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“Uninitiated” enters the game to play, can the player’s leeks be cut at will?

editor — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 02:10:06 +0000

Image source @Visual China Wen | Attention Xiong Chumo The game market has been very “sweet” in recent years, and it is obvious both inside and outside the circle. On June 16, Baotong Technology responded to investors’ concerns about its first self-developed two-dimensional mobile game “End Front: Inobeta”. Such a scenario, It’s just the same daily routine among A-share game companies. , But for Baotong Technology, there is something interesting-this company was founded in 2000, and its main business in the 16 years after its establishment is heavy industry production and intelligent transportation of industrial goods that have nothing to do with games. After 2016, Baotong Technology’s revenue structure, which has been engaged in the game industry, has rapidly changed. As of 2020, Baotong Technology’s game business revenue has accounted for 58.04% of total revenue, completing the transformation from a gorgeous “cross circle” , Boarded the express train of the game market. According to the data of the “2021 Net Generation Online Social Behavior Insight Report” released by the Mob Research Institute, online games rank first with 78.9% of the online entertainment ratio of the “Net Generation Generation”, and they have become the most popular among the younger generation. The main form of entertainment consumption. Today, when young people are in the world, the development of game business has become an important strategy for many Internet companies. Even many traditional companies outside the circle have also started to eat crabs. Traditional companies going downhill meet the booming game industry According to the “2020 China Game Industry Report” released by the Game Publishing Working Committee of the China Audiovisual and Digital Publishing Association, in 2020, the actual sales revenue of the Chinese game market will be 278.687 billion yuan, an increase of 47.81 billion yuan from 2019, a year-on-year increase of 20.71 %, to maintain rapid growth. It can be said that the game industry that emerged from the 2018 version of “Bitter Winter” (that is, the domestic suspension of the release of game version numbers in 2018) has become a trend in the entire pan-entertainment field, and the powerful gold-absorbing ability shown by boutique games has left companies both inside and outside the circle. I am deeply impressed that many Internet companies are rushing to deploy their own game business, which is really lively. However, compared with Internet companies, the consciousness of many traditional companies outside the circle is even “ahead”. In fact, since 2014, many listed companies in traditional industries have entered the game industry in the form of mergers and acquisitions of game companies. For example, in 2015, the giant dragon pipe industry engaged in pipeline production acquired the game company Aiglas at a premium of 25.5 times at a price of 3 billion yuan; in the same year, Zhongnan Heavy Industry acquired 100% of the equity of Value Interactive for 870 million yuan, and its main business continued to Cultural and entertainment transformation; in 2016, the agricultural and veterinary drug company Shenghua Beike acquired 100% of the equity of the game company Chengdu Yanlong Technology for 1.6 billion yuan; in the same year, the aforementioned Baotong Technology acquired the overseas game publishing company Yihuan Internet, and invested 7 million yuan in VR game company Ha Shiqi… These companies chose to enter the game market on the eve of the version number “Bitter Winter”, On the one hand, it is related to the outbreak of mobile game products after 2013. At that time, the release of games such as “Legend of Dota” and “Sword of the Three Kingdoms” allowed domestic companies to see the momentum of the rise of mobile games, attracting many entrepreneurial teams and companies during the transition period, and some traditional companies engaged in the game industry have also joined the game. among them. On the other hand, it is also related to the difficulties faced by traditional enterprises themselves. Since the emergence of the concept of Internet+, the Internet industry has been raging, food delivery has changed the traditional catering industry, e-commerce has penetrated into traditional retail, and traditional companies have had to accelerate digital transformation in order to save themselves. However, the digital transformation of traditional enterprises is not an easy task. In the past few years, many physical industries have fallen into the quagmire of the case. I will not repeat them here. Only the impact of the 2020 epidemic will cause catering, hotels, tourism, real estate, private, transportation, foreign trade, Traditional industries such as movies have no choice but to suspend operations and suffer heavy losses. Small and micro enterprises and startups are struggling to withstand the pressure and go bankrupt. According to the results of 995 small and medium-sized enterprises surveyed by Tsinghua University and Peking University in 2020, 34% of the companies can only last for one month, 17.91% of the companies can last for 3 months, and only 9.96% of the companies can last for more than 6 months. Image source: China Europe Business Review In such an urgent situation, simply advancing digitalization may not be able to save traditional enterprises. What they need is a more direct transformation to protect themselves. In August 2020, Mingchen Health, a listed daily chemical company with brands such as “Dihua Show” and “Meiwang”, announced that it has entered the mobile game field through acquisition. In the announcement, Mingchen Health bluntly stated that with the