Foreign media: The United States lost its leading position in automatic driving or was overtaken by China and Britain

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[NetEase smart news January 10 news] The question now is no longer "when the driverless car arrives", but from where. When the United States and China are in a close contest to see who will lead the popularization of artificially driven cars, a dark horse is killed.

It is very likely that Britain will come to the party.

However, before we discuss the Queen's plan, we need to talk about the best player in the field of self-driving cars last year: China. Once again, China has used state-funded projects to promote the development of science and technology to lead the era of artificial intelligence. The National Development and Reform Commission of China recently announced that China plans to achieve at least half of the total number of smart cars by 2020. This strategy also shows that China hopes to realize the use of self-driving cars in 90% of cities and roads and build a wireless network built to run smart car technologies.

At the same time, the United States and the United Kingdom are taking a completely different approach to solving this problem. We mentioned the United Kingdom, a country that was not usually considered a hotbed for the development of self-driving cars. However, recent indications from the British Minister of Transport, Chris Graying, indicated that the country of this island may soon become the birthplace of many robots. place.

According to a report in the Financial Times, Graylin said in a recent interview: I want to make Britain the first country to achieve self-driving cars on the road.

It sounds like he is ready to approve the test of driverless cars on public roads, and it is very likely.

Most of the development of driverless cars is done in simulations, and artificial intelligence can be simulated in any road situation that developers can think of. But to make this technology truly mature, there is still a need for self-driving cars to drive a certain number of miles on public roads. In this way, not only can we fine-tune things in car programming, but it can also expose the public to new technologies that many people still doubt.

As the driverless car market is about to make huge gains in the future, global automakers are racing to become leaders. No matter where they make these vehicles on the road, consumers are the final decision.

(From: TNW compilation: NetEase smart reviewer: Rosie)