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Lin Wenqin, founder of Shangshan Ruoshui Investment Management Company, founder of Universe Food and Beverage Management Company and founder of Meiyihao Brand Management Company, died in a traffic accident in the high-speed Hanjiang section of Shen Hai at the age of 31 after driving an ES8 car and turning on self-driving function (NOP pilot status), according to an obituary issued on the official account of Meiyihao.

From the relevant pictures of the accident scene exposed on the Internet, after the rear-end collision of the ES8, the accident vehicle was extremely seriously damaged, the engine cover had been twisted and deformed, the A-column was directly squashed, the roof was seriously squeezed and deformed, the left front and driver's door of the vehicle was seriously deformed, and the front wheel was seriously damaged.

According to netizens, the speed limit of the vehicle was 120km/h on the road where the accident occurred. According to data provided by Lin Wenqin's friends, Lin Wenqin's latest driving mileage was 85km, with a total duration of 113min, with an average speed of 45.1km / h and a top speed of 114.6 km / h. NP mileage 72 km, NIO Pilot autopilot function for a total time of 48 minutes, pilot auxiliary mileage of 68 km, 44 minutes. During the whole journey, there was only one rapid acceleration, and there was no sharp deceleration.

After the accident, Zhang Bo, general manager of Xilai Automobile Xiamen region Co., Ltd., wrote on APP that Mr. Lin Wenqin was an excellent entrepreneur in the catering industry. "We are cooperating with the local traffic police and other relevant departments to investigate the accident, and will assist the family members of the users to deal with the aftermath." Li Bin, founder of Xilai Automobile, and Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of Lulai Automobile, also said on APP: "I am very sad that such an excellent young entrepreneur has passed away." Deep condolences. "

It is worth noting that this is the second death of Lulai car in half a month. The driver was killed in a serious traffic accident on Lingang Avenue in Shanghai's Pudong New area on July 30, when an EC6 crashed into a stone pier and burst into flames. After the accident, Xia Qinghua, general manager of Shanghai Lulai Automobile customer Service Co., Ltd., posted a message of condolences on APP, saying that "according to the preliminary judgment of the damaged vehicle, the battery pack is basically intact."

The obituary specifically mentioned that the vehicle turned on the "autopilot function" while driving. According to the data, the Navigate on Pilot (NOP) pilot assist was released at the Beijing Auto Show on September 26, 2020, and soon began to push the upgrade to users, which realized the function of automatic driving assistance in accordance with the navigation route under the designated path. On the basis of adaptive cruise and lane deviation suppression, it can carry out intelligent operations such as automatic lane change and overtaking, entering / leaving ramps, controlling speed according to road information and so on through access to the navigation system. As we all know, the ES8 is the first mass-produced and sold model of NIO, and it is also the flagship model of Lulai. It is manufactured by Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co., Ltd., with an official guiding price of 46.80-624000 yuan. The ES8 is equipped with a NIO Pilot autopilot hardware system, using a three-directional camera, four look-around cameras, five millimeter wave radars and 12 ultrasonic sensors, according to the official website. Lulai NIO Pilot autopilot system is an optional configuration, there are selected packages and full packages, the prices are 15000 yuan and 39000 yuan respectively, the latter includes NOP navigation assistance.

In the promotion of the NIO Pilot function, Xilai also made it clear that driving assistance and parking assistance are not equal to automatic driving, and the driver always has the ultimate responsibility to control the vehicle. Zhang Jianyong, head of the engineering department of the self-driving system in Xilai, has also told the media many times that NOP is still an auxiliary function to help users drive safely, and drivers are still responsible for the safety of the vehicle, not self-driving, let alone self-driving. In response to this incident, NIO Brand Department replied that Navigate on Pilot (NOP) navigation assistance is not autopilot, and subsequent investigation results will synchronize information to the outside world.

In this regard, some netizens said that auxiliary driving is not autopilot, need to be clear about their differences, always put the steering wheel in their hands, do not joke about life. Some netizens also called for the formulation of industry regulations on assisted driving and self-driving as soon as possible and the introduction of relevant testing standards. Other netizens believe that the focus should not only be on assisted driving or autopilot, but on why the driver was killed on the spot in the accident.

Although officials emphasize that auxiliary driving is not autopilot, the official publicity is also relatively vague. Shen Fei, vice president of Lulai Automotive, posted a short video on Weibo on Aug. 22, 2019, with the caption: "NIO Pilot is becoming more and more addictive. The meeting ends at 01:30, leaving, and with the help of autopilot, we can safely eat and drive." The video clearly shows Vice President Shen taking his hands off the steering wheel on the highway while ES8 is running at the speed of 102km/h.

In the latest listing of ET7, the official announced that "redefine the appearance design of the autopilot era, seamlessly integrate autopilot perception hardware", "NIO Autonomous Driving Wei automatic driving, from map positioning to perception algorithm, from the underlying system to control strategy, with full stack of" dynamic driving technology " Gradually achieve full coverage of speed, urban, parking and power exchange scenes, liberate time, reduce accidents, and bring a safe and relaxed point-to-point driving experience. "

These intentional or unintentional publicity, to some extent, lead to car owners' neglect of the risks of self-driving vehicles. A person in the automobile industry said in response to the incident that on the one hand, car companies emphasize "pilot-assisted driving", and on the other hand, they use words such as manual takeover rate and freeing hands to tempt consumers to put themselves at risk.

On August 12, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the opinions on strengthening Intelligent Networked Automobile Manufacturing Enterprises and Product access Management (hereinafter referred to as "guiding opinions"), which paid close attention to the data security and self-driving safety of Intelligent Networked vehicles. The guidance stipulates that the safety management of products with autopilot functions should be strengthened. If an enterprise produces automobile products with self-driving function, it shall ensure that the automobile products meet at least four requirements.

It should be able to automatically identify the failure of the autopilot system and whether the design operating conditions are continuously met, and take risk mitigation measures to achieve the minimum risk state; it should have the function of human-computer interaction to display the running status of the autopilot system; there should be an incident data recording system and an autopilot data recording system to meet the relevant functional, performance and safety requirements for accident reconstruction, responsibility determination and cause analysis, etc. It should meet the process guarantee requirements such as functional safety, expected functional security, network security, as well as test requirements such as simulation, closed site, actual road, network security, software upgrade, data recording, etc., to avoid foreseeable and preventable safety accidents within the design and operation conditions of the vehicle.

According to the Automobile driving Automation Classification issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the driving automation level is divided into six levels: 0-5. At present, most of the automotive products on the market are level 2 or below. In other words, the auxiliary driving function of most vehicles is only limited to auxiliary driving, and can not achieve complete automatic driving. Drivers should always pay attention to road conditions and achieve autonomous control of the vehicle. They should not rely too much on the vehicle-assisted driving system and give their lives to the "machine".

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