development of new business types such as daily chemical specialty stores, e-commerce retail, and online celebrity products, coupled with unfavorable factors such as consumers’ reduced brand stickiness, the company’s daily chemical industry is increasingly competitive. , Business development is facing bottlenecks, and it is necessary to create new growth points by cutting into the field of mobile online games. Under such a background, it is not difficult for traditional companies in dire straits to join the thriving game industry. Seventy percent of the manufacturers closed down in two years, is the game really so fragrant? From before the outbreak of the epidemic to the post-epidemic era, game products and manufacturers have been out of the circle more and more frequently. “Shanghai F4”-the achievements of Eagle Corner, Folding Paper, Mihayou, and Lilith are visible to the naked eye. The way is changing the ecology of the industry. People can’t help but imagine that in the future, the pattern of Tencent and Netease giants dominating the domestic game market will be completely changed. In front of a group of game manufacturers, there will be a new market full of unlimited opportunities. Obviously, the spotlight effect of the media makes people only see the most eye-catching celebrities in the industry, and they have an overly optimistic evaluation of the entire market environment. In fact, the game market is no longer the calm blue ocean they imagined. According to the statistics of the game media game new knowledge, from 2013 to present, a total of 2,194 game companies have declared their deaths, and the growth rate has increased year by year. In 2019, the number of domestic closed game companies was 742, and in 2020, it was 761. Data source: new game knowledge in other words, Game companies that have closed down in the past two years account for nearly 70% of the game companies that have closed down in the past seven years. Behind these figures, what is revealed is the pain brought by the “premium trend” to the game market. After the increase in game version restrictions in 2018, game companies that still adopt “low game development investment and high purchase volume promotion investment” are forced to face the plight of no games, and they hold and operate “skin-changing mobile games” “It is inevitable that it is difficult to operate for a long time because of the low quality, so it will soon be eliminated. The remaining small and medium-sized enterprises will inevitably be forced into the “arms race” that they are not familiar with by cutting-edge game companies such as Eagle Horn and Mihayou-that is, in the game play, art, music, copywriting and other parts. Intense competition. Zhou Bo, the original painter of a mobile game manufacturer in Hangzhou, has a deep understanding of this. After 2014, the domestic two-dimensional mobile game kicked off its own prelude, and Zhou Bo’s game company also started to develop anime-style card development games. At the beginning, Zhou Bo found that the overall quality of the domestic two-dimensional mobile games was not high, and his work was fairly easy. But in recent years, with the launch of a series of new games such as “Azur Lane” and “Tomorrow’s Ark”, Zhou Bo found that the tastes of players have become more and more “tricky”. “In the case of Liehui, we first put on the shelves only Liehui with characters, and the players didn’t have any comments, but then players began to have various requirements, such as the background of the next-door manufacturer’s game, why don’t you bring the background? , The next-door manufacturer’s game Liga is live2D dynamic, why don’t you guys…and so on, every day we can see players criticize our Liga and say they want to uninstall the game, which feels really uncomfortable.” Zhou Bo sighed. The plight of “Zhou Bo” is hard to feel for big companies with well-established families such as Tencent and Netease. These leading companies want to compete with the newcomers in the market, and it is not as difficult as imagined. As long as they change their strategies, increase investment, and make similar products based on the current explosive models in the market. For example, “Game Overlord” Tencent, although “Yuan Shen” escaped from its own channels, but after a year, he was able to take out “Xuan Zhong Ji” to preempt the two-dimensional open world mobile game developed by “Yuan Shen” Market segments. With the passage of time, there will only be more and more such works in Tencent channels, and it may not be able to completely defeat the original God, but it will be easy to make the uniqueness of the original God without competing products eventually disappear. However, for those small and medium-sized game companies, the situation is not so easy. The phenomenon of “involution” brought about by the “arms race” with newcomers will only increase the development costs of small and medium-sized enterprises and prolong product development time. At a time when game companies are developing game market segments like gold rushes, the more time small and medium-sized companies spend on game development, the less time they spend exploring the market segments, and the same market segmentation they encounter subsequently There will also be more competitors-in short, the trend of high-quality games has increased the development threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises and reduced the opportunities for trial and error. Under such a predicament like walking on thin ice, small and medium-sized game companies will only find it more difficult to compete with leading companies, and eventually end up with a tragic ending of “heart is higher than the sky, life is thinner than paper”. Game makers are still in such a difficult situation, and traditional companies outside the circle who want to enter this field will undoubtedly