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Chapter 222 Internal Testing of Rice Cars

Speaking of which, this is Guo Yuan's first visit to the imperial capital.

Guo Yuan has actually been to many places since he was a child. His mother is very fond of traveling and often takes Guo Yuan around the country.

It's just that Guo Yuan's mother is not very interested in big cities, so although Guo Yuan has been to many places, she has never been to the imperial capital.

The city of Imperial Capital is actually different from other cities in China.

Leaving aside all kinds of history and culture, as long as it is the capital of China, there is a lot to talk about.

But this time Guo Yuan is not here to travel, even if he wants to travel, it is after the business is done.

When Guo Yuan and Cheng Shuqing got off the plane, they saw a man holding a sign with Guo Yuan's name on it.

Guo Yuan and Cheng Shuqing walked over, and the man respectfully led the caller to an Audi in the underground parking lot.

"Mr. Guo, you are here!" The window of the car rolled down, and Mr. Lei who was sitting inside greeted Guo Yuan enthusiastically.

Guo Yuan did not expect Mr. Lei to come and pick him up in person, which made Guo Yuan a little "flattered".

Guo Yuan opened the door and went in, while Cheng Shuqing was led into the car behind.

After exchanging pleasantries with Mr. Lei, Guo Yuan went to the internal testing site.

It took a total of 2 hours to walk from the airport in Imperial City to the internal test site. When Guo Yuan and the others arrived, it was already noon.

"Is this still the imperial capital?" Guo Yuan asked after looking around.

"Of course it is, it's the 6th ring!" Mr. Lei replied with a smile.

"It is said that it takes 4 or 5 hours to commute to work in the imperial capital. In the past, I felt that this statement was exaggerated. Now it seems that I am too narrow-minded."

"Haha! It's normal for Mr. Guo to have this idea. I felt the same way when I first went outside the 5th Ring Road.

It's already noon now, Mr. Guo, why don't we go have lunch first? "

"The guest can do whatever he wants, Mr. Lei will arrange it."

President Lei smiled, and led Guo Yuan to the cafeteria here, where he had lunch with the employees.

Lunch is in the form of a buffet, and you can take all kinds of dishes at will, but you can't waste it.

Guo Yuan is not used to eating under such people's gaze, so he didn't eat much. On the other hand, Cheng Shuqing and Mr. Lei both ate deliciously.

After finishing lunch, Mr. Lei led Guo Yuan and Cheng Shuqing to the office and asked them to rest for a while.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, President Lei's secretary brought Guo Yuan and Cheng Shuqing to the internal testing site.

There are 30 vehicles with only chassis and four wheels parked here.

"Mr. Guo, this is Liu Fuda and Liu Gong. He is the main person in charge of our internal test." Mr. Lei pointed to a middle-aged man in his early 40s and said.

"Hello Liu Gong!" Guo Yuan offered to extend his hand.

Liu Fuda reached out to shake Guo Yuan's hand and said, "Mr. Guo, hello! I've heard you famous for a long time!"

"Gong Liu, you're welcome. I'll trouble you to introduce him to us today."

"No trouble, no trouble, Mr. Guo, Mr. Lei, the chassis of these 30 cars are specially customized by us from Changan Automobile.

Mr. Guo provided us with the autopilot technology of the car, and we were responsible for assembling it on the car, and then equipped with 8 sets of laser sensors and microwave sensors around the car.

At this stage, our main test is whether there are any obvious loopholes in the runtime programs of these cars under different scenarios. "Liu Fuda said.

"The concrete floor, gravel road, various obstacles, and moving dummies are all for the purpose of testing the interior of the car?" Guo Yuan asked.

"Yes."

"Then Liu Gong, what are the speeds of these cars?" Cheng Shuqing asked.

"At present, the fastest speed is 20 yards per hour, because at this stage, it is mainly to find loopholes in the driving of the vehicle. For the convenience of observation, the speed is limited to 20 miles. Good watch vehicle."

