Chapter 116 Driverless smart buses
Nanocomputers and terahertz technology are naturally advanced, but there are three main reasons why they can produce results so quickly.
First of all, it is natural that Sweden has long had a strong accumulation of technology in this area. Sweden has always been a country with strong industry and scientific research, and its investment in scientific research is relatively well-known all over the world. For example, for the research of terahertz, Ericsson has been developing for many years and has accumulated a lot of technical experience, and the same is true for the research of nanocomputers, although it is not as good as the United States' investment in this area, but it is not much worse in terms of technology accumulation.
Secondly, there is the emergence of new nanomaterials, especially high-quality graphene, and carbon isotope materials such as carbon nanotransistors, which allow these technologies to enter actual manufacturing from paper, which can be said to be a technological victory. In fact, this is the case in many developing countries, they may have passed the theoretical technology, but the material technology is not up to the mark, so they can't do it, and they can't do it well. For example, Huaguo's fighter engine is like this, and the submarine engine is also like this, both of which are excellent in theory and technology, but backward in material technology, so the entire manufacturing process is backward.
Finally, the addition of genius brains such as Fedin Harlen, although their total number is smaller than that of scientific research companies such as Saab and Ericsson, they are out-and-out genius elites, and their role is similar to that of a few more Einsteins. With the genius thinking and sleepless fanatical spirit of these people, it is equivalent to adding a catalyst to the scientific research behavior, driving the entire scientific research atmosphere, and accelerating the progress of the entire research and development.
In fact, after Cheng Yuan visited those laboratories, he found that those ordinary scientific researchers who had never eaten green flash, or even blue flash, also burst out with a surprising vitality under the drive of Ferdinharun and other disciples. For example, those scientific researchers, almost all of them eat and live in the research institute, most of them have not been out of the gate of the scientific research institute for a month, and have become classic otaku, even if the scientific researchers who have gone out, they rarely go home to see, most of them go to purchase materials and the like, and they come back soon after they are done.
Seeing the working conditions of those ordinary, not ordinary scientific research workers, Cheng Yuan couldn't help sighing, who said that foreigners are uncles, who said that foreigners are lazy, after seeing these scientific research workers, Cheng Yuan finally knew why Huaguo's scientific research strength is so far behind them, and this mental outlook and professionalism alone are different.
Cheng Yuan has asked, even if there is no Harlan and others to settle in, driving the frenzied atmosphere of scientific research, in the past, or usually, these researchers who belong to companies such as Ericsson or Saab Group basically focus on scientific research, and rarely pay attention to other things, which can be said to be truly single-minded.
Think about it again, so many domestic scientific research institutions and colleges and universities need huge amounts of scientific research funds every year, but what are these funds doing in the end? Either use various names to enrich one's own pockets, or turn scientific research buildings into hotels and fund-raising rooms, how many of them can really be invested in scientific research?
In contrast, in Sweden, a country with high welfare, scientific researchers have such enthusiasm and vitality, which is indeed worth learning from the Chinese.
It is also seeing this, Cheng Yuancai firmly established a concept, that is, a century-old plan, education-oriented, he felt that he should speed up the implementation of his elite school plan and cultivate more scientific researchers with a solid foundation, rather than cultivating those who can only play politics, only in this way can he realize his plan blueprint faster.
Only after experiencing it, can we understand how precious it was to learn the slogan of mathematics, physics and chemistry back then, and it is precisely because Huaguo has been very weak in this regard that it has been shouting slogans like this, but unfortunately, with the tide of market economy, it has become weaker and weaker, and few people can really make patience and effort to do a good job in scientific research.
In short, after visiting the entire scientific research center, Cheng Yuan felt a lot, not for those endless scientific research projects and scientific research results, but for the kind of concentration of others.
Of course, it's just a sigh, after all, with Cheng Yuan's strength and resources, it can't be described as an ordinary situation, as long as it takes time, the advantage of his disciple army will become more and more obvious, these can be seen just by looking at the prestige of Harlan, Feding, Alfonso and others here.
Don't look at Haaron Feddin and the others are super young, but in these days, they have used their abilities to conquer all the people in the industry, and this conquest is comprehensive, not only in scientific research, but also intellectually, they are all recognized as IQ geniuses here.
After spending a day visiting, in front of Wang Tao and Shen Hong, they pretended to sign a cooperation agreement, and after that, Cheng Yuan and his entourage took a team of technicians sent by the scientific research center and some technical information, took a charter plane, and flew back to the Upper East City International Airport in Huaguo.
Cheng Yuan and the others came back still low-key, but what they did was not low-key, because as soon as they came, they began to start the production plan of Arrow Automobile and officially began to launch products to the outside world.
In fact, before, Arrow Automobile has carried out a series of industrial transformation, it is no longer a simple automobile manufacturing plant, and after Liang Hua became the owner, the administrative structure of Arrow Automobile is grouped up, coupled with the help of political axes in many aspects, as well as the injection of a large amount of funds, Arrow Automobile has not yet launched products to the market, which is normal in the eyes of the outside world, after all, the company has just been restructured, but in the view of Cheng Yuan, it is a little too slow.