face more pressures. For those traditional companies that have not really made up their minds, playing games is not a good choice. The different situations of cross-industry bigwigs, how do manufacturers outside the circle make best-selling products The “involution” of the game is already so difficult, and the entry of traditional companies into the game field, from the perspective of players, is even more grievous: these laymen just came over and kicked in because they smelled the aroma of the “player economy”. , Can they really make a good game? In fact, this kind of thinking is somewhat stereotyped. Traditional companies have indeed not been exposed to game products before, but it does not mean that they must have been deeply involved in the industry from beginning to end in order to produce “authentic” products. With enough investment and in-depth understanding, manufacturers outside the circle can also develop works that can conquer players. For example, “Destiny” and its developer Jiashan Forest Entertainment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Jiashan Forest Entertainment). Recently, with the return of sales promotion activities on the game online sales platform steam, a new martial arts game released in 2018, “Destiny Qi Yu”, has once again come to the player’s field of vision because it has topped the steam national best-selling list. In, and received a lot of praise from the players. Although in 2021, the picture performance of “Fate of Heaven” is not outstanding, the flaws are not hidden. The excellent branch plot, smooth combat system and rich and interesting mini game play are still enough to make it a “masterpiece of martial arts”. Word of mouth, and aroused a large number of players’ expectations for its follow-up works, which officially opened the prelude to an IP. The most surprising thing is that the main business of the parent company of the developer of this game is not games, but real estate. From the perspective of bubble planning for a mobile game company in Chengdu, Jiashanlin Entertainment made his debut and received good reviews. It has been verified that the current “high investment, high return” boutique model has replaced the past channel-led model of “low investment in development and high investment in publicity”. Acquisition and diversified development is also one of the paths for cross-border players. For example, Jinke Culture, which started with the research and development, production and sales of bleaching self-service agent SPC (sodium percarbonate) in the early days, completed the acquisition of Outfit7 for 7.3 billion yuan in 2017 and transferred the IP of “Talking Tom Cat” The copyright belongs to it. The company’s business revenue has also achieved significant changes afterwards. According to the 2019 financial report, Jinke Culture’s revenue reached 1.35 billion yuan in the first half of the year and 1.38 billion in the same period in 2018. The mobile Internet culture business, where the game business is located, has a revenue of 937 million yuan and a gross profit margin of 88.6%. The chemical business has revenue of 413 million yuan and a gross profit margin of 36.5%. “Knowing games is easy to say, but it’s not a good practice. To put it bluntly, the main purpose of most companies that want to enter the game field is to take advantage of the hot game market and quickly launch games to monetize. They don’t trust high The new model of “investment and high return” still chooses the traditional model of “skin-changing mobile games + channel promotion” to test the waters. If you have a little capital, you may take the path of IP adaptation, but it is also purely using IP art materials to give it. The game is “shell”.” Bubble pointed out that if the concept does not change, it will be difficult for companies to adapt to the new environment. For example, the well-known Japanese comic “Sword Art Online” IP adaptation of the mobile game Kaiying Network recently launched, even with the IP blessing, but the quality of the game itself is not good enough, the promotion effect of the channel will soon be negative by word of mouth among players. Evaluation hedging will have a serious impact on the subsequent operations of the game. Understanding the game and understanding the players has become a compulsory course for companies that want to get involved in this field. “But even if this is the case, many companies outside the circle feel that I don’t understand games myself, so I just spend money to buy a game company and let special people do special things. Isn’t it enough?” For this attitude, Pao thinks Even if they lack experience in setting up game development teams, they can only enter the game industry by acquiring game companies. Traditional companies must also understand the ecology and trends of the game industry. To give a simple example, when Tencent is aware of the expanding influence of domestic console games, and immediately turns to invest in potential stocks such as “Black Myth: Wukong”, when Perfect World perceives that the two-dimensional open world will become popular, When switching to the development of “Phantom Tower”, the unidentified traditional companies went against the trend of the times and chose to invest or acquire companies that developed “skin-changing mobile games” products, or web game products that were already in the dark, then the end result would be natural It goes without saying. The entry of traditional companies into the game brings fresh blood to the next-generation game market, which is self-explanatory. However, judging from the current status quo that speculators are still the mainstream, the prospects can be imagined. For traditional companies, how to look at games, a product closely related to the spiritual entertainment of young people, will be an unavoidable problem for a long time in the future

