traffic accident and threaten the safety of pedestrians.
In addition, the resident also mentioned a number of traffic accidents caused by drivers relying on intelligent driving functions, so he hopes that AVATR can cancel the driverless parking function in the community, or even prohibit the use of this function, and has now filed a lawsuit with the car company, hoping that the law will clarify the rights and responsibilities of unmanned intelligent driving.
In response to this matter, AVATR Automobile officially responded to the explanation:
Recently, we have noticed media reports that there is an AVATR 07 in a community in Chongqing that is automatically parked in the garage, and residents are worried about the insecurity and complain to the relevant departments, which has also triggered a series of discussions on the Internet.
Thank you very much for the attention of netizens and the media to AVATAR, we have contacted the relevant people as soon as possible, communicated with each other, and apologized to the relevant residents and car owners.
This event is AVATAR's "parking and driving" function, after the user gets out of the car, the user specifies the target parking space in the parking lot, and the vehicle can go to the target location and complete the parking independently; Users can also "summon" the vehicle to a designated location to "greet" the driver and passengers to board the vehicle.
This function has been fully considered at the beginning of the design, relying on strong perception capabilities, computing capabilities and multiple safety redundancy, the vehicle can autonomously deal with a variety of risk scenarios, can automatically bypass or brake when encountering dynamic and static objects, and can also choose to stop or even reverse according to the situation.
Of course, this feature is still defined as a "driver assistance" function, and the user needs to keep the vehicle monitored and ready to take over at any time via their mobile phone.