Will 2016 become the first year of autonomous driving, with independent car companies investing over 100 million yuan in research and development?

More than half of 2016 has passed. Both the 2000 km high-speed test of Chang'an autonomous vehicle in April and the Roewe RX5, a "global mass production Internet vehicle" jointly released by SAIC and Alibaba Group in June, have won wide attention from both inside and outside the industry. Therefore, "autonomous driving" has been listed in the first half of the Chinese car market keyword list. So, for autonomous car companies, what progress are they currently making in the field of autonomous driving? Can its R&D investment support future layout? Can 2016 be the first year of autonomous driving development for Chinese car companies? Below we will explain each one for you.

After analyzing the autonomous driving technology of domestic domestic car companies, Gaishi Automobile found that there are currently ten manufacturers involved in this field. Among them, FAW Group, SAIC Group, Changan Automobile, BAIC Group, and Great Wall Motors have already demonstrated their experimental models equipped with primary autonomous driving technology. In the first half of 2016, GAC Group, Dongfeng Motor, Geely Automobile, BYD Automobile, and Lifan Automobile also announced that they would complete autonomous driving prototype tests in the next 5-10 years.