Wuhan citizens praise autonomous driving, and the Municipal Transportation Bureau: Work with leading companies to create a new blueprint for the intelligent connected car industry

"Wuhan City attaches great importance to the development of the intelligent connected vehicle industry and has successively opened more than 1,000 kilometers of open roads for intelligent connected vehicles. It encourages leading intelligent connected vehicle companies to settle in Wuhan and work together to create the Wuhan Intelligent Network A new blueprint for the development of the connected automobile industry. As a leading company in the autonomous driving industry, Baidu Luobo Kuaipao attaches great importance to the development of Wuhan's intelligent connected automobile industry. Since settling in Wuhan Economic Development Zone in August 2022, Baidu Luobo Kuaipao will be deeply involved in autonomous driving services. Continue to promote autonomous driving experience services to allow more citizens to feel the technological charm brought by autonomous driving technology. "

##On May 30, Wuhan City. The Transportation Bureau responded to citizens’ “demand for more positive publicity about autonomous driving” and attracted widespread attention.

The above-mentioned citizens said in their messages that driverless driving is not only a good experience, smooth and safe driving, and provides 24-hour service to facilitate citizens’ travel, but also contributes to improving the image of Wuhan city. , it is also of great significance to promote the development of new productivity. We hope that drivers will learn driverless driving, abide by traffic rules, and jointly maintain the image of Wuhan city. We also hope that relevant departments will increase positive publicity for driverless driving among drivers, and tolerate and support the use of new technologies. develop.

On Wuhan city message boards, it is not uncommon for citizens to call for the expansion of the scope of autonomous vehicle operations and to give thumbs up to autonomous vehicles. Carrot Run has been operating in a standardized manner in Wuhan for a long time. When will it be available on Yangluo Street? I saw that the Kou District is already within the scope of operation, but there has been no way to take a taxi. When can the people in the Kou District experience it? "Waiting" related messages have also become the best portrayal of the two-way rush between Wuhan citizens and autonomous driving.

#In Wuhan, autonomous driving has become an important way for Wuhan citizens to travel daily. Whether it is a popular scenic spot or daily commuting, "Taking unmanned vehicles to drive Wuhan quickly" has become Wuhan's unique cultural landscape, and Carrot Run has also been recognized and supported by Wuhan citizens. In daily life outside of the message board, Luobo Kuaipao has also repeatedly received praise from users.

# "Because of the geographical advantage, there are many self-driving cars, which are not only convenient but also safe to drive. Taking a taxi at night is also very safe." A man who lives in Wuhan Economic Development Zone User said that from December 2022 to now, her orders for Carrot Run have reached 719.

# Not only does she travel by self-driving car, Ms. Tao also often "Amway" Carrot Run to nearby residents, encouraging them to register an account and take a taxi, so that the people around her can All neighbors can experience autonomous driving. "I'm like the 'private publicity ambassador' of Carrot Run." the above-mentioned user said with a smile.

As a new technology, autonomous driving has also become an "artifact" for parent-child education for Wuhan citizens. Every weekend, Ms. Huang takes her 8-year-old daughter for a ride on a self-driving car to experience "black technology" up close.

"The development of any new thing will have a certain impact (on old things). Once someone feels that something is not good, they will amplify it infinitely and follow it. People around me are exaggerating. But those of us who often take the Carrot Run feel that it is very safe, the driving is smooth and comfortable, and there are no such behaviors as running traffic lights, cutting traffic, or suddenly changing lanes. "Ms. Huang said that the children also feel that it is very good. Such autonomous vehicles are very novel.

# Users’ real feedback has become the driving force for the development of Luobo Kuaipao. As one of the representatives of new productivity, since it landed in Wuhan Economic Development Zone in May 2022 and launched China's first fully unmanned autonomous driving commercial operation in August, Luobo Kuaipao has been adhering to the principle of "making cars smarter and traveling easier." "The mission is to follow the government's innovation policies and continuously improve technical capabilities and service capabilities. Especially in 2024, Luobo Kuaipao has successively opened airport connections, cross-river traffic and 7*24 travel services on some road sections, and is committed to providing safe, comfortable, green and low-carbon travel services for all passengers.

