All round car designer

Chapter 497 "Dialogue"

Modernization of cars!

This concept is still very unfamiliar to this world, but for Zhou Fei's previous life in the automobile industry, the four modernizations of automobiles is an unavoidable topic. Automakers are vying for the direction of development, and many people in the industry firmly believe that the "four modernizations" represent the future development direction of the auto industry!
"Simply put, the four modernizations of automobiles refer to electrification, intelligence, networking, and sharing. Networking and sharing will also be carried out in the follow-up."

Seeing that the two were a little confused, Zhou Fei explained with a smile.

Among the four modernizations of automobiles, electrification and sharing have the lowest technical requirements, so they are also the two fastest-growing areas among the four modernizations, while sharing and interconnection are more IT-oriented due to higher requirements for software and hardware , so although it has been engaged in for many years, there is not much substantial progress.

"I can understand electrification, but intelligence and sharing are a bit confusing. Can Mr. Zhou explain it in detail?" Li Jianneng said shyly.

"Let's put it this way, the ultimate goal of intelligentization is to realize automatic driving and eliminate the profession of drivers. Of course, automatic driving is only one of the main goals, and intelligentization also includes other auxiliary functions, but in the final analysis it is all for autonomous driving. of."

Zhou Fei explained with a smile.

"Automatic driving? It should be very difficult to realize this." Zhang Xiang said with a wry smile. When he was studying for a Ph.D., he had come into contact with similar papers. There were also such concepts abroad, but they did not take shape.

"It's not very difficult, but very difficult. At least within ten years, it will definitely not meet the commercialization standard."

In the previous life, Google and Baidu were at the forefront in terms of autonomous driving. For a while, reports on autonomous driving were everywhere, giving people the illusion that autonomous driving will be realized soon, but subsequent collisions and loss of control Reports of the accident followed one after another, which undoubtedly poured a basin of cold water on people.

The core technology of autonomous driving lies in AI, that is, artificial intelligence, but there is still a long way to go for artificial intelligence to fully achieve the same response as humans.

Human brain thinking is still the most complex and meticulous thinking mode at present. When a driver faces an unexpected accident, the reaction at that moment includes a series of complicated procedures including instinct and experience. It is impossible to simulate completely by computer programs.

But this is a direction after all, Zhou Fei thinks it is worth trying, even if it can't be like the smart car in "Western World", Zhou Fei also hopes to make a breakthrough in this aspect.

The world's highly developed electronic and information technology provides the possibility to realize the intelligentization of automobiles.

Li Jianneng and Zhang Xiang nodded thoughtfully, and did not pursue further questions. Since Zhou Fei proposed this concept, there will definitely be corresponding training in the future.

"The sharing, does it mean that multiple people own a car together?" Li Jianneng continued to ask.

"You can think so, but it doesn't have to be ownership, it can also be just the right to use, just like the current car rental, except that our car manufacturers will directly provide car rental services at that time, and there is no need to go through the intermediary of the leasing company. .” Zhou Fei replied with a smile.

Regarding sharing, it can be interpreted from multiple directions, and the most acceptable one is the online car-hailing service, which is also a direction that many automakers are currently promoting.

However, Zhou Fei thinks that online car-hailing is only the primary model of sharing, and the real sharing should contain richer content and is highly related to intelligence.

For example, one day in the future, you are going to go to work. At this time, you can issue instructions through a special platform, telling the platform when and where you will get on the bus, and then where is the destination, what kind of car you need to set up, and even what kind of car you need? You can customize personalized services, such as what kind of car temperature to choose, how much speed, what kind of car smell you like, and so on.

According to your instructions, the car will automatically drive to the designated location, and then safely send you to the target location.

These are Zhou Fei's ideas about the future automobile industry, which may seem a bit unconstrained, but they may not be impossible to realize.

Through intelligence and sharing, the problem of urban traffic congestion can be greatly solved and the number of cars can be reduced.

"If sharing is really realized, won't it greatly reduce our company's operating profit?" Zhang Xiang said worriedly.

"I think this worry is unnecessary. At that time, the role played by auto manufacturers will also change, and a new profit model will naturally be born, which requires us to explore slowly."

No one will do business at a loss. What kind of business model you have will evolve a corresponding revenue model.

"It seems that the four modernizations of the automobile mentioned by Mr. Zhou are scattered and independent, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that the four modernizations are actually a whole, and only by unifying the four modernizations can this model be maximized The advantages."

Li Jianneng couldn't help but said.

"It's a bit like the ecosystem built by mobile phone manufacturers. If our Mercedes-Benz company can do a good job in the four modernizations of cars, combined with the previous Autohome, we can also build a car ecosystem by ourselves!" Zhang Xiang agreed with deep approval.

"The idea of ​​a car ecosystem is good, and it's worth a try in the future." Zhou Fei nodded appreciatively.

"When does Mr. Zhou plan to develop the four modernizations of the car?" Zhang Xiang looked eager to try. Although Zhou Fei only briefly introduced the concept of the four modernizations, it was enough to arouse Zhang Xiang's interest.

"There's no rush for now. After Tesla's first car is released, it won't be too late for us to lay out the four modernizations of the car. Let's lay the foundation first." Zhou Fei replied with a smile.

If you want to do a good job in the four modernizations, you have to accumulate technology slowly, and you can't eat a fat man at one bite. Now the company's main business is still in the traditional car field. The IT technology needed to realize the four modernizations is not available to Mercedes-Benz. The best choice Even in cooperation with Internet companies, Zhou Fei has been investigating major Internet companies at home and abroad, and now has a preliminary goal.

Seeing what Zhou Fei said, Zhang Xiang didn't say any more. After chatting for a few words, he left the office.

After the two of them left, Zhou Fei took a short rest and asked Xiao Ni to confirm the interview time with several organizations including CCTV. The time of the three newspapers including "People's Daily" was fine. As long as Zhou Fei was free, they could do it at any time. The key It's an interview on CCTV's financial channel. It's a talk show called "Dialogue". It's broadcast every Saturday. Zhou Fei needs to make good preparations.

After all, those who can be on this program are either social elites or senior government officials.

(End of this chapter)