No way, Arrow Motors has gone through a series of transformations, but there are not many real scientific researchers, although there is a new production line, and even the location of Xiaolan's main engine, but because Cheng Yuan has been running around since then, he has not stayed here, so it is normal for Arrow Cars to not produce finished products.
Although there is no product, the production line is ready-made, and all kinds of high-tech, such as 3D printers are also available.
"Actually, we've already done something about car design." Liang Hua pointed to a pair of thumbnail pictures of cars on the big screen and said, "You see, these designs are the products selected by our Aluo Automobile through the method of public prize collection on the Internet. Hehe, I have to say that netizens have a lot of great people, and they have designed a lot of refreshing products, such as the two buses I chose, which look more reliable and can be realized. Not only that, but I also carried out a series of data-based simulations based on our existing technology and with the help of the supercomputer Xiaolan. ”
Speaking of which, Liang Hua clicked on one of the pictures of the car, and the picture of the car was immediately enlarged, paving the entire large screen, and then, Liang Hua began to continue to explain: "For example, the design of this A-type bus, this bus is 11 meters long, 2.4 meters high, 3.52 meters wide, divided into two layers, can accommodate 50 people at the same time, and the maximum speed is 140 kilometers per hour. Since the definition of this car is a long-distance road bus, a new hybrid technology is used.
That is to say, this car is actually an all-electric car, which can be charged directly with alternating current, and because it can use graphene batteries, it can be charged quickly, if you use a special high-voltage charger, then it can be fully charged in five minutes, and if you use ordinary alternating current, it can be fully charged in twelve hours. When fully charged, the car can run 1,300 kilometers continuously at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
In addition, considering that it is a long-distance bus, in order to facilitate refueling along the way, there is an additional diesel generator, so that diesel can be added along the way, and the car is generated by the diesel generator. Even if the efficiency of diesel power generation is not high, there will be some losses, but because our batteries and motors are more advanced, according to Xiaolan's simulation calculation, the fuel consumption of this car is only about 5.5 liters per 100 kilometers, which can be said to be super economical.
In addition to fuel-saving, energy-saving, strong power, and rich built-in, the most prominent thing about this car is that it can achieve full automatic driving without a driver, which is truly fully intelligent. ”
"Unmanned, fully autonomous?" Cheng Yuan asked, "Can we already achieve it here?" ”
"Yes." Liang Huadao, "This car has a total of 48 multi-function induction probes, plus a unique intelligent program design, can go on the road on its own, safer than manual driving, and because of the unique GPS positioning system and compass and map system, so you will never get lost." In fact, this unmanned automatic design, not only this car, but all the rest have such an intelligent design. ”
"I'm not asking if autonomous driving technology can be realized." Cheng Yuan shook his head, "I'm not worried about technology at all, I mean in terms of policy, can Huaguo let cars go on the road without driving?" ”
"That's a real problem." Liang Hua nodded, "But when the time comes, as long as we have the product, we can apply for it." After all, Huaguo also attaches great importance to unmanned technology, if our unmanned technology really passes, I believe they will not embarrass us, at least, it can also be the same as the United States, let the driver in the car. ”
"Well, if that's the case, then the design of this car is good." Cheng Yuan nodded, "At least it looks good, and the itinerary is good, if we make it, how long will it take?" ”
"Judging from our fully automatic production line, if you agree to produce, then you can start work immediately, as long as the spare parts and materials are in place, the output will reach 100 units."
"Well, we can produce our own body frame, battery, electric motor, etc., but other spare parts need to be purchased separately, such as tires, brake fluid, etc." Cheng Yuandao.
"Yes." Liang Hua nodded, "Although we have mastered the core technology and can also produce core parts, we have decided not to produce some other small parts ourselves, but to use procurement." For example, wipers, tires, brake fluid, engine oil, etc., can actually be purchased separately. In this regard, we also have a complete procurement plan, including the manufacturers purchased, parts specifications, etc., do you need to listen now? ”
"Forget it." Cheng Yuan waved his hand, "I won't look at these, I believe you, let's talk about the next model design." ”
"Okay, then I'll talk about the B-type bus." Liang Hua clicked on another picture again, and then enlarged it again, replacing the original car pattern, "This car is also a two-seater design, and the A-type car has no essential difference in terms of built-in appearance, etc., and it is also a 50-seater, the only difference between the two cars is that because our definition of this car is a city bus, it is an all-electric drive, and the diesel generator design is removed."
We still have the space after the diesel generator is removed, which is not only the same as the specifications of the car and the A-type car, which is more convenient for production and replacement, but also intends to keep it for new charging technologies in the future, such as wireless charging technology.
