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On the evening of Aug. 14, the news that Lin Wenqin, founder of Meiyi good Brand Management Company, died in an accident in an ES8 car triggered a heated debate in the car circle, and there was a heated discussion about "whether car companies over-promote assistant driving".

After the incident, some media found that at present, both ideal car and Xiaopeng Automobile have modified the description of the auxiliary driving system on the official website, deleting the words "advanced" and "automatic". According to the official website of ideal Automobile, the ideal car driving assist system is called "ideal AD driving Assistance system", while the word "Advanced" was deleted from the previous "ideal AD Advanced driver Assistance system".

Although the word "advanced" has been removed, some careful netizens still have some doubts about the two English letters "AD". Some netizens think that "AD" is the abbreviation of Auto Drive (autopilot), while others think it can be Assist Drive (assisted driving) or Advanced (advanced). The ideal car has not made a detailed explanation on what "AD" means. One netizen said, "is the An of AD automatic, autonomous or advanced?" Play a good edge ball, to brag is automatic, if something goes wrong is advanced, the right of interpretation belongs to the ideal.

In addition to the ideal car, Xiaopeng has also quietly renamed its auxiliary driving system. According to Xiaopeng's official website, Xiaopeng's description of the auxiliary driving system is "XPILOT 3.5 intelligent driving assistance system", while the previous "XPILOT 3.5 self-driving assistance system" will be changed from "automatic" to "intelligent". However, we learned through the search engine that Xiaopeng's previous promotion of assisted driving is also misleading.

Let's take a look at Xilai Motors. As a party involved in this incident, Qilai Motors has also made such actions. According to the official website, at present, the publicity description of the auxiliary driving system has not changed, and it is still "self-assisted driving". However, Xilai provides two kinds of auxiliary driving, one is "NIO Pilot autopilot system", and the other is called "NAD Wei automatic driving". Among them, "NIO Pilot" is carried in the Xilai ES6, ES8 and other models, while the "NAD" system is carried in the Xilai ET7 model, which was launched at the beginning of this year and is scheduled to be delivered in the first quarter of 2022. Literally, the names of both auxiliary driving systems have the word "NAD", and "autopilot" is more directly described as "autopilot". And according to the official website, the "NAD autopilot system" is richer and smarter than "NIO Pilot".

It is worth mentioning that after the Lin Wenqin incident, a number of people in the industry have also expressed their views on autopilot. Ideal car CEO Li wants to say on moments, "call on the media and industry organizations to unify the standard of Chinese terms for self-driving to avoid misunderstandings caused by exaggerated publicity." Restraint in promotion and investment in technology will be beneficial to users, industries and enterprises for a long time. "

Fu Qiang, chairman of Aichi Automobile, believes that "auxiliary driving is not autopilot, but the general direction and process of car intelligence will not be reversed." he believes that "we should not only stay in the relatively primary dimension of changing names and opposing excessive marketing, but we should attach great importance to and improve the safety, risk reminders and preventive measures in the use of intelligent vehicle technology." Give users more full learning, communication and understanding opportunities to think. "

Shen Hui, chairman of Weima Automobile, also said on Weibo, "the purpose of auxiliary driving and self-driving is to release users' time in the car, but before the technology and regulations can not achieve full autopilot." it is indisputable that the driver is still the main body of operation and monitoring Noumenon. " He also said, "I have used the auxiliary driving function of every competitive model, but no one has the ability to achieve full scene autopilot at this stage, including Weima." However, some netizens pointed out in the comment area that the propaganda page of Weima W6 reads "the first self-driving mass production model in China".

The controversy over "autopilot" should be a wake-up call to relevant car companies and consumers. Maybe autopilot will be realized someday, but at present, there is still a long way to go to achieve autopilot. Compared with fuel-fueled cars, electric cars may bring more sense of technology, richer experience, and can indeed reduce the burden of driving, but before the real self-driving comes, no one should hand over their lives to artificial intelligence. The steering wheel should always be in your own hands.

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