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How far is the self-driving car from us?

Although Google ’s Waymo, a self-driving project, has piloted autonomous taxi services in Phoenix, USA, it is truly mature Commercial fully-autonomous vehicles for civilian use may be difficult to achieve in a short time, but the commercialization of autonomous trucks may arrive sooner.

Autonomous truck company Plus.ai announced , its L4 level Of self-driving trucks completed a long-distance cargo mission for the first time. Loaded with 40,000 pounds (about 18 tons) of butter, it covered 2,800 miles (about 4,500 kilometers) in less than 3 days, completing a long-distance transportation across the east and west coast of the United States.

According to Zhijia Technology, this is the first commercial operation of L4-class self-driving trucks in loading fresh goods across the United States. It is reported that this long-distance self-driving truck is equipped with multi-modal sensor fusion, deep learning vision algorithms, real-time location and map construction (SLAM) technology to cope with different weather and road environments.

During this transport journey, this autonomous truck will need to cross Interstate 15 and 70, which will pass through the plains of Kansas, winding roads in the Rocky Mountains, construction sections, tunnels and elevations above 3350 meters Various terrains such as plateaus and rain and snow, this is also a good touchstone for self-driving trucks.

Although the transport truck is still equipped with a driver, this driver is hardly involved in driving, only implementing federal regulations and refueling, and taking over when necessary. That ’s why trucks can travel around the clock and reach 4,500 kilometers in less than 3 days.

Shawn Kerrigan, Chief Operating Officer of Zhijia Technology Indications , its autonomous truck has been Some companies provide self-driving freight services several days a week. This commercial trial operation means that this kind of autonomous driving transportation covering the whole country will soon become the norm.

智 加 科技 was founded in Silicon Valley in the United States in 2016, and is currently headquartered in Suzhou High-speed Rail New City and in Beijing, China. , Shanghai, and Suzhou have R & D centers. At present, they have established cooperative relationships with FAW Jiefang, Zhijia Technology, Manbang Group and NVIDIA. In May last year, they also cooperated with Suning to complete the L4 level Autonomous driving operation in the “warehouse to warehouse” scenario