“Shenzhou” enters a new era: Shenzhou 12’s GNC system is fully upgraded to help the space station construction

editor — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:53:18 +0000

At 9:22 on June 17, about 6.5 hours after being in orbit, under the autonomous control of the GNC system (guided navigation and control system) developed by the Fifth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group 502, the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft carried 3 The astronauts completed a fully autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking with the Tianhe core module. This is the first rapid rendezvous and docking implemented by our manned spacecraft in space.
The GNC subsystem is the core subsystem of the spacecraft. It is an aspect that best reflects the level of spacecraft development. It ranges from emergency rescuers when the spacecraft is launched, to the attitude and orbit control of the spacecraft during the space flight, and windsurfing control, and then to the complete communication with the space station. Autonomous rendezvous and docking, as well as flying around, and human control operations are all guaranteed by the GNC system. Since the first flight of the Shenzhou 1 manned spacecraft GNC system in 1999, after years of evolution, the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft GNC system has been fully upgraded, providing strong support for my country’s space station construction.

Multi-plan and fully autonomous “rapid rendezvous and docking” Compared with the Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft and the spacecraft in front of it, a big difference between the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft is the introduction of the rapid rendezvous and docking of the Tianzhou cargo spacecraft in the manned spacecraft for the first time. The full-phase and fully autonomous rendezvous and docking function of the second cargo spacecraft. It is reported that according to the functional requirement that the rapid rendezvous and docking required by the mission is less than 6.5 hours (according to the official caliber), the 502 Institute of the 5th Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group combined with the short-distance rendezvous and docking time setting, and designed multiple sets of plans for the long-distance autonomous rendezvous. , These are fully autonomous programs. Of course, the plan can also be personalized, that is, customize on-demand through the ground, and inform the GNC system before launch, then the system will execute the whole process autonomously. Proximity rendezvous was already a fully autonomous plan at the second step of the “three-step” strategy of China’s manned space project. However, due to the new characteristics of the space station’s multiple interfaces and the backward-facing interface when there is a cargo spacecraft docked, it is a cooperative goal for backward cooperation. The occlusion and other constraints. The third step close rendezvous On the basis of the second step, the docking point rendezvous plan, the original design state and flight mode are modified, and new flight conditions are added-the direct rendezvous plan, relative to the docking point rendezvous plan, the direct rendezvous plan It takes less time and consumes less propellant. Set a point cleverly, saving time and effort This is a point in the space near the space station. It is the soul of the short-range fully autonomous direct rendezvous program. It is the crystallization of the further improvement of my country’s space rendezvous and docking technology and orbiting technology. It is also the third step of the manned space project to achieve rapid rendezvous and docking. shortcut. In order to meet the new requirements of multiple pairs of interfaces and rapid rendezvous and docking for space station operation, the three-step strategy for manned space project 502 of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Group is based on the second step mastering automatic and manual rendezvous and docking and orbiting technologies, and the third step is In the space station phase, a new flight feature point—the midpoint of sight—is added to the rendezvous and docking mission. The mid-point aiming point is the abbreviation of “midway aiming point” for rendezvous and docking. It is the “transfer station” before the rendezvous and docking of manned spacecraft, cargo spacecraft and space station. It is located behind and below the space station. Through this point, it is the most convenient and quick to complete the connection with the space station. The rendezvous and docking of the forward, radial and backward docking interfaces has the characteristics of saving time (time) and labor (propellant consumption). The introduction of the midpoint is a manifestation of the continuous development of my country’s rendezvous and docking technology and the confidence in design and implementation. If the rendezvous and docking is likened to mountain climbing, the rearward anchoring point rendezvous method in the second step of the manned space project requires a rehearsal or rehearsal to climb several times during the formal summit. The previous summit is for the final formal summit. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive to confirm your own status and related guarantee conditions. The mid-point rendezvous method is through the “mid-point”, the match point near the top of the mountain. During the process, you can confirm the target and guarantee conditions, and dynamically adjust the climbing rhythm according to your own status until you reach the top. The time effort can save up to 40%. . Guangzhou Daily·Xinhuacheng reporter: Xiao Huanhuan, correspondent Chai Yue Guangzhou Daily·New Flower City Editor: Cai Lingyue

Original interview with Uisee Technology Peng Progress: Intelligent driving enters the second half, delivering AI drivers to the entire industry

editor — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:35:09 +0000

Produced | Sohu Technology

Author | Song Wanxin

On May 17, the 2021 Sohu Technology 5G&AI Summit was grandly held in Beijing.Peng Chengjin, co-founder and chief system architect of Uisee Technology, as a guest, published the title “AI Reshapes Future Travel and Logistics-“AI Driver” Empowers Full-Scenario Autonomous Driving Landing” Keynote speech.

After the speech, he accepted an exclusive interview with Sohu Technology, and gave detailed answers to the characteristics of Uisee’s autonomous driving technology, the landing case of airport scenes, and the practice of more subdivided scenes.

Peng Chengjin pointed out that Uisee Technology advocates a “really unmanned, all-weather, all-scenario” unmanned driving platform in the field of autonomous driving, and “delivers AI drivers to the entire industry to empower a new ecology of travel and logistics.”

