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Source: Guangzhou Daily

Industry Observation

Guangzhou Daily (All-media reporter Deng Li) Recently, the official website of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress released the "Guangzhou Intelligent Connected Vehicle Innovation and Development Regulations (Draft Amendment Draft·Draft for Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comments"), which proposed measures to support the development of intelligent connected vehicles from the aspects of industrial development, vehicle-road-cloud integration, and innovative applications, and also proposed regulations on the safety principal responsibilities of enterprises related to intelligent connected vehicles, data information collection and storage requirements, etc. The reporter noticed that Guangzhou has opened a number of self-driving convenience bus routes, and introduced unmanned online ride-hailing companies such as Ruqi Travel, Didi Self-driving, Pony.ai, and Carrot Run.

At present, the competition among domestic cities to become "smart car cities" is becoming increasingly fierce. According to incomplete statistics, about 20 provinces in China have issued policies and regulations related to autonomous driving. Industry experts pointed out that the "Draft for Comments" will help stimulate greater vitality in Guangzhou's smart car industry.

Many places are speeding up the competition to become the "Smart Car City"

In Nansha, Guangzhou, citizens have been able to summon a fully autonomous taxi (without a safety officer) through the "Ruqi Travel" or "Pony.ai" App since January this year, which is very advanced in the country. However, in the past two years, in addition to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, cities such as Wuhan, Chongqing, Changsha and Nanjing have established road testing and demonstration application pilot areas, introduced autonomous driving related companies, and accelerated the competition for the "Smart Car City".

In terms of application scenario innovation, Guangzhou's "Draft for Comments" supports the innovative application of intelligent connected vehicles in highways, airports, ports, stations and other trunk lines and transportation hubs, and supports their use in travel service scenarios such as urban buses and taxis, while gradually and orderly promoting the construction of pilot areas for mixed operation of human driving and autonomous driving throughout the city. Therefore, the "Draft for Comments" is seen as Guangzhou's preparation for seeking full-area opening of autonomous driving.

From a domestic perspective, the recent intensive introduction of policies related to intelligent connected vehicles is pushing the development of intelligent connected vehicles into the fast lane. Among the more than 20 provinces and cities that have issued policies and regulations related to the development of autonomous driving, a total of 17 national-level intelligent connected vehicle test areas and 16 "double intelligence" pilot cities have been built, with more than 32,000 kilometers of test roads open.

Make driverless cars more standardized to fill in the gaps in urban traffic

As cities across the country race to develop autonomous driving, laws and regulations such as accident liability identification are also in urgent need of standardization. Reporters have noticed that my country's Road Safety and Traffic Law, as the main top-level law for the autonomous driving industry, still lacks provisions for unmanned vehicles on the road. Earlier this year, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology publicly released a solicitation of opinions and suggestions on the "Guangzhou Intelligent Connected Vehicle Innovation and Development Regulations" to promote the legislation of intelligent connected vehicles.

According to incomplete statistics from reporters, not only Guangzhou, but also Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuxi, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other cities are actively promoting local autonomous driving legislation. It is worth noting that the relevant provisions of Guangzhou's "Draft for Comments" on safety and responsibility have been recognized by many industry insiders. "Previously, local legislation in other cities mainly described the responsibility identification based on 'vehicle owners and managers', while Guangzhou clearly defined the responsible parties. This is very helpful for the larger-scale commercial application of driverless driving in the future." Mo Luyi, vice president of Pony.ai, said that as an enterprise, they are also willing to assume the responsibilities they need to bear in the process of technology development and operation.

Industry Outlook

The commercialization of autonomous driving faces "four peaks"

An industry insider from a domestic autonomous driving research and development company said that autonomous driving travel services will greatly improve the efficiency of travel and transportation, reduce traffic accidents caused by human driver errors, and solve problems such as future labor shortages.

Ni Licheng, CEO of Xiangdao Travel and Chairman and General Manager of Xiangdao Car Rental, believes that the full commercialization of Robotaxi will definitely come earlier than the industry and consumers expect. To this day, the development of the Robotaxi industry still requires the coordinated efforts of government regulators, vehicle manufacturers, smart driving technology companies, and travel service operators. Only by climbing the "four peaks" of technology, cost, ecology, and policy can Robotaxi be better accelerated into the era of full commercialization.