Self-driving cars enter new phase: Several companies conduct passenger test

According to Lei Fengwang, the application of self-driving cars in Massachusetts has taken another solid step forward.

Recently, nuTonomy, a Boston-based autopilot startup, announced that it had completed its first passenger test in Boston. Previously, the company is also operating a similar fleet in Singapore. In January of next year, nuTonomy's autonomous driving test vehicle may formally enter Boston's harbor area. Like Waymo's plan, these vehicles will not be equipped with safety drivers and only one engineer. Follow the car.

Last month, nuTonomy spent two weeks testing a self-driving car in Boston. A group of volunteers participated in the test. These participants can use nuTonomy's car calling software to call a self-driving car. The car will depart from the company's Drydock Ave office and make a circle around the harbor area. Throughout the journey, the car will also enter downtown Boston via Summer Street. Return through Parliament Street.

nuTonomy CEO Karl Iagnemma stated that nuTonomy wanted to experience autopilot technology for ordinary people. At the same time, he also hopes that the people can give nuTonomy the opportunity to collect feedback. It is not just young people that nuTonomy hopes to participate in testing. Older people with vision impairments should also experience it.

"Overall, the first test participants felt safe when they were driving a self-driving car," Iagnemma said. "Some people even feel that these cars are too safe and they are even too cautious when dealing with certain situations."

For nuTonomy, this two-week test is an important step in exploring the application of self-driving cars. Next year, it plans to launch a commercialized automated driving car service in Singapore. If Singapore's automatic driving taxi service lands smoothly, nuTonomy will create history and win the name of the world's first self-driving taxi fleet. NuTonomy pointed out that it will choose the first stop in Singapore because the regulatory environment in this small country is more relaxed.

In the U.S., regulators are still fiercely discussing how to manage self-driving cars.

NuTonomy's passenger test in Boston is indeed significant, and it is a great encouragement for companies that want to deploy self-driving cars in Massachusetts.

NUTonomy, which came out of MIT, was received by Tier 1 dealer Delphi in October this year. Two years ago, Delphi bought Ottomatika, another autopilot software company.

According to Lei Fengnet, nuTonomy also cooperated with Lyft and operated a self-driving taxi project in Boston. Iagnemma stated that the in-depth cooperation with Lyft is the next important phase of the nuTonomy test project. When it is time, the user can call the autopilot car through the Lyft app. Iagnemma said that the project will be officially launched at the end of this year.

Experience nuTonomy passengers driving cars autonomously

In addition to nuTonomy, MIT also nurtured another self-driver Optimus Ride, headquartered just 12 miles from Boston.

This week, Optimus Ride announced that it will jointly launch an automated driving test project with LStar Ventures, a real estate developer. The test site will be located in the Focus Park (formerly Naval Air Station).

In the next 18 months of testing, residents in the nearby 1,550-acre area can all use the car to the South Weymouth commuter railway station. They can only call their car with their fingers, and more importantly, during the test. FREE.

Right now, Focus Park has a total of six miles of test roads, but this year another four miles can be built. In addition, most of the nearby residents’ homes are less than half a mile away from commuter stations, and many companies have also begun moving their offices nearby. Therefore, the developers of future focus parks may explore more business models, such as making nearby companies pay for shuttles.

Barry, regional manager of LStar Ventures, said: “We see it as a laboratory that not only tests future technologies but also shapes future transportation.”

Today, 2,000 people live near the park, and the so-called "Smart City" can accommodate 1-1.5 million people. In the future, this area will have 4000 homes (there are 1,200 now and 853 are under construction).

With permission from the Boston and Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Optimus Ride has begun testing auto-pilot cars in the harbor area and its passenger testing will be officially launched early next year.

Power Meter 2 Rates

Power Meter is a monitoring and testing instrument which determines the power consumption of a connected appliance and the cost of the electricity consumed.

Installing the batteries

Install 3.6V rechargeable Battcrics(NI-MH) . The purpose of the batteries is to store the total electricity and mcinory setting.

Resetting

If an abnormal display appears or the buttons produce no response, the instrument must be reset. To do this,press the RESET button.

