Lei Feng network (search "Lei Feng network" public concern) by: Zhu Hong, the author of this article, former Microsoft product user experience division, BMW MINI China science and technology consultant.
How smart is smart cars? Of course it is best to be able to self (kai) open (shou).
There are three waves of friends in smart car related products, have come to consult my views, I said a pass in a mess, still feel that words do not reach meaning. I had submitted many innovative proposals when I was an advisor to BMW Mini Cooper, but the paper came to me. Where we talked about unmanned cars/drivers, my first reaction was whether cars were used to carry people? What is the fun of driving a car?
Then Tesla had an accident. The U.S. owner of a Tesla car watched a small piece in the autopilot mode. Perhaps Harry Potter was so fascinating that he was killed when he couldn’t react in an emergency situation. This is the case, but there are so many coincidences that they become mixed up. If you want to die, you will certainly not be able to escape. If you concentrate on your horse, you must die at 10 yards per hour.
I heard there was a chance to die like a summer flower. I immediately used my privilege to get the latest Model S 90D:
When Tesla first released the first-generation Model S, I experienced it several times in the United States, but I didn't have the opportunity to go around for a few days, and there was no autopilot module at that time. I thought about Tesla last time when I changed cars, but I thought that it was still a digital product (digital products are toys for me). Digital products are not value-maintained except for the lenses, and the first generation is special. After all, Slalom's workmanship is still rather crude, not a delicate one.
When I took away the red high profile 90D (it was better to read the front face and the lights), my friend asked me not to drive automatically, I promised, and then I immediately switched to automatic driving.
Before we talk about autopilot, let's talk about intelligence. How intelligent is most cars today?
It is sufficient to display the album cover when connecting to the phone to play songs with Bluetooth.
Voice control can accurately identify Chinese.
It would be nice to read the video in U disk well.
Automatically lock the door, automatically open the trunk lid, automatic tail, various intelligent headlights...
As for those who use dynamic graphs to demonstrate kinetic energy transfer and recycling... See what it does?
Although I have a lot of links with BMW, I must say that BMW's Smart Connect is really under-fired. Besides the on-line manual secretary can still have some effect, other... unless you buy a new 7 Series. You know BMW has two apps. If you don't know it, you can go to the App Store to see those reviews.
It can be said that the traditional brand of car intelligence is simply to make the digital visualization of the previous buttons and knobs more pleasant. When Ford opened more in the United States, Ford’s smart system was based on Microsoft’s operating system, which had smart content but no user experience at all. Audi's new TT and the new Q7 have a good all-LCD dashboard, but in the face of Tesla's big screen, all the efforts are not in place. Of course, there are many domestic new energy vehicles that have some smart details, but I'm sorry I have no interest in trying.
What is the current level of Tesla intelligence? The following are just the concerns of our regular users:
You know all the electric window door controls.
You know all of Zhonghua’s big screen online operating system.
Remotely using a mobile phone APP to control a car is like playing a remote control car.
So large navigation is not a strange thing (it is said that the map can display real-time traffic conditions in the near future).
You also know the full LCD customizable dashboard.
With automatic driving, the interaction with the owner is mainly on the instrument panel right in front of the line of sight.
When the center of the dashboard shows that at least one lane line is identified (the yellow line is the white line), or after the preceding vehicle is identified, the speed limit can be opened on the lever at the lower left of the steering wheel. This speed limit refers to the Tesla's camera detecting the number of speed limit signs on the side of the road. It will immediately increase speed to travel as fast as possible and will not hit the vehicle in front. The safety distance from the front car can be set by you. The length of this safety distance will also change automatically under different road conditions. For example, the distance on the highway will be relatively far. (In theory, Tesla can never get into people or cars. Under various circumstances, such as following, using a key to remotely exit the warehouse, and reversing into the warehouse, if the relative obstacle is less than 50 centimeters away, it will automatically Stop.)
After turning on the speed limit, if the autopilot logo is displayed in gray, a lower limit speed lever can be pressed at this time. The autopilot will open and the screen prompts “Please keep your hands from leaving the steering wheel†to prepare for emergencies from time to time. need.
In the automatic driving, the left and right lane lines, the front five cars, the speed limit 80 nameplates were identified, and I took the mobile phone with both hands to shoot down how many times in order to make a success.
A circle of four rings on Friday afternoon is still relatively smooth. Nearly 70 kilometers. For more than one hour, I ran in two stages. The first one took a meal from Siyuanqiao to Sihui and went to Logic design's office. Then I went back from Sihui to the south and back to Jiuxianqiao. Several of the four benefits, the College Bridge, and the Wangjing Bridge encountered obvious congestion, and the West Fourth Ring flowed.
