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Chapter 93 Your Restructuring Is Too Conservative

"Forget it, let me see for myself."

Jiang Ming took the documents and began to screen them.

This Leopard Automobile has already closed down. Although there are a lot of vehicles, there is no point in using the closed car companies.

Sailin Automobile, it seems that there are no cars off the assembly line, so they can all be selected, and Jiang Ming is also convinced.I heard that the boss of this car factory has already run away.

But I have to say that this car company's public relations skills are really good, otherwise Su Lingjuan and the others would not have been deceived.

Not a single car has been built, but the hype is so great that outsiders would think that the company's cars are very similar, and its marketing capabilities are incredible.

Hengxiao Motors seems to be going bankrupt soon.The boss used to be a real estate professional, and he was very good at marketing, and introduced many measures to build houses with loans.

It's just that because the asset-liability ratio is too high, it didn't take long for the country to increase the risk review, and it was the first to be unable to carry it, and it was unfinished.

Although the real estate business is in ruins, it does not prevent it from moving into the field of new energy vehicles.

After all, new energy is a sunrise industry, and it has natural advantages in terms of land acquisition and loans.

It’s just that investors and consumers have understood Hengxiao’s tricks these days. The real estate sector can’t handle it anymore. It’s a bit overthinking to expect another wave of money in the new energy field.

A layman may not know Hengxiao's routines, but how could Jiang Ming not know.

Jiang Ming decisively removed Heng Xiao from the list.

With Hengxiao's car, it is destined that Hengxiao will cool down earlier than the automatic driving technology.

In addition, there were some models that had problems with their appearance and did not conform to the aesthetic characteristics of Xia people. Jiang Ming deleted them without hesitation.

After picking and choosing, I finally made the choice.

Just looking at the few remaining cars, Jiang Ming was speechless. Why are most of them BID?

Have domestic new energy sources been involved to this extent?
Before Jiang Ming heard that BID's cars were selling well in Xiaguo, and the three electric systems were all self-developed.I don’t know without statistics, and now I am shocked by the statistics.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming couldn't make up his mind.

Jiang Ming sorted out the selected car model information, and then went to Qin Ruya to have a look.

"Hey, Sister Qin, can you tell me which one is suitable?"

Jiang Ming pushed the information to Qin Ruya, and then said.

"Just say it briefly."

Qin Ruya said to Jiang Ming while looking at the information.

"This time, there are mainly five models that are more suitable, mainly in terms of adaptability, new energy, models and failure rates."

Jiang Ming gave Qin Ruya Jiang Ming the conditions he chose one by one.

Hearing that Jiang Ming's planning was so detailed, Qin Ruya nodded her head.

"Then which car do you think is suitable?"

Qin Ruya asked Jiang Ming for his opinion.

"According to the parameters, any model of BID can be used. But I guess there are too many manufacturers using these models. If we order it, it will inevitably be somewhat homogeneous. Therefore, I choose this model."

As Jiang Ming spoke, he pointed at one of the cars and said to Qin Ruya.

Hearing the car model Jiang Ming chose, Qin Ruya showed a look of surprise on her face.

Because Qin Ruya did not expect that Jiang Ming would choose such an unknown vehicle.

"What kind of company is this Siris, why haven't I heard of it before?"

Qin Ruya asked.

"Serris, how should I put it, is a family-owned company. It is a company owned by Xiaokang. Its technology was born in the United States and is imported from abroad."

Jiang Ming simply told Qin Ruya about Siris' situation.

"As for the car I chose, it is the first new energy vehicle under Seres, but it is not a pure electric vehicle, but an extended-range vehicle."

Jiang Ming explained.

"This car is a domestic car. In terms of cooperation, there is no problem. The corresponding technical agreement and hardware interface are easy to find. Moreover, if we let out the wind and say that we will use this car to modify it and participate in the autonomous driving challenge Sai, presumably Siris would be very happy."

"In addition, although this car is domestically produced, there is nothing to say about the technology. After all, it is born out of foreign technology, and it still has a lot of technical advantages."

Jiang Ming continued to explain.

"According to what you said, this car is very powerful. It is reasonable to say that it should be very popular, but it is not well-known. It should be that the sales are not good. Why is that?"

