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Chapter 178 From Fright to Surprise

The electric car drove on the highway for four hours. Tang Xiaochuan found that Chen Fenglan and others felt fresh for only more than two hours at the beginning. After they understood the general situation of this all-electric car, they gradually fell asleep.

When Tang Xiaochuan saw it, hehe, he was all asleep. OK, I'm going to sleep too!

"Blueprint x1, turn on the automatic driving mode!"

"Okay, sir, the autonomous driving mode is turned on, and now the car is driven by the intelligent control system, and you can rest!"

Tang Xiaochuan put down the seat a little, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, Chen Fenglan woke up. She yawned and slowly opened her eyes to see that the scenery outside the car window was still moving backwards quickly. She turned her head forward and looked so scared that her face turned pale in an instant. She quickly pushed Tang Xiaochuan, who was still sleeping.

"Ah... Mr. Tang, wake up, wake up, wake up!"

Tang Xiaochuan was pushed to wake up, sat up and turned his head to take a look, "What's wrong?"

Chen Fenglan shouted in anger: "Don't look at me, look ahead, you are the driver, you are driving, how can you fall asleep? Control the steering wheel quickly, my uncle, this is the highway, don't take us to bury with you!"

Tang Xiaochuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Hahaha..."

"Don't laugh, look ahead!"

In order not to let Chen Fenglan continue to get angry, Tang Xiaochuan had to grab the steering wheel and said: "Blueprint x1, switch to manual control mode!"

"Okay, sir, the autonomous driving mode is turned off, switch to manual control mode!"

Chen Fenglan's whistle just now woke her assistant and photographer up. The two of them quickly understood the original flavor of the matter and were both scared and sweated coldly.

Tang Xiaochuan said while driving: "See it. The car has been driving automatically with an on-board intelligent system, and now I'm driving manually!"

Chen Fenglan was shocked, "Is the intelligence of your Blueprint x1 intelligent control system so high? You can drive independently without human control?"

Tang Xiaochuan introduced: "It is not very intelligent. Currently, several cars on the market have automatic assisted driving functions, mainly completed by artificial intelligence, on-board radar, visual design, monitoring device and positioning system. The intelligent program of our car is based on these designs, but it can only be cruised at high speeds and cannot be used on troubled blocks and roads with poor road conditions. There is this restriction on the program. If it is in downtown areas or roads with poor road conditions, it cannot be turned on the autonomous driving mode!"

"And this intelligent system is also a highlight of our Blueprint x1 high-end version!"

Chen Fenglan hurriedly asked: "Does this mean that it has a very high safety factor when turning on the autonomous driving mode on the highway?"

Tang Xiaochuan nodded: "Yes, the safety factor of driving on highways in the autonomous driving mode is very high. Generally, it will maintain a uniform speed and not overtake easily. There are cars ahead with slow speed, so it will actively slow down until one hundred yards. If the speed of a car blocking the road ahead is less than one hundred yards, it will judge based on the surrounding traffic environment. If you can overtake, you will overtake, and if you cannot overtake, you will slow down!"

"Why can this car do this level, but a car with automatic assisted driving function cannot do this?"

"That's because the chips equipped with our high-end version are three-nanometer process chip processors, and their computing speed is beyond the reach of any other automotive chip!"

Chen Fenglan was amazed: "Even so, this level of intelligence is already quite high!"

"Yes, the only one I drive is currently equipped with this intelligent system. Because this artificial intelligence still has many flaws and defects that need to be improved, we have not undergone long-term rigorous testing, so we are not planning to install this artificial intelligence program on the car at most. At most, it is just an automatic assisted driving function to make the driver more convenient and easier!"

Chen Fenglan asked: "How long does it take for this autonomous driving mode to be installed on the car and launched?"

"It will take three to five years!"

In the evening, Tang Xiaochuan drove into the server and invited Chen Fenglan and the other two to have a light meal in the server's restaurant. After resting for a quarter of an hour, he continued on the road.

When driving for more than 950 kilometers, the on-board system prompted that the battery was only 50 kilometers. Please pay attention to charging or replacing the battery in time. Tang Xiaochuan drove another period of time and put on gloves to replace the battery. Chen Fenglan and others were very interested in this. The camera took the entire process of replacing the battery, which was simple and convenient, and very safe.

After the car was on the road again, Chen Fenglan sighed: "I can't believe that a battery can actually make a car last for a thousand kilometers, and it can always maintain such a high speed. I only remember that when I rode an electric bike, the speed would get slower and slower the end!"

Her assistant asked Tang Xiaochuan: "Mr. Tang, electric cars need to be replaced or charged before they can continue to drive. It is impossible for every car owner to put a spare battery in the car. How do you solve the problem of charging and replacing batteries?"

Tang Xiaochuan smiled and said, "This is also simple. Our company plans to invest huge amounts of money to build a new charging station next to every existing gas station in China. The rechargeable battery can be replaced or charged!"

Chen Fenglan thought of a question: "There is a problem when changing the battery. For example, a car owner has a new car and a new battery. If the charging station replaces him with an old battery that has been used for several years, he will not be happy, right? What do you think about this? Also, if it takes too long to charge, the car owner may not be able to wait!"

Tang Xiaochuan nodded: "These two problems are indeed the most critical. If you change batteries, we usually replace the car owner with new batteries. If the use time is within one year, the charging station will not charge each other; if the time is more than one year, the charging station will use new batteries or use time to exchange them with the car owner's old batteries within one year, and a certain amount of battery wear and depreciation fee will be charged. Therefore, even if the car owner changes the battery, the battery he replaces is always a new battery, and it is impossible to replace the old battery for him!"

"Talk about charging issues, our company is confident that we will shorten the charging time to five minutes when our Blueprint Automobile is fully launched within half a year. This is no longer a technical problem, because our current technology has reached eight minutes to complete a charging!"

At about 2:30 in the morning, Tang Xiaochuan drove the car to the entrance of a hotel to drive three rooms for Chen Fenglan and others, and invited them to visit their home tomorrow morning. Chen Fenglan and others happily agreed.

In the morning, Tang Xiaochuan said to Guan Jingwen while having breakfast: "Today I will introduce a friend to you!"

"What friend?" Guan Jingwen asked casually.

"You will know when you see it, but it will definitely be good for you!"
Chapter completed!
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