In 2019, Uisee Technology and Hong Kong International Airport officially launched “unmanned logistics” operations, deploying multiple unmanned logistics vehicles to achieve end-to-end cargo transportation trial operations in the airport, and autonomous driving routes covering ground, underground, indoors, and tunnels And other complex environments.

At the beginning of this year, the landing process was further advanced. Hong Kong International Airport announced in January that all luggage trailers that walk through the airport’s Haitian Passenger Terminal will be replaced by unmanned logistics vehicles in the first quarter of this year, completely replacing traditional human-driven trailers to transport passengers’ luggage at the Haitian Passenger Terminal.

Uisee Technology has successively cooperated with many international airports at home and abroad, becoming the first unmanned driving company in China and even the world to build an unmanned intelligent airport.

“In airports, the challenge of unmanned driving is very big. The first is safety. Because of the contact with the aircraft, the safety requirements are very high. Second, in addition to the requirements for safety, the airport has requirements for efficiency. It is also very high, because this flight is managed strictly according to time. Especially the Hong Kong Airport is very dense and the place is very small. The third is the environment. The Hong Kong Airport is reclaimed from the sea, and it is an environment that depends on the sea. Typhoons, heavy rains, high temperatures, and smog put great pressure on the technology itself, the quality of unmanned vehicle products, and operations.”

Peng Chengjin told Sohu Technology that after more than 500 days of operation, the above three difficulties have been basically overcome.

In response to the current car building boom, Peng Chengcheng believes that it is precisely because everyone has seen that smart driving has entered the second half, autonomous driving companies have solved the technology, products and the first batch of large-scale commercialization, so that the entire industry can see the development of smart driving. The outbreak has arrived, so so many companies have begun to join the manufacturing of intelligent driving vehicles, which in itself is an affirmation of the past exploration of autonomous driving.

The following is a concise compilation of the interview record:

Sohu Technology: First, you can briefly introduce to the netizens of Sohu the main work you are responsible for at Uisee Technology, as well as the technical characteristics of Uisee.

Peng Jincheng: I am mainly responsible for technology research and development and some construction of unmanned driving platforms at Uisee. At present, I am focusing on making unmanned driving algorithms and systems better, smarter, and safer. We call it a truly unmanned, all-weather, all-scenario driverless platform, and deliver “AI drivers” to the entire industry to empower a new ecology of travel and logistics.

Sohu Technology: The cooperation between Uisee Technology and Hong Kong International Airport is a well-known case in the industry. At the beginning of this year, it was reported that the unmanned logistics vehicle jointly developed by the two parties has also begun to operate. It can be seen that the use of unmanned vehicles in the airport has gradually increased. What are the difficulties in landing the airport scene? In terms of technology, how did Uisee achieve the first breakthrough in the industry?

Peng Jincheng: Around December 2019, we started to do normal unmanned operations in the airport. In the beginning, there were a few vehicles, but now there are dozens of them. Especially during the epidemic period last year, the airport scene saw the advantages of unmanned vehicles, and its deployment and application were greatly promoted.

In the airport, the challenge of unmanned driving is very big. The first is safety. Because of the contact with the aircraft, the safety requirements are very high. Just now I also introduced that in the airport unmanned vehicle, in addition to the safety and redundancy of the unmanned driving system, we have also created a system for “de-safety officer”, and even provided another set of scenarios for the airport. The intelligent system that monitors the environment, avoids aircraft and vehicles, and maintains a certain distance, guarantees the safety of unmanned vehicles in the airport and the safety of the apron area.

Second, in addition to the safety requirements of the airport, it actually has very high requirements for efficiency, because this flight is managed strictly according to time, especially the entire flight at Hong Kong Airport is very dense and the place is still small, so The efficiency requirements are very high. It is required that the unmanned vehicle must complete the service within a few minutes, and this cannot be exceeded. More than one time is equivalent to a record. In terms of efficiency, we also need to ensure that our unmanned vehicles cannot stop there if something goes wrong. You must ensure that it can operate at all times. If it goes wrong, there must be other ways to continue to provide services.

The third is the environment. The Hong Kong Airport is reclaimed from the sea. It is an environment that relies on the sea. Typhoons, heavy rains, high temperatures, and smog put great pressure on the technology itself, the quality of unmanned vehicle products, and operations. Basically, after more than 500 days of operation, we have overcome these three difficulties.

Sohu Technology: What other segmentation scenarios is Uisee still working on? How is it laid out? Which applications are the focus of investment?