Qin Ruya was also very confused.

"How should I put it, the positioning of this car is wrong. It uses high-end technology and wants to position itself as high-end. However, the brand of Siris cannot support its high-end strength, and the product is naturally not popular. This phenomenon, in fact It's pretty common in the automotive world."

Jiang Ming said.

Hearing Jiang Ming's words, Qin Ruya also fell into deep thought.

Jiang Ming's words are quite reasonable, but such an important decision needs to be discussed carefully.

"Well, isn't Siris in the mountain city? Let's take some time to go there and communicate with the technicians of Siris to see the willingness of both parties to cooperate."

Qin Ruya said.

"I'll make an appointment."

Sure enough, as Jiang Ming expected, Siris was very interested in the cooperation with Xia Ke Academy, and invited Qin Ruya and others to come to the mountain city to discuss cooperation matters.

According to the information obtained, the models of Siris seem to have basically no automatic driving system, and the traditional control method is still used.

If someone can develop this system for free, even if it is not very perfect, it will be better than the current half-dead state.

The match was urgent, so Jiang Ming and Qin Ruya immediately booked a flight ticket to the mountain city on the same day to visit the senior management of Seris.

When he came to the mountain city and sat in the special car bound for Seris, Jiang Ming couldn't help feeling that it was a mountain city after all, and that kind of ups and downs could not be experienced in other cities.

"Mr. Zhang, you already understand our reason for coming, but what is Siris's plan?"

Facing the chairman of Siris, Qin Ruya asked after expressing her thoughts.

"In terms of cooperation, there is naturally no problem. Even on the basis of providing free prototypes, we cooperate with our engineers to make targeted improvements. There is no problem with these."

"However, we ask that if the development is successful, can we be authorized to use it?"

Mr. Zhang said expectantly.

"No problem. We chose Siris because we also considered the quality of Siris vehicles. We also hope that our system can help Siris vehicles go further and further in autonomous driving technology. As for the licensing fees and other issues, we will wait for the system Once it’s developed, we’ll make a decision. We guarantee that we will authorize it according to the market price.”

Qin Ruya said so.

Qin Ruya just gave Mr. Zhang a promise, but the specific usage fee was not determined.

It's not that Qin Ruya doesn't want to make an agreement, but it's really hard to talk about it at this time.

Because the system has not yet come out, it is uncertain how the actual effect will be.

If you want too much, Mr. Zhang definitely disagrees.If they want less, Qin Ruya and the others feel that they are at a disadvantage.This situation is precisely because the effect is not clear.

Therefore, let's not talk about the cost issue. We will discuss it after the follow-up system comes out.

Although no price has been set, Mr. Zhang also regrets this.But now that Qin Ruya is in charge, Mr. Zhang can't say anything.

Moreover, for Sires, it was only the cost of a prototype car, and the rest was the cooperation of engineers, which actually cost Sires very little.

Therefore, even if it is not successful in the end, the loss of Siris is small.

"Here, since it's decided, please trouble Mr. Zhang to coordinate the vehicle as soon as possible. I will arrange personnel to come to Seris to fix the hardware first."

Qin Ruya said angrily.

"No problem, then we will fully cooperate."

Mr. Zhang assured.

Next, Qin Ruya called the hardware technical team in Kyoto to the mountain city and began to modify the vehicle's hardware system.

Seeing that the project has progressed to this stage, Jiang Ming was very excited, and finally he was able to actually do things.

"Sister Qin, I am currently planning to make the following changes to the vehicle:"

Hardware supervisor Liu Ming reported to Qin Ruya at the project meeting.

"Adding visual sensing cameras is estimated to require four, one for each of the front, rear, left, and right. The camera uses a wide-angle camera, and strives to reach the industry-leading level in terms of visual sensing."

In this regard, Qin Ruya nodded. The visual sensing camera must be installed, and it must have good performance, otherwise it will not be able to meet the requirements of visual modeling.

"As for the second point, it is to increase the main controller and expand the intelligent equipment of the vehicle at the same time."

"We took a look at the existing controllers. The frequency is too low to meet the real-time requirements. And there may be some problems in source code sharing, so we are going to add a new controller to be solely responsible for the automatic driving control. .”

