Chapter 92: Thor Battery Enters Full-Scale Mass Production

In Su Xin's vision, the development of the intelligent driving program consists of two parts in total.

The first part is the ability to analyze and aggregate data, constructing a 3D image as close to reality as possible, as comprehensively and perfectly as the cameras and radar detect the data.

This is also the part that Su Xin needs to complete.

It is also the part of the intelligent driving program that tests technical strength the most.

The remaining second step is to make different decisions based on the images aggregated by the program.

This step focuses on the learning of experience.

Whether it is the driving experience of an experienced driver or familiarity with traffic rules, the most important thing is collecting data, not technology.

While Su Xin was developing the intelligent driving program, the acquisition progress of Tianqi Energy continued to advance, with one factory after another being brought under its name.

Equipment purchased in advance, along with a large number of engineers recruited and trained in advance, were dispatched to the newly acquired factories at the first opportunity to begin training and guiding the transformation of the production lines.

At the same time, various companies in the supply chain were also undergoing transformation in full swing.

Just two months later.

Twenty-five battery factories under Tianqi Energy successively began the mass production of Thor Battery.

During this period, various car companies successively released concept models equipped with Thor Battery, which not only gradually stabilized the stock prices of the car companies but also kept the popularity of Thor Battery at its peak.

The concept of new energy vehicles also continued to take root in people's hearts under the bombardment of various news.

At the same time.

On a closed road, various strange-looking objects were scattered messily, including moving dummies and dummy cars, as well as stationary stones, plastic bags, and other items.

Inside a car at the end of the road.

Su Xin and Goyadi President Wang Chuanfu were sitting in the driver and front passenger seats respectively, with two senior Goyadi engineers sitting in the back.

"Are you all ready?"

Su Xin looked at Wang Chuanfu and the other two.

"Ready," the three replied.

Su Xin returned his gaze to the front and said calmly, "Xiaozhi, drive to the end and then turn back."

"Understood, Master, please sit tight!"

A mechanized voice came out from the car's ten speakers simultaneously.

The car also started moving smoothly.

Wang Chuanfu said in surprise, "This works too?"

Generally speaking, even for intelligent driving, one must first set a clear destination for the intelligent driving program to control the car to go there.

Yet in Su Xin's instruction just now, he did not state any destination at all, but simply let Xiaozhi drive to the end.

But where is the end?

In the usual sense, the end of a road is naturally where there is no road ahead, or where a large obstacle is encountered, causing the vehicle to be unable to continue moving forward.

This is easy for ordinary people to judge.

But for an intelligent program, it requires extremely strong environmental analysis and judgment capabilities.

Being able to achieve this point alone is enough to show the excellence of this intelligent driving program.

Su Xin laughed, "Doesn't President Wang know that my strength is Artificial Intelligence? This level of analytical ability is very normal."

Wang Chuanfu also laughed.

Just as he was about to say something, he saw that the vehicle was not far from the first obstacle, so he quickly focused his attention to see how the car would respond.

In front of the car.

Three stones of different sizes were scattered on the road.

The first stone was located on one side of the road, and according to the vehicle's centered driving trajectory, it would be almost exactly run over by the right tire.

The second stone, slightly further away, was about the size of a fist and located in the middle of the road.

The third stone, about the size of a soccer ball, was further away and also on the side of the road.

Under the fixed gaze of Wang Chuanfu and the others, the vehicle automatically steered slightly to the left in advance, smoothly moving the vehicle from the centered position to a position slightly to the left.

The vehicle drove past the first stone.

It crossed over the second stone.

Su Xin explained at the right moment, "In Xiaozhi's logic, the second stone is lower than the lowest point of the chassis, so it can pass safely; therefore, when it is not suitable to swerve, it will drive directly over it."

Wang Chuanfu nodded approvingly:

"This kind of logic is simple to implement, but the most important thing is the precise analysis of environmental data. If the size of the stone cannot be accurately judged, the car cannot be controlled so smoothly."

"That's right. When it should drive over, it must drive over decisively, rather than hesitatingly slowing down or even stopping. Just from this point alone, it is much stronger than the vast majority of intelligent driving programs currently on the market."

The senior engineer in the back also said.

Su Xin pointed to the front and smiled, "Speaking of the precision of data analysis, the next obstacle might surprise you even more. Look."

The three looked in the direction of his finger.

They saw a staff member standing by the side of the road toss an object in his hand forward, which landed right in the middle of the road.

In the strong wind, this white object kept swaying.

And in the opposite lane, a dummy car was slowly driving toward them.

Obviously, their car had no room for emergency avoidance, nor could it borrow the lane from the side.

"That is... a plastic bag?"

Wang Chuanfu asked in confusion.

"Yes, that is a plastic bag with a stone inside," Su Xin laughed.

As soon as his voice fell, the car the four of them were riding in slowed down slightly, and then whistled directly over the top of the plastic bag.

In the back row, one of the engineers couldn't help but exclaim: "Holy crap! That's impressive!"

Wang Chuanfu didn't react to the difficulty of it for a moment and asked curiously: "Is there a big difference compared to just now?"

Before Su Xin could speak, that engineer said with a hint of excitement:

"Because the surface size of the obstacle is inconsistent with its real size!"

"President Wang, think about it: when the car's camera or radar observes the plastic bag, isn't it a basketball-sized obstacle?"

"For the intelligent driving programs of ordinary vehicles, if they encounter such a sudden and peculiar obstacle, coupled with cars in the oncoming lane, the only choice is to brake urgently."

"But we can tell at a glance with the naked eye that this is just a plastic bag, and from the way the plastic bag sways in the wind, we can analyze that the stone inside is only the size of a fist."

"Therefore, in this situation, the optimal choice is actually to drive straight over it."

"But in reality, if it were human-driven, people wouldn't react that quickly, and the instinct in a general situation is to brake urgently."

"Not to mention intelligent driving; in this situation, it would inevitably slam on the brakes."

"However, President Su's intelligent driving program's first reaction was to instinctively slow down, and its second reaction was to instantly analyze the size of the real obstacle inside based on the way the plastic bag swayed in the wind, judging that it could drive straight over."

"Only then did it drive straight over."

"This kind of environmental analysis capability is truly too fast! And too precise!"

"President Wang, the greatest difficulty in intelligent driving is actually not avoiding obstacles, but handling emergency situations."

"Therefore, the analysis of environmental data must be both precise, rapid, and decisive."

"Whether it is reckless driving that ignores danger or overly conservative stop-and-go driving, both are actually signs of immaturity; just like human drivers, no one would think someone who stops at the slightest sign of trouble is a good driver."

"Speed up when you should, slow down when you should, go when you should, and stop when you should, without being indecisive—that is what a truly mature, good driver is."

"Xiaozhi's performance in these two aspects is currently perfect, even stronger than humans!"

Although Wang Chuanfu was not a professional in this field, he was at least a high-level industry insider, and upon hearing this explanation, he understood the powerful intelligence Xiaozhi had just displayed in that instant.

Su Xin smiled and nodded:

"Engineer Wang is right. If that plastic bag hadn't appeared suddenly, Xiaozhi would have actively avoided it in advance, and the movement would be as smooth as possible, but if it appears suddenly and there is no room to avoid it, it will slow down and drive over it just like it did just now."

"This is driving experience collected from many veteran drivers who have never been in any car accidents."