Chapter 1501: A Test That Attracted Much Attention
"I said, Brother Bai, has your smart car project been successfully developed?"
When the EMP smart car had a sudden accident during the test, and the video and news of successfully stopping to avoid an accident went viral on the Internet, Bai Ningyuan's side was also quite lively, and almost in an afternoon, his phone was about to be blown up.
Most of them are related personnel of each other's car companies, especially some who are good friends with Bai Ningyuan, such as Li Shufu on the other end of the phone at this time.
Like EMP, Li Shufu, who is also the boss of one of the largest private car companies in China, is no stranger to Bai Ningyuan's smart car plan, after all, when Bai Ningyuan launched this plan, it shocked many people.
Although unmanned driving technology sounds cool, the public has always had one or another concern about how to accept it, after all, they will always have one or another concern in their hearts when they hand over their safety to a machine.
In addition, the amount of money to be invested in the research of unmanned driving technology is not a little bit of a star, you don't see that there are so many institutions and teams abroad, and after so many years of research and development, it has always only stayed in the laboratory stage, and I have never heard of any country that has applied this technology to reality.
In this way, it sounds cool to study this unmanned technology, but it is not cost-effective.
Geely's previous acquisition of Volvo consumed a lot of money, and now there are still a lot of foreign debts that have not been repaid, coupled with the investment required for Volvo's follow-up research and development and the related improvement and research and development of Geely's new models, they have to use money everywhere, and every penny has to be spent on the blade, so they can't afford to think about these anymore.
However, Li Shufu still admired Bai Ningyuan's boldness.
Although there are also institutions in China that are researching, they are more scientific research in nature, based on commercial development, and EMP is the only one.
After this project caused a shock in the industry, there was no news soon, and the big guys gradually forgot about it, and they didn't expect that after more than three years, EMP's project was actually successful.
Although I don't know how the specific performance is, but from the emergency treatment at that critical moment, it is enough to prove the reliability of its performance, at least in the eyes of many professionals, if it is with the human reaction speed and the control of the vehicle, the accident is almost difficult to avoid, and because of the instinctive reaction, the human driver will subconsciously slam the steering wheel, not only can not save the child, but also is likely to cause an overturning accident, or hit the vehicle on other lanes, thereby further expanding the accident.
In a short period of time, the only thing that can react like this is a system that has programmed everything.
It has to be said that in many cases, the extreme calmness of machines can make more advantageous and delicate operations than humans.
"Well, I just got out of the laboratory and the simulation field stage, and today is the first time to carry out the road test, who would have thought that such a thing would be encountered, and it was exposed. Bai Ningyuan on the other side of the phone said helplessly.
He does feel a little distressed now, the original EMP smart car project has always been carried out in secret, originally he was going to wait until tomorrow's long-distance experiment was successful before announcing the results, after all, sometimes it is not a good thing to expose in advance, but now it has been poked out all of a sudden, attracting attention, at this time, in case the long-distance driving experiment fails, then what kind of situation will become of public opinion next, it is difficult to predict.
People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and that's what they say.
"Anyway, you guys are really good, the performance is so strong, I've seen it on the video before, seriously, in that case, if it's a person, it's probably impossible to react, your system can actually do this, it's really surprising, it's estimated that the industry has exploded now, tsk, the first car company in China to develop unmanned driving technology, or for commercial use, you say, how many guys who take money and don't do their jobs are ashamed!" Li Shufu on the other side of the phone spoke again.
"Actually, I'm on the verge of being called out, and this is probably the fifteenth call I've received this afternoon. When he said this, Bai Ningyuan's head was full of black lines.
"Forehead......" Li Shufu on the other side of the phone heard Bai Ningyuan's words, and he didn't know what to say at this time, but he couldn't help but set off a wave in his heart.
I have long known that EMP's action will definitely cause a sensation in the industry, but I didn't expect that the impact would be so strong, not to mention anything else, from these fifteen phone calls, it is enough to see the attitude of other car companies towards this matter.