"As for smart devices, many devices including internal cameras, vehicle status sensors, TBOX, and control screens also need to be increased simultaneously."

"In addition, in the co-pilot position, a vehicle control device needs to be added simultaneously for manual takeover of the vehicle in an emergency."

There are dozens of improvements, Liu Ming said.

There are several major improvements in these categories, and there are more sub-items. After this calculation, there are nearly a hundred changes in total.

Seeing so many changes, Jiang Ming couldn't help feeling that automobile engineering is really not easy.Even the installation of an intelligent driving system requires so many items, not to mention the manufacture of a complete vehicle.

That involves tens of thousands of components and thousands of suppliers.It is not easy to manage so many parts and ensure their quality is stable.

Of course, so many improvements are not entirely due to the necessity of the driving system, but because the vehicle needs to be adjusted better to match the vehicle.

If it is really applied to vehicles in batches, a certain degree of adjustment will be made in the depot, and the number of changes will be much less.

"Everyone, do you have any comments on the plan Liu Ming proposed?"

Qin Ruya asked.

Next, Jiang Ming saw what it means to speak with a sword.

Regarding the hardware restructuring plan, there was a heated debate among the people, and they expressed their opinions for the improvement of every detail.

Seeing this, Jiang Ming felt very cordial.This is the attitude of doing technology. Everyone can express their opinions one after another, without worrying about making mistakes or raising opinions, which will cause dissatisfaction with the leaders.

Regarding everyone's attitude, Jiang Ming held a positive opinion, but in terms of technology, Jiang Ming always felt that he was a bit out of ideas.

"Jiang Ming, do you have any ideas?"

Seeing that Jiang Ming was frowning and did not speak, Qin Ruya spoke.

"Ah, yes."

Jiang Ming woke up from his thoughts and said subconsciously.

"Then tell me."

Qin Ruya gave Jiang Ming the opportunity to speak.

"It's like this. My ideas may be a little radical. Please give me your opinions."

Jiang Ming gave everyone a vaccination first.

"Oh, talk about it."

After hearing what Jiang Ming said, everyone felt less sleepy.

Are you discussing technical solutions? I am not afraid that your ideas will be bold, but I am afraid that you will have no opinions and be a transparent person here.

Many ideas were formed in this intense brainstorming.And it turned out that this kind of idea is not bad and has high practical value.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Jiang Ming cleared his throat, and then said:
"I think our improvements are too conservative and do not meet the definition of future autonomous vehicles."

Jiang Ming came up with a summary.

"My suggestions for improvement mainly include the following:"

"The current number of cameras is too small, only four. Although all wide-angle cameras are used, there will still be blind spots in the field of vision. Moreover, modeling with a single camera is easy to distort."

Jiang Ming said.

"Uh?"

After hearing Jiang Ming's words, everyone was stunned, and after careful consideration, it seemed that this was the truth.

Everyone has calculated before that the four cameras cannot cover the entire car body.But according to calculations, the remaining blind angle is very small and basically does not affect the driving experience.

As for the problem of single camera modeling, this problem does exist.

It is possible to use multiple cameras, but the difficulty of software processing will increase exponentially, and I don't know if it can be done.

"Jiang Ming, we have discussed multi-camera modeling before, but it is very difficult."

"Yes, the existing solutions on the market are basically based on a single camera, and the effect is not bad."

The team members said in a hurry.

"Doing this on the market doesn't mean we have to do the same. According to my understanding, to maximize the accuracy of modeling, at least three cameras are needed for auxiliary modeling."

Jiang Ming said.

"What, three?"

Even Qin Ruya was a little shocked. Jiang Ming was so scary when he spoke.

This means that the number of existing cameras needs to be increased from the original four to twelve. Not to mention the difficulty involved, the increased hardware cost alone is very high.

You know, the cameras that everyone uses now are high-precision cameras, and the price of one is around 2000 yuan.

If you want to use twelve now, it will cost [-]. Such an increase in cost is not something that ordinary car companies can absorb.

Car companies can't digest it themselves, and it is bound to be passed on to consumers.

Product price increases, this is a big taboo!
(End of this chapter)