A number of auto driving cars entered the final testing phase.  Following news are happened in Beijing. That means, auto driving cars will come to our life.

Compared with the previous T3 level test field, the simulation traffic scene of T5 level is more complex, which can realize the complex traffic and weather environment such as rain and fog, wet and slippery road surface.

Simulate the highway driving scene, the tunnel scene where motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles are mixed, the extreme weather scene such as rainy day, fog and so on. The city's self-driving vehicles have a higher level of "examination room". Following the Haidian base of the National Intelligent Vehicle and Intelligent Transport (Beijing-Hebei) Demonstration Area, the Yizhuang base of the National Intelligent Vehicle and Intelligent Transport (Beijing-Hebei) Demonstration Area (hereinafter referred to as Yizhuang base) has recently passed the approval of relevant departments, and the closed test site has been officially opened to the outside world. The test site is the first T1 - T5 level test site in the city, which can be used for testing and evaluating vehicles in more complex traffic scenarios, and then apply for higher level automatic driving road test license.

The First T5 Level "Examination Room"

Reporters came to Yizhuang base, located on the west side of Nanhaizi Park, and saw that a number of automatic driving vehicles were queuing for testing, waiting to enter the closed test site. "Some of these vehicles have already obtained T3 grade road test licenses at Haidian Test Site, this time for closed site testing in higher level scenarios." Xiao Rui, market director of Beijing Intelligent Vehicle Industry Innovation Center, who is responsible for the operation of the test site, told reporters.

As the city's first closed test yard for the highest level of automatic driving vehicles, where is the T5 level higher? Xiao Rui explained that compared with the T3 level, the T5 level is more complex in simulating traffic scenes, which are mainly driven by cars. "T3 is a common urban scene, with urban overpasses; T4 is a complex urban scene, with tunnels, avenues and other settings; T5 is a special urban scene, which can realize the complex traffic and weather environment such as rain and fog, wet and slippery roads."

According to reports, a 100-meter-long tunnel has been built in the test yard. Vehicles enter the tunnel. The relevant equipment can simulate weather conditions such as rain, fog, strong light and weak light, so as to test the coping ability of the automatic driving vehicle.

Simulate nearly 50 test areas

Yizhuang base covers an area of about 650 mu, which is divided into three areas: urban scene, rural scene and high-speed scene. Closed test area can simulate nearly 50 kinds of test areas, such as urban main road, signalized intersection, ring island, bus lane, tidal lane, wading area, rain and fog simulation tunnel, highway, block road, sandstone road, etc. At the same time, test area specially for service-type electric automatic driving wheeled vehicle test is set up. "These scenes mainly refer to the road characteristics of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, covering 85% of the urban traffic scenes in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region." Xiao Rui introduced.

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Because the closed test yard can not be opened to visitors during vehicle testing, the reporter explores the vehicle testing situation through the monitoring screen. In the scene of signalized intersection, in order to simulate the complex traffic environment when vehicles pass through the intersection, the test yard has set up simulation pedestrians as props, non-motor vehicles as well as artificially operated motor vehicles to create the exit traffic scene. "Because the real road conditions will be very complex, so our test background motor vehicles will simulate sudden parallelism, forced turning and other situations to assess the safety of the automatic driving vehicle." Xiao Rui told reporters that in order to ensure the safety of the test, Beijing requires that each automatic driving vehicle be equipped with a safety officer. If the test vehicle is unable to cope with the situation, the safety officer will take over the operation of the vehicle in time to fully ensure the safety of the test process.

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After at least 5,000 kilometers of safety testing and expert review, eventually the self-driving vehicle that successfully stepped out of the "examination room" will be issued a road test license and can enter the open road test. Xiao Rui introduced that getting the T5 level license means that the vehicle can go to the highest level of R5 open road for trial run. After the open road test, with the upgrading of Beijing's relevant policies, it is possible for the automobile to enter a broader open test area for testing in the future.

A total of 65 vehicles were licensed for road survey

At present, the city has opened 44 test roads, 123 kilometers, is the longest open test road city in the country. Since Baidu obtained the first test license of Beijing Auto-Driving Road in March last year, up to now, the city has issued auto-driving road test licenses for 11 enterprises and 65 vehicles, and the road test of auto-driving vehicles has traveled more than 400,000 kilometers safely.

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Baidu ranks first with 45 automobiles among the enterprises that have been granted automatic driving road test licenses. The licensed enterprises also include Ulai, Audi, Xiaoma Zhixing, Daimler, Tencent and so on.

In the open test road mileage, Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone leads the city with 74.4 kilometers. On this basis, the development zone is promoting the opening of 40 square kilometers and 322 kilometers of automatic driving test roads. After opening up, the development zone will become the first all-round open test area for autonomous driving vehicles in the city. This means that in the future, the auto-driving vehicles that leave the "examination room" of Yizhuang base will be able to test the open roads and even the open areas directly in the development zone.

Auto driving cars,Let's see it!