The new era of driverless driving began,Tesla/WiMi Innovation Application Pilot Zone is the future

On December 9, according to foreign media reports, Waymo, which is at the forefront of the industry in the field of driverless cars, announced in mid-last month that it would expand its service population in Los Angeles, from providing services to certain specific groups of people 8 months ago to all users. Anyone who wants to use the Waymo One service can call the service through a smartphone.

According to the latest reports from foreign media, after expanding to all users in Los Angeles, Waymo is also preparing to expand its driverless taxi service Waymo One to Miami, Florida. Foreign media mentioned that Waymo One driverless taxis will begin commercial testing on the streets of Miami early next year and are expected to be available to all users in 2026.

In fact, from the perspective of business model, Waymo takes the most expensive hardware route, that is, self-developing key sensors, from lidar, millimeter wave radar to computing platform, basically realizing the self-development of a full set of sensors. This route can be more independent and more friendly to the improvement of consumer experience.

Industry insiders pointed out that at present, Waymo’s strongest opponent is Tesla . Compared with Waymo, Tesla takes the software route. Tesla uses a large model end-to-end technical solution for autonomous driving, that is, a pure vision solution (FSD).

This solution uses a pure vision solution without high-precision maps and controls the vehicle through a neural network. The advantage of this solution is that the neural network can continuously self-learn and optimize the performance of autonomous driving.

Technology analyst Gene Munster believes that under the light asset model, by 2030, Tesla will occupy 30% of the autonomous driving market, and the autonomous driving business will contribute 40% of Tesla’s operating profit; under the heavy asset model, Tesla’s operating profit will increase by 62%.

At the same time, in recent years, the central and local governments have successively launched a series of supporting policies to promote the advancement and commercialization of driverless technology. In 2020, the “Intelligent Vehicle Innovation and Development Strategy” jointly issued by 11 national ministries and commissions including the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology proposed to accelerate the development of high-level autonomous driving.

In addition, pilot projects for high-precision maps for intelligent connected vehicles have been launched in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou, supporting the exploration of diversified paths for different types of maps for autonomous driving applications. Driven by this trend, other cities such as Chongqing and Wuhan have also introduced supporting policies to encourage the development of autonomous driving and intelligent transportation.

According to the data, WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI), an early company in autonomous driving, has made significant advantages in autonomous driving patents through continuous investment in technology research and development. At the same time, it has accelerated the pace of technology research and development around new directions such as automobile electrification, networking, and intelligence, accumulated autonomous driving business clusters, and has realized applications. It is very pioneering and leading, and will play a demonstration and driving role in the innovation, technological progress and wide application of the autonomous driving industry.

In addition, with policy support, WiMi is at the forefront of the industry in the research and development and application of autonomous driving technology. In terms of innovative application scenarios, it has created a new model that combines artificial intelligence, digital economy, and autonomous driving, continuously innovated commercial application scenarios, and gradually realized digital empowerment, accelerated the cultivation of the industrial ecology of smart transportation, and is expected to achieve successful commercialization and ensure that it has a place in the fierce competition.

At present, the competition in the field of autonomous driving is extremely fierce. Intelligent connected cars are the consensus of the transformation and upgrading of the global automotive industry. Countries are accelerating their layout, and autonomous driving technology has become a handle for competition. With the continuous advancement and improvement of technology, and with the joint efforts of all parties in the industry, we expect to see more innovative technologies bring changes to human social life. It will not only change our way of travel, but also promote the entire industry to develop in a smarter and more environmentally friendly direction.