China has been expanding the application scenarios of "vehicle-road-cloud" integration for intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs) across the country.
The 2024 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference kicked off in Beijing Thursday, during which a series of activities were staged to promote the coordinated development of intelligent connected vehicles and related fields.
"Vehicle-road-cloud" integration uses next-generation information and communication technologies to integrate physical information about people, vehicles, and roads with the cloud to ensure the safe, energy-saving, comfortable, and efficient operation of ICVs.
The country's integrated vehicle-road-cloud system is currently at a crucial stage transitioning from testing and verification to large-scale application, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said.
The "vehicle-road-cloud" integration concept has a wide range of commercial applications in fields including public transit, smart sanitation, autonomous delivery, and intelligent connected passenger vehicles, according to industry insiders.
In Shanghai's Jiading District, a total of 162 buses have recently been equipped with connected devices on the network that can receive real-time map and traffic light data.
"Compared with traditional buses, it has the ability for ultra-long-distance perception and all-round safety forecast. It enhances both the driving and riding experiences while also improving the resource utilization of public transport and traffic efficiency," said Sun Dong, senior project manager, Shanghai International Automobile City.
In addition, in Suzhou City of east China's Jiangsu Province, the number of applications of low-speed unmanned vehicles has kept increasing, transitioning from "small-scale pilot projects" to "large-scale applications" in China's express delivery sector. These unmanned express delivery vehicles boast a work efficiency that is three to six times higher than manual work, while also reducing transport costs by 50 percent.
China expands application scenarios of integrated vehicle-road-cloud system for ICVs
