According to the comprehensive foreign news report, the Volkswagen Group has built eight advanced technologies through its R&D institutions in Silicon Valley, mainly focusing on the field of automotive intelligent interconnection, which will be put into use within five years. The new technology will help the public and other IT giants such as Google compete for leadership in the development of automotive intelligence.
Volkswagen pushes cutting-edge intelligent technology
A few days ago, Volkswagen's ERL (Electric Research Laboratory) engineer at Silicon Valley's Electronic Research Laboratory told the media that Volkswagen's vehicles with advanced technologies such as autonomous driving and automatic parking will be put into the market within five years. ERL's goal is to integrate Silicon Valley's latest electronic innovations into Volkswagen's complete vehicle products, ensuring that it is at the forefront and highest point of the car's development trend.
IT companies have been tempted in recent years and are eager to get involved in the automotive industry. On the one hand, Apple Carplay, Google Android car system Android Auto, BlackBerry QNX, etc. become the network platform of the various automobile alliances. On the one hand, Google autonomous vehicles run ahead of the vehicle company. To this end, last week, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz jointly called for the car company's own data platform, although the public CEO Wen Deen reason is that consumer privacy may be damaged, but the speech is seen as the same as the IT giant to compete for the development of the car.
After the above comments sparked a hot discussion, less than a week, Volkswagen engineers broke the news again, and the source of technology is the hometown of IT and Internet companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook, Silicon Valley, the tit for tat.
Among the advanced technologies that Volkswagen will launch in the next five years, foreign media listed eight as typical, focusing on areas such as autonomous driving, intelligent and automotive interconnection. Autopilot technology now occupies a very large proportion in mass research and development, and the car-aware environment, smartphone app, and innovative security features are also the focus of development.
The following are the eight representative technologies.
1. Traffic Jam Pilot - the first step of self-driving
Traffic jams were unveiled on an Audi A7 concept car shortly before, and will be put into mass production on the next-generation Audi A8 in 2016. This feature is capable of taking full control of the vehicle at 40 mph.
It is reported that Volkswagen's automatic driving technology has so far been tested in the United States for tens of thousands of miles. In fact, the name of the system, Auto-pilot, is related to the aeronautical autopilot system.
The automatic driving system consists of a laser sensor, a laser scanner, a surround camera and an ultrasonic detecting device, and most of them belong to the prior art for new functions. Jörg Schlinkheider, head of driving assistance systems at ERL Labs, said that the technology being developed by Volkswagen is scalable and can be used in both entry-level Volkswagen compact cars and top-class Audi A8 luxury cars.
Schlinkheider explained that in addition to sensors and cameras, cars also need to be equipped with high-definition maps to help the vehicle judge when the line of sight is poor; complex algorithms are used to solve scenarios such as concept input and analog overload. All of this information will belong to the "decision system" - an ECU electronic control unit that is similar in size to the iPad.
2, automatic parking system
The Volkswagen automatic parking system is also expected to be available in 2016. If a suitable parking space can be found, the technology allows the driver to park the vehicle outside the car via a smartphone. Even if the distance between the car and the car is only 20 cm, it can still work. Volkswagen said that smartphone operation is very important, and if the system detects a danger, it can immediately control the evasion.
3, Steering-wheel mounted touchpads
In the early days of development, the touch screen was located on either side of the steering wheel and was designed to allow the driver to enter commands via the thumb. One of the important aspects of the research focuses on the potential of globalization, when a simple English or Western European letter can become an instruction.
4, car networking
Volkswagen hopes to develop a car-vehicle network association in the next five years, allowing vehicles to "chat" each other and exchange important functional information, such as traffic conditions, to improve traffic conditions and safety performance.
5, 3D printing
ERL Labs is already exploring 3D printing, and like other companies' 3D printing applications, it can be exempted from mold opening and small batch production in the early stages of new products, thus accelerating product development. The prototype cycle for 3D printing is measured in hours, while it was previously calculated in weeks.
6, iBeetle app
At present, the iBeetle app has been able to fully integrate iPhone functions on the Volkswagen Beetle, but ERL will also expand its application. This feature can be used to send Weibo or Facebook in the car, and can read videos and pictures.
7, Photo Souvenir photo intelligent processing
The GoPro waterproof and shockproof camera is mounted on all corners of the vehicle and is shot every 5 seconds. Take a two-hour trip as an example. A total of 6,000 photos will be taken, resulting in a 32GB amount of data. It is not easy to carefully select a satisfactory photo. However, vehicles with Photo Souvenir can help the owner pre-select photos with certain hints, providing a smaller range of photos for further selection by the owner.
This function actually reflects the vehicle's ability to identify and adapt to the owner's preferences after receiving a small amount of guidance.
8, smart accessories
Accessories such as bicycles and surfboards can be connected to the vehicle via a cloud system, and once stolen, the system will alert the owner via a smartphone or smart watch. The ultimate goal is to increase the level of association between all items.
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