Peng Jincheng: We are currently working hard in many industries. We are AI drivers in all scenarios. We provide AI driving services. In addition to airports, we have more than 100 unmanned vehicles in the world’s most modern factory. Normalized operation of AI drivers. In addition to public transportation, unmanned buses, RoboTaxi, passenger vehicles and unmanned delivery, we are also working hard. Our goal is to apply full-scenario AI drivers in addition to these so-called specific The scenes also include various open scenes.

Sohu Technology: In 2018, you expect that it will take 3-5 years for the cost of driverless vehicles to fall to the point that they can be commercialized on a large scale. Looking at it now, has this progress been achieved?

Peng Progress: In 2018, it seems that the judgment is still a little conservative. In fact, everyone is now talking about the second half of driverless driving. The first half is mainly about technical products and whether it can explore real business. The landing value has been proven in the second half.

We have already started to use unmanned driving technology on a large scale last year, and there are many applications in many scenarios. By this year, with the advancement of technology, especially the cost of lidar, a key component in unmanned driving, its cost has dropped very fast. At that time 3 years ago, it was tens of thousands of dollars, and now there are thousands of dollars. Lidar can be selected. In three years, hundreds of dollars will be available, which will greatly promote the industrialization of unmanned driving, lower its threshold and promote its arrival.

Sohu Technology: Autonomous driving technology manufacturers like Baidu have also started to build cars. What do you think of the current car building boom? Does Yushi have a plan to build a car?

Peng Progress: It is precisely because everyone has seen that smart driving has entered the second half, we have solved these difficulties with technology, products and the first batch of large-scale commercialization, allowing the entire industry to see the arrival of smart driving. That’s why so many companies have begun to join the manufacturing of smart driving cars. In itself, our past work and our persistence are an affirmation.

Secondly, we still stick to our point of view. We don’t build cars. We only provide AI drivers. We work with other car-making companies in the whole industry. As we enter the second half, the industry begins to gradually integrate. The point of view is who is good at Do what you do. In the end, only in this way can the future of intelligent driving come faster.

Alibaba’s rival, e-commerce giant JD officially enters the electric vehicle market

editor — Mon, 17 May 2021 22:14:08 +0000

JD officially signed with Enovate, becoming the latest Chinese Internet company to join the smart electrification craze that is changing the auto industry day by day.
Chinese e-commerce giant JD will install integrated payment and voice recognition tools into electric vehicle startup Enovate, aiming to break into the already fiercely competitive electric vehicle market.

This is part of the agreement the two signed last Friday. The deal will see JD become the latest Chinese Internet company to join the smart electrification craze that is transforming the auto industry day by day. Enovate said both sides will also work on digital marketing to get the startup up and running as soon as possible. “We will share resources in a number of different aspects, from branding and products to users and channels of distribution and consumption,” said Yu Songyao, senior executive at Enovate. . A new energy Enovate sedan attracts the attention of visitors at the Guangzhou auto show. JD, also known as Jingdong and formerly 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing. The company is one of two giant B2C retailers in China by transaction volume and revenue, a member of Fortune Global 500. In other words, JD is the 2nd largest e-commerce company in China, just behind Alibaba. Forging partnerships with big internet companies is crucial, analysts say, as the chance to stand out is slimmer for lesser-known startups. Early adopters like Tesla and Nio are gaining ground, traditional carmakers including Volkswagen are also launching their own electric cars, so the door for latecomers is closing. quickly, must really try and be quick. Statistics show that Nio sold 20,060 vehicles in the first three months of this year, up 422.7 percent year-on-year. Volkswagen said it expects to sell 100,000 electric vehicles in China this year. Late last month, Nezha, another little-known electric car startup, announced a partnership with Chinese internet security company Qihoo 360. The company will become the second largest shareholder as it leads Nezha’s 3 billion yuan ($467 million) Series D fundraising effort. According to analysts, Internet security is becoming an essential issue as vehicles get smarter and 360 Security is seeking this investment to open up a platform for its products. on smart cars. Nezha CEO Zhang Yong said Qihoo 360 will provide the startup with technical help and facilitate financing for the company. “For us, the top task now is survival,” Zhang said. Founded in 2014, Nezha has sold more than 35,000 vehicles across its two car models. The company’s sales in the first quarter of 2021 increased fivefold, to more than 7,400 vehicles. Optional Toyota “knock down” Hyundai from the top position in the electric vehicle market

The Covid-19 pandemic in India enters a new phase

Quốc Tuệ — Sun, 16 May 2021 09:49:07 +0000

From crowded urban areas, the Covid-19 epidemic gradually spread to rural areas of India. That raises concerns that the situation will be even more dire.
Every day, a series of sad images and news about India flood the media. “Record number of infections”, “lack of oxygen” or images of bodies suspected of being infected with Covid-19 washed up on the banks of the Ganges became the headlines of the news.

