Autonomous driving is becoming more common in foreign countries, but Hong Kong still prohibits the use of fully automatic driving functions.
In order to fully cooperate with the "Smart Mobility" in the "Smart City Blueprint 2.0" of the Hong Kong SAR Government, ASTRI today (27th) signed a memorandum of cooperation with Smart City, expecting to launch the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Internet of Vehicles Technology Innovation Corridor from 2022 to 2023. The goal is to achieve the complete design and landing verification of the interconnection of the Internet of Vehicles and the autonomous driving application across the Bay Area by 2025, so as to provide citizens with safer and more efficient travel services.
Mr. Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, delivered a speech at the signing ceremony, saying that Hong Kong has a small land and a large population, and must make good use of technologies such as sensor detection, artificial intelligence, and big data analysis to meet transportation needs. and Internet of Vehicles technology to provide efficient and convenient travel for residents in the two places.
ASTRI signed a memorandum of cooperation with Shenzhen Smart City on September 27. Through this cooperation, ASTRI and Smart City hope to launch the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Internet of Vehicles Technology Innovation Corridor from 2022 to 2023.
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The Internet of Vehicles is to realize all-round communication between vehicles and the surrounding environment and network, so that vehicles and vehicles, pedestrians, road infrastructure, and networks can transmit information in real time, providing environmental perception, information interaction and collaborative control for automobile driving and traffic management applications. It can also cooperate with the development of autonomous driving technology to effectively judge hidden dangers and improve road safety.
ASTRI to use 5G to conduct second phase of IoV road test in July
In order to fully cooperate with the "Smart Mobility" in the "Smart City Blueprint 2.0" of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute has been conducting research and development of Internet of Vehicles technology since 2015, and will launch the world's largest Internet of Vehicles road test in Hong Kong in 2021.
In July this year, ASTRI took advantage of the low-latency 5G network technology to start the second phase of the Internet of Vehicles road test, and cooperated with Shenzhen Smart City Technology Development Group to launch the Internet of Vehicles interconnection roadmap.
ASTRI and Smart City today (27th) signed a memorandum of cooperation. Through this cooperation, ASTRI and Smart City expect to launch the Shenzhen-Hong Kong IoV Technology Innovation Corridor from 2022 to 2023 to jointly develop standards for interconnection systems, smart infrastructure, etc.
It is expected that the vision for the coordinated development of smart transportation in the Greater Bay Area will be achieved by 2035
The goal is to achieve the complete design and implementation of the Internet of Vehicles interconnection and autonomous driving applications across the Bay Area by 2025, including the establishment of a demonstration area in the border area between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, such as Futian, and will further realize the interconnection of the Internet of Vehicles with Macau, Guangzhou and other places.
In 2035, it is expected to achieve the vision and goal of the coordinated development of smart transportation in the Greater Bay Area, and jointly build a Greater Bay Area where everything is connected to provide safer and more efficient travel services for citizens.
Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, expressed his expectation that Hong Kong and Shenzhen could cooperate in the research and development of smart transportation and Internet of Vehicles technologies.
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Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, said in his speech that both Hong Kong and Shenzhen are central cities in the Greater Bay Area, and they look forward to the cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen to develop smart transportation and IoV technologies, so as to provide efficient and convenient travel methods for the residents of the two places.
It was mentioned that Hong Kong launched its first smart city blueprint in 2017, which outlined the development path. In 2020, an updated version of the blueprint 2.0 will be launched, and more than 130 smart city measures will be introduced. The management efficiency of the system allows citizens to feel the convenience brought by the development of science and technology to their daily life more quickly and increase their sense of happiness.
In terms of smart travel, Sun Dong pointed out that Hong Kong has a small land and a large number of people, and technologies such as sensor detection, artificial intelligence, and big data analysis must be used to meet traffic needs and provide a more convenient travel experience. In March 2018, a nine-month Internet of Vehicles road test was launched, from the Science and Technology Park to downtown Shatin, to study and test the network and infrastructure required for the application of Internet of Vehicles technology on Hong Kong roads, laying an important foundation for the future of autonomous vehicles. , while the second phase of the test will verify the application of the Internet of Vehicles and improve road safety.
Ye Chenghui, CEO of ASTRI, said that ASTRI's IoV technology has long been out of the laboratory. After years of field testing, the technology has been gradually improved and implemented, which can effectively improve driving safety.
In order to further meet the full-scenario application requirements of autonomous driving and Internet of Vehicles functions, Ye Chenghui pointed out that the second phase of the Internet of Vehicles plan will greatly improve the immediacy and data load capacity, and add more test elements, such as public transportation and applications, so that the Smart collaborative operation has entered a new stage, laying a solid foundation for the development of smart cities in the future.
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