In the past, unmanned driving technology only existed in the category of scientific research, so domestic car companies basically didn't care too much, even a few years ago, when EMP announced that it would carry out research and development of smart car projects, everyone still didn't take it seriously, and even more people were laughing at EMP's inadequacy.
Is this unmanned driving technology so simple to be developed? And in the current environment, even if it is developed, where will they promote it? Can the people accept such a setting and hand over their own safety to a machine to control?
Obviously, this is unrealistic, so for EMP's high-profile decision, other car companies are more just waiting and seeing, and even to some extent, are still waiting to see EMP's jokes.
EMP can be said to be a wonderful flower in the domestic industry of domestic automobile companies, film and television with the unpopular electric vehicle industry has sprung up, and has successively done a lot of things that other car companies dare not think of, reaching the height they dreamed of, so that other car companies are simply disgraced, so I don't know how many people, behind their backs, they all hope that EMP can be planted.
"Anyway, now you have reached a daunting point, too, like us private car companies, only by constantly strengthening their own strength, can they protect themselves more, in this regard, you are in the forefront of private car companies. When Li Shufu spoke, he carried a lot of emotion.
Once upon a time, EMP was just a rookie in a car company, a little-known junior, but now, in just a few years, it has grown into such a behemoth, and the speed of its rise can be described as magical, which can be called a "EMP miracle".
Moreover, there are many things that are worth learning from EMP, such as innovation.
Li Shufu's phone call is enough to represent the current attitude of many car companies towards this time.
What happened this morning, like the speed of light, continues to spread on the Internet, not only caused heated discussions, but also attracted the attention of many media, after all, this is enough to change the domestic travel environment, bravely climb the world's scientific and technological peak, and reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents, which is also an achievement that many foreign scientific research teams cannot achieve.
Especially after the CCTV news report, it can almost be said that it expressed its attitude towards this matter from an official point of view, and also set a tone for this matter, so under the order of countless media executives, many reporters had to immediately buy flights to Feiqin Island and rushed to Langya overnight.
To the surprise of many people, on the flights to Qindao from various large cities in China, especially in the capital city of Feiqin Island, for example, almost more than 50% of the passengers on it are reporters from major media, and their purpose is almost the same, that is, to get the EMP tomorrow's long-distance test as soon as possible.
While the staff of the EMP smart car project are sorting out the data collected today and making final preparations for tomorrow's long-distance test, those media reporters are also busy for tomorrow's test.
The next day, when Bai Ningyuan came to the front of the EMP gate, he was immediately startled by the sea of cars in front of him, and in addition to the sea of cars, there were crowds of people, with thousands of people, each with long guns and short cannons in their hands, were gathering in front of the door of the EMP, looking like they were waiting for battle.
At this time, Bai Ningyuan suddenly realized that the plan to secretly conduct a long-distance test today had obviously been lost, so many eyes were staring, and it was simply impossible to keep a low profile, and the original experiment, under such multimedia attention, became a live broadcast.
Originally, it was just an ordinary test, but in the current situation, the nature is completely different, in the past, whether the result was successful or failed in the end, for the staff of this project team, it was just a verification case and a bunch of data, but now, they have to think about what kind of public opinion storm will happen to EMP that is almost on the altar in the end, if the experiment fails in the end, or if there is any accident, then EMP, which is now almost on the altar, will encounter what kind of public opinion storm.
So much attention invisibly cast a huge layer of pressure on their hearts, making them feel breathless and very uncomfortable.
But things have developed to the present, even if they are reluctant, they can only continue, otherwise, they will be tantamount to offending so many media in front of them, which is a serious price that EMP cannot bear, so the arrow is ready to be sent and has to be sent.
At nine o'clock in the morning, under the watchful eyes of countless media reporters, the EMP smart car, which had successfully completed the first test yesterday, started slowly, and then drove out of the door of EMP smoothly.
Although I had seen it on the video yesterday and had the corresponding psychological preparation in my heart, I have to say that when I saw the driverless car driving so skillfully, the reporters present still couldn't help but feel a heartfelt shock......
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