Even more sad is that those endless tragedies still have no end. These stories will appear more and more, as the Covid-19 pandemic begins to spread from big cities to rural India, where the health system is much worse than the urban areas. The picture is full of contrasts The Indian capital New Delhi recorded nearly 12,500 new Covid-19 cases on May 12 – just half of the number recorded here on April 30. Another somewhat positive sign is that the positive rate of tests has dropped to 19%, from a peak of 36% a few weeks earlier. A farmers market in Mumbai on May 11. Photo: Reuters. A similar positive situation is recorded in Mumbai – India’s most populous city. The positive rate of the test here dropped to 7%, below the 10% recommended by WHO. That partly shows that the two largest cities of India are gradually controlling the epidemic. However, if looking at the whole picture, the picture of the Covid-19 pandemic does not seem to have too many bright spots. Dark spots are appearing more and more, especially in rural India. This leads to a conundrum: If New Delhi, which has good health infrastructure and many good hospitals, struggles to contain the pandemic, how can rural areas where the system much weaker health care – can withstand the wave of epidemics. And the answer came pretty quickly. When the source of oxygen is exhausted On May 11, Sri Venkateswara Ramnarain Ruia Hospital in Andhra Pradesh state ran out of oxygen supply, while more than 60 patients were in critical condition. 11 patients later died. In anger, relatives of these people stormed into the intensive care unit, knocking over tables and chairs and smashing equipment. Television images showed several people clutching their heads in grief, while doctors and nurses fled for fear of assault. A Covid-19 patient is being cared for at a public hospital in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Photo: Reuters. Andhra Pradesh, like many other southern states, is facing severe oxygen shortages. Statistics of an Indian newspaper show that oxygen depletion has taken place in 20 hospitals, leading to the deaths of more than 200 patients. In the past, the southern states of India have agreed to share oxygen with each other. Now, some states want to end the cooperation. The southern state of Tamil Nadu refused to share oxygen with the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh, where the tragedy took place that left 11 people dead. The state of Kerala also refused to share oxygen because of the state’s high demand for oxygen, as the test positive rate in the state increased to 27% from 8% in early April. “Many people have died without treatment,” commented Rijo M. John, a health economist in Kerala. Behind the bodies in the river People in Bihar, a northern Indian state, could not help but be shocked when they discovered dozens of bodies, suspected of being Covid-19 victims, washed up on the banks of the Ganges River on May 10. “I have never seen so many corpses,” said Arun Kumar Srivastava, a local doctor. He also said that “there will certainly be more deaths”, as many people carry bodies on their shoulders. A family member of a Covid-19 patient is grieving after hearing the news of a loved one’s death. Photo: Reuters. Officials said the bodies were dropped by ambulance drivers from a bridge, and denied that the bodies were floated by relatives due to lack of burial conditions. Krishna Dutt Mishra, an ambulance driver in Bihar, said that many people had to drop the bodies of loved ones in the river because the cremation price was too high. According to him, during the second Covid-19 wave, the price of cremation has increased from 2,000 rupees (about 27 USD) to 15,000 rupees (200 USD). This is a huge sum of money for many Indian families, and as a result, cremating a loved one becomes an impossibility for them. “I drove all the way from Buxar to Chausa. I’ve never seen dead bodies in the river, let alone seen dozens, or hundreds of bodies,” Mr. Mishra said. Bringing the ashes of unclaimed Covid-19 victims to the Ganges River Indian volunteers collect ashes from crematoriums to organize funerals for Covid-19 victims in Haridwar city.

Juefei Technology Receives a New Round of Strategic Financing, Car-Road Collaborative Intelligent Data Platform Expansion Enters “China Speed”

editor — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 15:57:26 +0000

Today, Juefei Technology, a leading domestic smart data service operator, has completed a round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan. This round of financing was led by Hogo Capital, followed by Lightspeed China, Yunqi Capital and other strategic resources. The funds will be used for the large-scale operation of autonomous driving and vehicle-road collaborative solutions independently developed by Juefei Technology, to continue to strengthen the research and development of multi-sensor fusion technology, and the ecological construction of a multi-source data platform.