Of course, if you install batteries in this part of the space, you can also install it. After simulation, if the diesel generator is partially replaced with a battery, the range of the car can reach 2,200 kilometers on a full charge. However, if you run around the city,"
"Hmm." Cheng Yuan nodded, "Actually, if it is a city bus, the cruising range of 2200 kilometers is somewhat unnecessary, and 1300 kilometers can fully meet the needs, you must know that our graphene batteries are very expensive." As for wireless charging technology, this thing still seems to be not cost-effective, not to mention the problem of energy loss, just this kind of thing needs high-end supporting pavement, it is not a small investment. ”
"We also thought of this, so we didn't add batteries." Liang Hua nodded, "As for wireless charging technology, our idea is not to use road facilities to charge the car in real time, but to charge the charging pile in close proximity. That is to say, if the wireless charging equipment is installed, the car can be charged without an external link, directly into a charging door, avoiding the danger of external facilities. In addition, with wireless charging facilities, then between cars, even our mobile phones, notebooks and other related facilities, wireless charging can also be carried out, and when the time comes, the car itself is a huge charger, so as to develop diversification. ”
"Hey, that's a good idea." Cheng Yuan nodded, "In this way, in case a car runs out of power, it is like an airplane refueling in the air, you can drive another car over and directly charge him wirelessly, saving a lot of trouble, if it is with intelligent unmanned control, it will be more convenient." And the kind of charging diversification you are talking about, which can charge other peripheral products, is also a very good idea...... Who came up with this? ”
"It's a netizen designer." Liang Hua smiled, "Of course, that netizen just thought about these design plans, and it is up to us how to realize this plan." In fact, not only this car, but also the scheme of the A-type car was also designed by him. ”
"Well, yes, good idea, so it seems that we should also hurry up and study wireless charging technology." Cheng Yuan said, "By the way, don't forget to give him a high reward for this designer, and it's best to bring it in person to be our professional car designer." If nothing else, just looking at the shape of the car he designed, it is quite aesthetic, if I read it right, it is a fluid sculpture design, right? ”
"Yes, that's fluid sculpture design." Liang Hua nodded, "It seems that this person was originally engaged in art design." ”
"It seems that Dacai is not nonsense in the people." Cheng Yuan sighed, "Those scientific researchers in the system are too rigid, and they can't complain that in the field of design, the more free the system, the better, and I can't be bullied." ”
"Hehe," Liang Hua said, "Actually, that person not only designed the sketch of the car, but also involved the operation plan of the car. ”
"Operational plan?"
"Yes." Liang Hua nodded, "After all, these two cars are driverless cars, so they will face a lot of problems." His suggestion is to form a special bus company and a road bus company, and then all the cars are uniformly deployed, and the driver is just a train driver, in order to deal with accidents. But if there is a real traffic accident between these two cars, everything will be handled by the bus company, and it has nothing to do with the driver. ”
"That's a good idea, but that's what buses are supposed to be." Cheng Yuan said, "It seems that the bus driver is not responsible, and the bus company is responsible for handling traffic accidents." ”
"That's what I say, but in reality it's not, and the bus driver is actually a very embarrassing existence." Liang Hua said, "Our current bus drivers, once there is a traffic accident, it is difficult to be alone, because many bus companies do not like to be responsible, when encountering big and difficult things, they always put the responsibility on the bus driver, so the bus driver has become a high-risk occupation."
Of course, there is another reason that the training mechanism of our bus drivers is not good, at most it is to learn the big car, get a driver's license, and then you can compete for a job. This situation is actually inappropriate, after all, the bus driver is responsible for the safety of a bus of people, if it is not an old driver with old qualifications, it is said that he should not drive the bus.
However, if we use full self-driving, the situation is different, in full autonomous driving mode, since it is an intelligent program-controlled vehicle, all responsibility should belong to the company, and the responsibility is clear. As for the driver, just like the train driver, he is only responsible for dealing with unexpected accidents or temporary changes to the itinerary on the train. For example, if you want to change the lane temporarily, you can change the program again, or if there is a problem with the vehicle, you need to force you to change the driving mode of Chengrengong. ”
"That's a good idea." Cheng Yuan smiled, "Speaking of which, how much is the price of this car, have you calculated?" ”
"Forget it." Liang Huadao, "Xiaolan's simulation data is that if you only look at the production cost, then the cost of a Type A car is about 25 million yuan, and the cost of a Type B car is about 24 million yuan due to the reduction of a lot of configurations. ”
"Oh my God, twenty-five million for a car!" Cheng Yuan said suddenly, "Looking at it this way, I'm afraid that we have to do it ourselves, after all, after this kind of car is built, I'm afraid few companies can buy it, right?" ”
"You're wrong." Liang Hua also smiled and said, "The purchasing power of our political axe department is quite strong, if you really sell this car to them, you can afford to buy it no matter how expensive it is." After all, after the car comes out, there must be a supporting information deployment system and information command system, plus maintenance devices, it is a very complex system, not just buy a car and finish.
Also, the cost I mentioned is mainly because there are many nanomaterials that are calculated according to the market price, if those materials do not go to the market price, if we supply them internally, then the price is not easy to say. ”
"What's the hard thing to say?"
"Well, let me put it this way, if all the nanomaterials, including engines, batteries, carbon fiber and other materials, are not money, just look at other materials, such as ordinary things such as body skeleton tires, then the cost of this car is only about 100,000 yuan."
“…… I see. Cheng Yuan nodded, "Well, in this way, these two driverless smart buses can indeed be marketed as the first batch of products of Arrow Motors, but for such a long time, have you only designed two buses?" Don't have a car? (To be continued.) )