I was last week in Shenzhen, Anne Hometown (Anne is our DVN representative in China. To visit some DVN members (and possible members) to exchange about lighting, automotive market and understand the Chinese way of working, including Chinese vehicle development speed.
During my first taxi trip, my somnolence was brutally interrupted by these small yellow vehicles, riding at an estimated speed 40 kph, with 2 side lidars, 1 roof lidar and a lot of other sensors. No driver.
These cars are food delivery cars. You order your food on your phone, and they deliver to you the food. In a 5-minutes drive, you can meet around 50 vehicles like these ones. All of them have front and rear displays with clear messages. English translation on front means “be careful”, and on rear “keep distance”. They are driving smoothly in the traffic, no accident, no risks. You feel safe.
This week I publish a long article from Eric Blusseau about the history of the AD signaling lamp in Geneva (the famous turquoise lamp). 7 years that this topic is on the table to decide if we want (or not) a specific lamp to signal if a vehicle is in AD mode or not. Next step will be if we want to interact with other cars (the famous V2X communication).
This is a real example of the Chinese speed. They have V2X with lighting on these vehicles. They do it. Is it good or not ? I am not able to judge, but they do. They simply move forward.
Sometimes in Europe it may be good to move forward. Hope GRE will take a decision during April session (and then GRVA and WP29).
Sincerely yours,
