#? A "big step" for unmanned driving? #

On October 11th, Baidu's self-driving taxi was put into trial operation in Beijing. Users can order through the APP. The total length of the test area is about 7 kilometers, covering dozens of sites such as Yizhuang, Haidian and Shunyi's life circle and business circle.

shortly after the trial operation, a related person from Baidu said, "On October 12th, Apollo? Go single-site self-driving taxis have a peak of 6 orders, with a total of 2,68 orders throughout the day. "

behind the high order volume, some problems in the trial operation of Baidu's self-driving taxi are also exposed. Some users said that at present, Baidu's self-driving taxis still face problems such as long waiting time for ordering, difficulty in taking a taxi and the need for security officers to take over in special circumstances.

Some Baidu autopilot safety officers also said that in the empty car time when picking up passengers, the safety officers would take over by manual driving to save time. But in any case, technology is progressing, and imagination has finally entered people's lives. What is certain is that the launch of Baidu's driverless has made a positive reference for better building smart travel in the future.

Meanwhile, at this year's Baidu World Congress, Li Yanhong, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, predicted: "In five years, driverless technology will enter the stage of large-scale commercialization, and first-tier cities in China will no longer need to restrict purchases and restrictions, and even basically solve the congestion problem in 1 years. Among them, Apollo released by Baidu? 5G cloud driving, based on new infrastructure facilities such as 5G and smart transportation, will replace the security officer in the car. "

everyday view:

Baidu's opening of driverless taxi business can be regarded as a "big step" in the field of autonomous driving, which further moves autonomous driving from the concept stage to the mass application.

#? Lifan has another accident, will Geely still take over? #

On October 13th, Lifan announced that it had received notices from the controlling shareholder chongqing lifan Holdings Limited (hereinafter referred to as Lifan Holdings) and the company's actual controllers Yin Mingshan, Chen Qiaofeng, Yin Xidi and Yin Suowei. As Lifan Holdings, Yin Mingshan, Chen Qiaofeng, Yin Xidi and Yin Suowei were suspected of violating laws and regulations in information disclosure, China Securities Regulatory Commission decided to initiate an investigation.

although lifan said that this investigation is aimed at the controlling shareholder and actual controller of the company, it has nothing to do with the daily management and business activities of the company and has no impact on the normal operation of the company.

however, when the market opened on October 14th, Lifan stopped at 5.72 yuan, with a total market value of 7.515 billion yuan.

This is not the first time that Lifan has gone out of the circle in this way. As early as August, Lifan Industrial, the controlling shareholder of Lifan, applied to Chongqing No.5 Intermediate People's Court for judicial reorganization on the grounds that it could not pay off its debts due and its assets were insufficient to pay off all its debts.

not only that, the operation of lifan and the development of automobile business have been in trouble many times before.

it is understood that lifan's financial report for the first half of 22 shows that its operating income in the first half of the year was only 1.584 billion yuan, down 69.42% compared with the same period of last year, and its net profit was-2.595 billion yuan, down 173.99% year-on-year.

its total assets are about 16.96 billion yuan, its net assets are only 16 million yuan, down 96.12% year-on-year, its liabilities are as high as 16.77 billion yuan and its asset-liability ratio is as high as 98.87%.

Of course, Lifan has helped itself many times, not only transferring the production base of 15, passenger cars to the Land Reserve and Renovation Center of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area at a price of about 3.315 billion yuan, but also selling its subsidiaries with the qualifications of fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles to LI at a price of 65 million yuan.

and lifan announced on October 9th that Chongqing Liangjiang Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Liangjiang Fund) and Geely Major Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Major Investment) participated in the self-help measures such as corporate restructuring as intended restructuring investors.

however, judging from the current operating conditions of lifan, revitalization is still a difficult problem.

Everyday view:

In the past month, Geely has made Lifan the focus of its work, and wants to use Lifan's listing qualification to borrow shell resources for capital operation. However, the illegal information of Lifan exposed one after another may further reduce the possibility of Geely acquiring Lifan. (writing an article? |? Song Yuting)

This article comes from the author of Chejia, car home, and does not represent car home's standpoint.