原文連結：
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/05/20210513-buzz.html
原文內容：
The first self-driving prototypes based on the future Volkswagen ID. BUZZ
production electric vehicle will begin testing in Munich, Germany, this
summer. It marks a milestone for Volkswagen Group and its Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles brand (VWCV), which plans to implement Level 4-capable
autonomous driving technology for self-driving vans. Light commercial
vehicles are the first, logical place for deploying autonomous transportation
of people and goods.
ID_BUZZ_ADSketch
Our aim with the self-driving version of the ID. BUZZ is to facilitate
commercial deployment of transport and delivery services starting in 2025. In
select cities, customers will be able to have a self-driving vehicle take
them to their destination. The delivery of goods and packages will also be
made much easier through our autonomous driving service.
—Christian Senger, divisional director at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
To integrate the autonomous technology into the all-electric ID. BUZZ AD, the
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand has founded a dedicated business unit
and partnered with Argo AI, the US-headquartered autonomous vehicle
technology platform company developing the self-driving system. Earlier this
year, Argo AI integrated its self-driving system with a Volkswagen vehicle
prototype to begin testing in Germany.
We believe Argo AI has the largest urban self-driving testing footprint,
with operations in six cities in the United States. We are excited to begin
testing our self-driving system on European roads later this year, building
on the initial work we’re doing now at a new test track we established next
to the Munich airport.
—Bryan Salesky, Founder and CEO, Argo AI
Both Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Argo AI regard the use of a
combination of sensors—including lidar, radar and cameras—as essential for
safe autonomous driving capability. Argo AI recently unveiled its new lidar
sensor, Argo Lidar, which allows it to see objects from 400 meters (437
yards) away.
ID_BUZZ_ADSketch
Argo AI’s proprietary Geiger-mode lidar has the ability to detect a single
photon—key to sensing objects with low reflectivity.
This technology will be integrated in the self-driving system of
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ autonomous driving vehicles.
—Bryan Salesky
There are also concrete plans for the commercial use of the future technology
for transport service providers. Volkswagen Group subsidiary MOIA will in
2025 become the first user of the self-driving ID. BUZZ AD. MOIA is the
largest sharing provider in Hamburg, Germany, and currently employs 1200
people.
心得/說明：(30字以上)
首款將今夏德國部分城市上路測試的是 VW 第一台商用電動車 ID.Buzz
關鍵注目點是Argo AI的系統與Argo Lidar
這是目前公布的車用光達裡 旋轉式的 最遠的可偵測距離
達到了400m
Argo AI 有兩大投資者是VAG跟Ford
雙福加持XD 修得痛快(誤
兩大集團加起來的市場佔有率相當大
以後VAG跟Ford的自動駕駛系統很可能都是這套
旋轉式的光達的造型並不適合在多數車上
這可能還有改進的空間
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_tYxMh3ddA
比起其他家的光達的成像圖看起來是較清晰
據稱用"蓋格模式"並使用1400nm以上的波長
特色是更遠的距離 更高的精度 在外界亮度變化下更快反應
＊轉錄新聞/情報，必須附上原文及網址連結及心得或意見30字(不含標點符號)＊