Juefei Technology is an intelligent data service operator of China’s autonomous driving and vehicle-road collaboration industry. With “road digitization” as the cornerstone and “multi-sensor fusion” as the core technology route, it provides customized, High-standard data service and computing platform. At present, Juefei Technology has mature high-precision map data service capabilities and a vehicle-level mass production data platform. It is oriented to OEMs and autonomous driving scene operators, and can support autonomous driving applications in different scenarios from L2 to L4; at the same time, Juefei Technology Take the lead in launching a roadside fusion sensing solution that integrates lidar, and build a regional “roadbed sensing system”, which has been implemented in multiple scenarios at home and abroad, effectively improving various customers in smart transportation, smart logistics, digital cities and other scenarios Operational efficiency and safety. Tackling tough roads and collaborative industries Committed to data empowerment and innovation Jufei Technology was established in January 2019. Since its establishment, Jufei Technology has determined to cut into different scenarios in the field of China’s vehicle-road collaboration. The goal is to create a data service and computing platform for the entire smart transportation industry. On the one hand, it can empower operation scenarios through high-precision digital capabilities. Yes, on the other hand, through the time and space synchronization and fusion of vehicle and roadside sensor data and high-precision data, it provides reliable and accurate scene-based solutions. With “data fusion and innovation” as the main driving force, Juefei Technology is empowering different levels of the industry through platform-based data application services. With the further deepening of cooperation between Juefei Technology and all parties in the industry, combining software and hardware integration edge deployment and AI reasoning algorithms, in multiple scenarios such as intelligent network connection demonstration areas, highways, logistics parks, ports, etc., Juefei Technology’s The vehicle-road collaborative data platform and computing engine have been implemented at multiple points, and the business is developing in-depth in the direction of scale. three Business model Facilitate the digital upgrade of the industry Currently, Jufei Technology has three business models: First, it uses laser and vision fusion as the main data collection method to provide L2-L4 level high-precision map data and advisory services; second, vehicle-road collaboration is the main technical path , For L2-L4 level autonomous driving, it provides software engine services for high-precision positioning, path planning, and fusion perception; third, through the integration of software and hardware edge devices, combined with self-developed edge computing fusion perception and positioning algorithms, for the road The collaborative scene provides real-time L4 level traffic data calculation engine services. In 2019, as the “China Mobile Autonomous Driving Solution Partner”, Juefei Technology combined with China Mobile’s 5G through roadside fusion sensing high-precision positioning, and realized the technology landing of vehicle-road synergy in the industry for the first time; in 2020, Juefei Non-tech and Yutong Bus, self-developed AR fusion navigation system empowers Yutong smart buses, creating a new mode of combining autonomous driving technology with manned passenger transportation, and this is also the first large-scale volume of autonomous driving technology in the domestic commercial vehicle market Produce. Picture: Juefei Technology and China Mobile to achieve the implementation of vehicle-road collaboration technology Picture: Juefei Technology and Yutong Bus Fusion Perception AR Navigation Engine Through self-developed edge computing terminals and solutions, Juefei Technology is actively deploying in the field of smart transportation. “Road asset digitization and intelligent inspection system” has not only been implemented in key highway sections such as Anhui and Zhejiang, but has also been applied to railway road inspections during the epidemic period. It provides intelligent control and maintenance of road facilities through full automation. Operation and maintenance management. In the construction of smart cities, Juefei Technology has realized digital modeling of urban traffic through intelligent networked urban road solutions, constructed an urban roadbed perception system, and realized intelligent monitoring of vehicles, safety warnings, and other The coordinated operation of vehicles in the same domain is more important to provide important safety guarantees for traffic participants. Picture: Juefei Technology’s “Intelligent Networking Solution” landing site Juefei Technology believes that the most critical problem in achieving vehicle-road collaboration is to solve the problem of the inequity of data information between vehicles and roads and other facilities, and data fusion will become more and more important in this process. Juefei Technology will continue to deepen data fusion technology to provide effective support for the construction of new infrastructure digital economy. Continue to deepen the market Build an industrial ecosystem At present, Juefei Technology has provided highly customized and high-standard data and computing platform services for many customers and strategic partners. It is compatible with Yutong Bus, Geely, JD, Foxconn, Qianxun Location, Datang Gaohong, China Mobile, Tsinghua University Industry partners such as the School of Vehicles and Transportation have continuously promoted the landing of product technology in the Chinese market. At the same time, it has always maintained close collaboration with partners in various links in the industrial chain, such as sensor hardware, computing chips, and automotive supply chain, to jointly promote the implementation of automated driving mass production, and jointly explore the road of coordinated development of vehicles with Chinese characteristics. Juefei Technology CEO Li Dong F said that the financing will further strengthen Juefei Technology’s leading position in the industry, consolidate the technology construction and data asset accumulation of the integrated data platform, and improve the integration and reliability of software and hardware integration. The large-scale deployment of data closed-loop services and the full implementation of various application scenarios have established a “feeling-feeling” model for the Chinese path of autonomous driving and smart transportation.