"So that's the case. Are these cars powered by batteries?" Cheng Shuqing continued to ask.

"Yes, it's the battery. The battery we are currently using is an experimental product sent by BYD. While we are testing the autonomous driving technology, we are actually testing this battery."

"How is the overall driving effect?" Guo Yuan asked.

"It's not bad, there have been no accidents so far, and the level of sophistication of this self-driving technology should be no worse than that of Mercedes-Benz's L3 self-driving technology.

However, the running-in between the battery and the autonomous driving technology is not very good. The performance of this battery should be stronger than most batteries on the market.

But after our tests, our current maximum range is only half of the estimated range.

But even so, we still have an advantage over ordinary new energy vehicles in terms of power, which is a little stronger than Tesla's battery life.

If the algorithm and the battery can be completely matched, this gap will be more obvious. "

"What about charging? Is it convenient to charge? How long does it take to fully charge?" Guo Yuan asked.

"It's very convenient here. I have added an automatic charging function to the vehicle program. Once these vehicles are almost out of power, they will return to the charging place to charge themselves. The charging time usually takes 8 hours."

"Overall, it's not bad." Guo Yuan gave his own evaluation.

Mr. Lei smiled and said: "Mr. Guo, we have actually gained a new harvest during this period. I think we can extract this automatic charging function and the obstacle avoidance technology from the automatic driving technology.

Then reprogram and practice for a period of time to apply this technology to intelligent sweeping robots. At that time, our sweeping robots should be better than the sweeping robots on the market. "

"I'm not interested in this. Anyway, the relevant technology has been given to you, and Mr. Lei has done it himself." Guo Yuan said.

"Okay! Then I will develop it myself, and we can upgrade the sweeping robot of our fully smart home." Mr. Lei said with a smile.

Then Guo Yuan and his team entered the testing ground under the leadership of Liu Fuda.

The cars in the test field were running normally, but Mr. Lei and Liu Fuda passed through the training field as if they didn't see these cars.

Seeing this, Guo Yuan originally wanted to follow suit, but Cheng Shuqing felt that it was too dangerous, so she dragged Guo Yuan tightly and refused to let him go.

"Mr. Guo, at present, the maturity level of our autonomous driving technology is at least at the same level as that of Mercedes-Benz in the two states of the United States, so you will not have any problems if you just passed through Mr. Guo.

Moreover, we have added a safety protection system to all cars, which is composed of laser, microwave, and ultrasonic sensors, and can be called a 100% anti-collision system. "Liu Fuda said.

"That won't work either! Safety first!" Cheng Shuqing said while holding Guo Yuan tightly.

Guo Yuan smiled and asked Liu Fuda to stop the car before he walked over.

After Guo Yuan and Cheng Shuqing passed through the test field, the car restarted and various tests began.

"Mr. Guo, our automatic driving system has now entered the second phase of testing. After meeting certain standards, we can prepare to apply for a road test." Liu Gong waited for Guo Yuan and Cheng Shuqing to come and said.

"What's the specific standard?" Cheng Shuqing asked.

"In our premises, at a speed of 100 yards, at least 100 million kilometers of travel without any accidents, if a major accident occurs, it will need to be postponed."

(ps: This is our country's standard requirement for road testing of all newly launched car models.)
"100 million kilometers? Is it so long?"

"This is a rigid requirement from above, and there is nothing we can do about it," Mr. Lei said.

"Mr. Lei is right. Mr. Guo, we are now in our own venue, we can do whatever we want, but if we want to apply for a road test, a lot of data must be prepared in the early stage."

Guo Yuan nodded to express his understanding.

"How long will it take before the real road test?" Cheng Shuqing asked.

"For at least half a year, the road test of ordinary car companies is to test the performance of the car, but we are testing driverless technology, and our requirements are higher." Liu Gong replied.

(End of this chapter)