Among them I:
Was scared of cold sweat 2 times.
In order to break the automatic drive nearly 10 times in order to break the line.
Forced and forced to brake more than 20 times.
Others perceive dangers and actively interrupt autopilot for nearly 10 times.
Hands from the steering wheel (strictly prohibited!) 10 times, watch the phone, typing back to WeChat, take pictures.
Also, in order to rest on the street for 3 times to rest, the energy is too concentrated and I have to slow down.
You see my hand is not on the steering wheel
My opinion on autopilot is that it is very usable, but it cannot be distracted.
When I was just using it, I was worried about it, so I wasn't quite able to run boldly. I was slightly inclined to think about whether or not I was going to get it back. In fact, it would handle it very well. However, since it is followed by a lane, it will be ideal on clear roads, and it is not very reliable on roads and construction roads. And it also judged to follow the front car. This four-round ring opened. I first carefully observed the cars around, and I learned that there are so many cars in Beijing that are accustomed to pressing the line to take two lanes. Partial.
Another point is that Tesla’s perception of the row of small plastic poles placed in some lanes and lines was not very accurate, and he almost touched them twice. However, such a small plastic rod is considered to be a Chinese feature. Driving a car abroad does not see such a small road barrier.
It is also very important that the phenomenon of malicious line-up in Beijing is too serious. Many drivers must be able to squeeze in if I see a safe distance from the vehicle ahead, regardless of whether his original lane is faster. It's hard for me to say clearly what kind of mentality this is. One of the laps down the "car ahead" that I followed has already changed nearly 100 vehicles.
As for the automatic parallel function, perhaps because it is still in the beta stage, only in a very ideal state can be successful, and Beijing's Fourth Ring, basically it is useless. And the automatic merging requires the driver to actively turn the left and right turn lights to trigger, and the turn signal lights dozen, and the next car immediately accelerates to rush, so the possibility of merging is also absent.
In general, autopilot is a process of mutual trust between you and the machine, although temporarily it does not rise to ethics. Putting aside all historical burdens, Tesla started completely from scratch, taking the future of transport to a modern state of mind to make such a dreamy luxury car - that luxury is because: The new model of the Revised S is no matter what the line is The improvement is still an upgrade of the material, which has improved a lot of grades compared to the first generation.
This process is just like Apple's making mobile phones. At best, only one company in each industry can do what it calls "disruptive innovation." Without breaking, if you upgrade from a traditional car design and production line, it is impossible to realize Elon Mask's vision for the car and for the future.
Say I want to be smarter to what extent:
1. The seamless camera angle can better observe the surroundings. Some cars have already been simulated, but Tesla can do more science fiction points.
2, navigation and automatic driving, automatic and parallel integration more harmonious.
3, real-time road conditions It is said that the next version of the upgrade will have, it is not possible to combine real-time traffic conditions to automatically select the best road for automatic driving ... ... owners do not know where they will go, everywhere is a surprise.
4, I hope the built-in browser compatibility is better, when the traffic jam on the Internet is still good. (But the browser portal is an insecure factor, and strict restrictions are not bad: For example, online video sites are basically invisible.)
5, if you can integrate such a rich media library like SONOS how good, countless songs casually listen, now really many people do not listen to radio.
6, can make me this kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder at home when taking a cell phone to be able to confirm whether the window is closed all right on the line.
7. What do you say if you can wirelessly charge like a cell phone?
8, can fly? Can't fly to Hawk Wings to do...
Vehicle browsers are not good for watching video websites. Others are fine.
Still need to say a few words about performance and battery, should a lot of people concern: Model S 90D can run 450 kilometers each time to be full of electricity, open air conditioning is a little bit less, Beijing measured, the figure of energy consumption that I match figure can calculate. If the whole journey is high-speed, forget about running more than 650 kilometers! It costs about 30 bucks for electricity, but there are so many shopping malls and office buildings in Beijing that have Tesla charging stations. I usually go shopping and have a free meeting.
This is not a soft article, but I still suggest that you can try Tesla yourself if you are convenient. Feel the smart controls I mentioned, and the addiction of an autopilot. A lot of things, you haven't really tried to verify, there is no way to believe it. Regardless of whether or not to buy fake goods, the store must be able to arrange a test drive at any time and bring a driver's license on the line. Of course, you can't go home like me and go to the Fourth Ring. Because I booked a Model X and dragged on for more than half a month before I arrived.