Display Mode

Entire LCD can be displayed for about 1 minute and then it automatically gets into Model. To transfer from one mode to the other, press the FUNCTION button.

Mode 1: Time/Watt/Cost Display Display duration(how long) this device connect to power source.LCD on first line shows 0:00 with first two figures mean minutcs (2 figures will occur while occur at 10 min) and the rest shows seconds. After 60mins, it displays 0:00 again with first two numbers meas hour(2 figures will occur at 10hours) and the rest shows minutes. The rest can be done in the same manner which means after 24 hours, it will rc-caculatc. LCD on second line displays current power which ranges in 0.0W~9999W. LCD on third line displays the current electricity costs which ranges in 0.0cost~9999cost. It will keep on O.OOcost before setting rate without other figures.

Mode 2: l ime/Cumulative electrical quantity Display Display duration(how long) this device connect to power source.

LCD on first line shows 0:00 with first two figures mean minutes(2 figures will occur while occur at 10 min) and the rest shows seconds. After 60mins, it displays 0:0() again with first two numbers meas hour(2 figures will occur at 10hours)and the rest shows minutes. The rest can be done in the same manner which means after 24 hours, it will re-caculate. LCD on second line displays current cumulative electrical quantity which ranges in 0.000K WH 〜 9999KWII without other figures. LCD on third line displays''DAY''- "1 "will be showed on numerical part(thc other three figures will be showed at carry) which means it has cumulated electrical quantity for 24hours(one day). The rest can be done in the same manner untial the maximal cumulative time of 9999 days.

Mode 3: Time/Voltage/Frequency Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on second line displays current voltage supply (v) which ranges in 0.0V~9999V .LCD on third line displays current frequency (HZ) which ranges in 0.0HZ~9999HZ without other figures.

Mode 4: Time/Current/Power Factor Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones.

LCD on second line displays load current which ranges in 0.0000A~9999A. LCD on third line displays current power factor which ranges in 0.00PF 〜 1 .OOPF without other figures.

Mode 5:Time/Minimum Power Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 clones. LCD on second line displays the miniinum power which ranges in 0.0W~9999W. LCD on third line displays character of "Lo" without other figures.

Mode 6: I,ime/Maximal Power Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on second line displays the maximal power which ranges in 0.0W~9999W. LCD on third line displays character of "Hi" without other figures.

Mode 7: Time/Price Display LCD on first line displays the same as Mode 1 dones. LCD on third line displays the cost which ranges in O.OOCOST/KWH 〜 99.99COST/KWH without other figures.
Overload Display: When the power socket connects the load over 3680W, LCD on second line displays the"O VER LOAD" with booming noise to warn the users,( 60470643, 60469303,selectable choice)
Supplemental informations:
1: Except tt OVERLOAD , ' interface, LCD on first line display time in repitition within 24hours.
2: LCD on first line, second line or third line described in this intruction take section according to two black lines on LCD screen. Here it added fbr clarified purpose.
3. Mode 7 will directly occur while press down button "cost".
4. [UP"&''Down" are in no function under un-setting mode.
Backlight Mode:
Connect to AC power,backlight im mediately light,if not press any button,backlight will went off in 15 seconds.
When press any of the buttonsbacklight start light again. (Backlight only light when it connect to AC power,backlight cannot light if use battery)
Setting Mode
1. Electricity price setting
After keeping COST button pressed lasting more than 3 seconds(LCD on third line display system defaults price, eg O.OOCOST/KWH ),the rendered content begins moving up and down which means that the device has entered the setting mode. Then press FUNCTION button to change selection and press UP/DOWN to set what you want. (On pressing once, the figure after domical point will increase or decrease accordingly. On pressing and hold-on, figures after demical point will increase or decrease slowly in 2 seconds while figures change quickly when hold-on time exceeds 2 seconds. When hold-on time reaches 10 seconds or more, the figures after demical point will stop while the figures before demical point begin to increasing or decreasing.) After that, press FUNCTION fbr swithing, then press [UP'nd "DOWN" button again to set value which ranges in OO.OOCOST/KWH 〜 99.99COST/KWH. After setting all above, press COST to return to Mode7 or it will automatically return to Mode7 without any pressing after setting with data storage.

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