It should be the feast of autonomous driving. Almost all car manufacturers present advanced driver assistance systems at the car show in Shanghai, which begins on Wednesday and is now the most important car show in the world. These steer independently and confidently through the city and freeway traffic in the People’s Republic compared to Germany, but immediately before the start of the fair there is an ice-cold shower of the Chinese authorities. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology invited a total of 60 companies in Beijing last week. It warned the companies in unmistakable words not to neglect security. They should not “overdo” in advertising and should encourage drivers to keep their hands at the wheel and to stay concentrated. The Ministry of Public Security reminded the managers on his channel in the Chinese messenger service Wechat of the applicable legislation: If false advertising for the autopilot causes serious accidents, then the person responsible threatens the person responsible. On his Wechat Canal, he promised to ensure the quality of networked cars and to regulate the advertising promises more. The manufacturers should not spread “vague and misleading” advertising, and already published “Incity curates should be corrected immediately”. The companies would have to prevent the risk that the drivers used the autopilot improperly. All companies would now have to act. Sales misfortune of Xiaomi car event for the meeting and the public warnings was an accident at the end of March, which shocked the country and the entire industry. A car from the technology group Xiaomi, which went under the car manufacturers last year, had a difficult time, three young women were killed. According to the protocol that Xiaomi had published, the car was up to two seconds before the fatal impact in the autopilot and then completely burned out. Xiaomi’s share price gave in dramatically, the Xiaomi boss Lei Jun, celebrated for months, promised Weibo, the Chinese X-counterpart, complete education. The autopilotes are now very widespread in China. Estimates assume that this year 15 million new cars, about two thirds of the market, are equipped with the systems. The Chinese car manufacturers had recently made themselves more confident every month. At the beginning of the year, Wang Chuanfu, founder and head of the industry leader BYD, sounded that the systems would become standard this year. Even in BYD vehicles that cost the equivalent of less than 10,000 euros, the systems are now being installed. And in the past week, i.e. after the Xiaomi accident, He Xiaopeng, head and namesake of the premium manufacturer XPENG, will be the next level and will bring the next stage into the vehicles that no longer bear the legal responsibility, but the Auto manufacturer.Xpeng strives for level 3 Anim Technical Jargon is the system sought by Xpeng as level 3. So far, however, there is no legislation in China. Instead, so-called level 2 ++ systems in China are very common, which drive independently, but in which the driver is still formally responsible for any accidents. However, countless videos in which the drivers are strongly distracted or even sleep on social media are circulating. So far there are more than 130 brands in China, VW representatives are in charge. The concern is that this struggle for survival is driving it to too full -bodied advertising promises or risky technical decisions. “Sometimes it is better not to be the very first one” The German manufacturers are confirmed in view of the developments. Mercedes, BMW and Volkswagen are also considered a technical straggler in the People’s Republic. Representatives of the corporations repeatedly emphasize that you stand for security and reliability, and that takes longer. When asked about the Xiaomi accident, a person responsible on Tuesday said that German manufacturers did not make customers “guinea pig”, making a sharp accusation to the Chinese competition. “Sometimes it is better not to be the very first,” said a BMW manager, which showed the new rules effect on several events in Shanghai on Tuesday. At a press conference, NIO boss William Li was not tired of emphasizing the safety of autonomous driving systems in the vehicles of the Chinese premium brand. On a test drive through Shanghai, Michael Hart, director of automated driving software at Mercedes, took care of choosing too technical formulations. Because of the Xiaomi accident, one should no longer speak of “Level 2 ++”, instead he spoke of a level system for city navigation. Mercedes wants to launch the autonomous driving systems in the People’s Republic in the course of this year, and European customers have to be a patient’s plans for VW. At a celebration in the luxurious Shanghaier Westbund district on the banks of the Huangpu, VW presented its own autonomous driving system on Tuesday evening, which is scheduled to celebrate its premiere in a new VW model this year. VW wants to roll it out in the compact class next year. The technology developed with the partner Horizon Robotics is “tailored to the needs of our Chinese customers,” says the Group’s Chinese chief, Ralf Brandstätter. She will “set an exclamation mark on the market”. The Wolfsburgers set all levers in motion to stabilize their position in the People’s Republic after they have lost market shares for years. By 2027, the group wants to publish more than 20 fully electric models and hybrids in its once most important sales market. From the coming year, the group wants to equip certain models from Audi and Porsche with systems that should work at a comparable level as in China. The development partner is mobileye here, and for the group’s own volume brands, VW cooperates with Bosch.bmw and Mercedes have already released technology in Germany, which takes over the controls at speeds of up to 95 kilometers per hour on the highway when the driver remains careful. In contrast, systems for the mass market, which, as in China, independently maneuver in city traffic, are far away.
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