Not only Wuhan citizens, the self-driving car has also become a must-have for foreign tourists visiting Wuhan. project. On social media platforms, relevant videos such as “Wuhan’s black technology shocks foreigners” and “When will self-driving cars arrive in my hometown?” have made Wuhan continue to break out of the circle, and the black technology of self-driving has become Wuhan’s new business card. .

Behind this is the innovative ambition of a car city and the continuous hard work of a technology enterprise for ten years.

At present, when Wuhan’s traditional automobile industry is facing transformation and upgrading, autonomous driving, as a new productive force, provides assistance and support for the development of Wuhan’s intelligent and connected automobile industry.

As an important "dual intelligence" demonstration city in the country and a practitioner and leader of autonomous driving policies, Wuhan City has always attached great importance to and seized new technologies. Opportunities for the rapid growth of demand in the energy vehicle market require the company to adhere to the development direction of electrification, intelligence, and connectivity, unswervingly promote the transformation and upgrading of the automobile industry, open up new fields, and win on new tracks. In the past two years, Wuhan has accelerated the opening of autonomous driving test roads, taken the lead in the country in issuing a fully autonomous driving commercial pilot policy, and achieved national innovative breakthroughs in multiple autonomous driving commercial application scenarios such as cross-regional traffic, cross-river traffic, and airport expressway traffic. .

As of the end of 2023, Wuhan’s cumulative open test road mileage has exceeded 3,378.73 kilometers (one-way mileage), covering 12 administrative districts, with a radiation area of ​​approximately 3,000 square kilometers , with a population of over 7.7 million, ranks first in the country in terms of open mileage and open areas, and is also the world's largest self-driving travel service area.

Baidu began its deployment in the field of autonomous driving in 2013. Over the past ten years, it has insisted on intensive, marathon R&D investment and driven long-term development with technological innovation. Up to now, Baidu Apollo's high-level autonomous driving safety test mileage has exceeded 100 million kilometers, and it has more than 5,000 autonomous driving patent families, among which the number of high-level autonomous driving patent families ranks first in the world.

It is worth mentioning that on the evening of May 30, Beijing time, "Time" magazine announced the 2024 list of "The World's 100 Most Influential Companies" (TIME100 Most Influential Companies). With its leading achievements in the field of artificial intelligence - Wenxinyiyan large language model and driverless cars, Baidu was rated as a global leader and became the only Chinese company selected in this category.

Looking around the world, as one of the fastest-growing scenarios for the implementation of artificial intelligence, various economies are developing in the field of autonomous driving. The smoke has never dissipated. At a time when China has become the largest automobile exporter, global autonomous driving is also undergoing an undercurrent of industrial competition.

#Currently, China’s economy has entered a stage of high-quality development, and developing new productive forces has become an important task now and in the future. This year's government work report also proposed that in 2024, we should vigorously promote the construction of a modern industrial system and accelerate the development of new productive forces. As a typical application scenario of artificial intelligence empowering the automotive industry, autonomous driving is not only a new track for the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, but also an important area for the development of new productivity. At present, with the intensive advancement of national ministries and commissions' smart transportation pilot application pilots, smart networked vehicle access and on-road pilots, and vehicle-road-cloud "integration" pilots, the commercialization and industrialization process of autonomous driving technology is accelerating.

In order to further play the leading role of new productivity, Wuhan will also focus on the common vision of building a transportation powerhouse and jointly build autonomous vehicles with technology companies including Baidu. A new chapter in driving will form a batch of advanced achievements that are replicable, demonstrable and scalable with national influence, allowing autonomous driving to enter the daily lives of more Wuhan citizens and promoting China's smart car industry to lead the world.