Intelligent networking technology accelerates the construction of a new ecology of automobile industry integration

The automobile industry has accelerated the transformation of electrification, networking and intelligence, which has become an important force to promote new industrialization and develop new quality productivity. From October 17th to 19th, 2024 World Intelligent Networked Automobile Conference (WICV) was held in Beijing. At the meeting, the "Top Ten Breakthroughs of Intelligent Networked Cars in the World", which represents the development trend of the global intelligent networked car industry, was released for the first time, and many of the breakthroughs were related to China.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the intelligent networked automobile industry system in China has basically taken shape, and a complete industrial system covering basic chips, sensors, computing platforms, chassis control and networked cloud control has been built. In the next step, we will make overall plans for high-quality development and high-level safety, work out the development plan of intelligent networked automobile industry in the new period, adhere to the development route of vehicle-road coordination and combination of software and hardware, and accelerate the construction of an automobile power.

Intelligent networking is an important direction for the transformation and upgrading of the automobile industry.

At present, as the product of the deep integration of the automobile industry and the new generation of information technology, the intelligent networked automobile not only represents the direction of automobile development, but also is an important engine to promote the high-quality development of social economy.

"The vigorous development, high-speed iteration and large-scale application of intelligent networking technology have brought unprecedented changes to the development of the automobile industry." Qiu Xiandong, chairman of China FAW Group Co., Ltd., said that the future technology trends are wire control, chips, operating systems, computing power, algorithms, the application of artificial intelligence and the new generation of information and communication technologies. Intelligent networked technology is subverting the form of automobile products, and intelligent networked automobile has become a super combination that carries the integration of Internet of Things, information network and energy network. At the same time, the supply chain of the traditional automobile industry chain will be further optimized, reorganized and integrated across borders, and the pattern of the modern automobile industry will be profoundly adjusted and reshaped. In addition, intelligent networking technology has brought "new topics" and "new challenges" to enterprises and users in safety management. Intelligent networking technology has also made great changes in marketing and service models, and the profit growth point of enterprises will shift.

Nowadays, intelligent networked vehicles have become a new highland to promote economic development. Artificial intelligence has deeply empowered the automobile industry, redefined automobile products, extended and expanded the industrial chain, reshaped the industrial ecology, and promoted the development of transportation infrastructure, new materials, software and information services, and ecological services. The development of related industries is accelerating the formation of a number of trillion-level industries, and the inherent international effects of the industries are further revealed. According to research data, by 2030, the output value of the automobile industry with integrated intelligent networking between automobile and Lu Yun will increase by 2.58 trillion yuan.

Wu Hequan, academician of China Academy of Engineering and director of internet society of china Expert Advisory Committee, mentioned that the combination of bicycle intelligence and new energy vehicles has developed quite well in China, and the application of bicycle intelligence and car networking without network is relatively limited, so it is difficult to update it in real time, which is still insufficient in terms of safety. If you add the cooperation of network and cloud, it will increase the overall situation, make the car more functional, more efficient and safer, and reduce the cost of bicycle intelligence, so as to improve the overall computing efficiency by 30%. Network connection combined with intelligence is the best application method.

"In the face of the growing demand for transportation and intelligent transportation, it is an inevitable requirement for development to promote the application of a new generation of technologies represented by intelligent network connection technology." Sun Yonghong, president of the Highway Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, said that intelligent networking technology is an important part of intelligent transportation, which has great scientific and technological value as well as great industrial value. It is also one of the representatives of new quality productivity in the transportation field, so it is both important and urgent to speed up the development of intelligent networking technology.

Intelligent driving is the soul of intelligent networked cars, and it is a must for the automobile industry. Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said that intelligent driving is still an aid in practical application. While vigorously promoting the research and development and application of intelligent driving technology, car companies should clearly inform and advocate users how to use intelligent assisted driving safely and reasonably, and be responsible to users and the industry.

All parties in the industry cooperate to build a new ecology of automobile industry integration.

At present, driven by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and cloud computing, intelligent driving has become a new direction of automotive technology revolution and industrial transformation. The form of automobile products and the ecology of the industry are undergoing fundamental changes. It is understood that in the first half of this year, 56% of passenger cars on the market were equipped with intelligent driving systems above L2 level, more than half of them. Leading functions such as intelligent driving and OTA have become an important factor affecting consumers’ purchase, and also one of the key factors to promote the high-end automobile brands in China. In terms of industrial integration, there are more than 50% chip design companies in the TOP 100 in China, and more than 40% companies in the TOP 50 Internet companies have entered the automobile circle, and a huge industrial ecology with smart driving as the core has been formed.

Looking at the development trend of global intelligent networked automobile technology and industry, it is showing the development trend of comprehensive expansion of artificial intelligence, rapid application of vehicle networking technology, escort of safety system and continuous improvement of standards and regulations.

"In the construction of intelligent networked automobile industry chain, China has made phased achievements in the fields of new energy, three electric power, intelligent cockpit and intelligent driving, but there is still a gap compared with the global advanced level in terms of high performance and high safety chips." Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holding Group, said that it is necessary to master the core competitiveness and build a stable, reliable and competitive intelligent networked automobile industrial chain system, which is the basis for the sustainable and high-quality development of the industry.

Talking about the future development of intelligent networked automobile industry, Ceng Qinghong, chairman of Guangzhou Automobile Group, made two suggestions: First, strengthen independent research and development of chips and common coordination. Intelligent networked vehicles have more, wider and more advanced demand for chips, which means that China must speed up the collaborative research of automobile chip industry technology, and hope that automobile enterprises and ICT and other industrial chain enterprises will strengthen collaborative cooperation and common layout to avoid wasting resources. The second is to speed up the improvement of laws and regulations on the commercial operation of autonomous driving, formulate national unified commercial operation standards and regulations for autonomous driving vehicles, and then accelerate the intelligent development of intelligent networked automobile industry.

The new revolution of intelligent networking brings a new model of industrial development cooperation. How do enterprises in the whole automobile industry chain "make friends"? Zhu Huarong, Chairman of Chongqing Changan Automobile, mentioned at the scene that the automobile industry actively embraced some new changes and cooperation modes of intelligence, digitalization and globalization. For example, Chinese and foreign auto companies have developed from the original technology introduction to joint development, technology export and technology sharing, from the original China auto market to the global market, to jointly promote the high-quality development of global auto products and industries.

"The cross-integration of intelligent networked vehicles has formed a typical information and physical integration system. The ecology and product region of complex systems will change, and the future industrial ecology will change accordingly. In the future, there will be computing technology platforms, cloud control technology platforms, information security technology platforms, map technology platforms and terminal technology platforms, and new industries will emerge in the future. " Li Keqiang, academician of China Academy of Engineering and director of Tsinghua University Intelligent Networked Vehicle and Traffic Research Center, said.

Generally speaking, China intelligent networked automobile test demonstration has made positive progress, but there are still many problems to be solved, such as scene fragmentation, demonstration bonsai, standard regionalization, data islanding and so on. There are still challenges in technological innovation, improvement of laws and regulations, cross-industry collaboration, ecological construction and business model exploration.

Wang Weiming, director of the Equipment Industry Division I of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to increase its support, adhere to the development strategy of car-Lu Yun integration, take more effective measures, specifically, deepen the pilot application of car-Lu Yun integration, build a car-Lu Yun integration standard system, strengthen cross-regional pilot interconnection, extensively carry out international exchanges and cooperation, and comprehensively promote the high-quality development of the automobile industry.