Rebirth Starts From 2006

Smart transportation operator?

Everyone looked at each other for a few times, each lost in thought.

They are all speculating on the possibility of this model from their own perspectives.

After all, this is not an ordinary industry, but involves political and management functions. If one thing affects the whole body, the problem will be big.

Chen Yang raised his glass and took a sip, then said with a smile,

"Just now, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhong, one talked about technology and the other talked about applications. There were many viewpoints in them, which gave me great inspiration,"

He turned to look at Huang Shan and said with a smile, "Mr. Shan, what we discussed before was focused on technology and applications, but when I heard Mr. Zhong's story just now, I suddenly realized that we had overlooked a very important point. .”

Huang Shan's eyes flickered and she asked softly, "What's the new business model?"

"That's right,"

Chen Yang nodded, turned his gaze to everyone again, and said,

“For this project, I checked a lot of information and consulted some experts. Finally, I believed that intelligent transportation is a big trend in the future, so I decided to do this.

But before, my focus was all on technology and application prospects, and I ignored the operational needs of new technologies in new forms, which is what we often call business models. "

His eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he said softly, "Let's talk about it in detail. Hundreds of years ago, all the people driving on the road were horse-drawn carriages, so that's why the name road came into being.

How was traffic managed at that time?

In 1860, London, with a population of two million, had 300,000 horses, and 100,000 people made a living by working as coachmen, grooms, carriage manufacturers, stablekeepers, and horse manure collectors.

These latter people are the business model participants in the horse-drawn carriage era, including those who drive cars, raise horses, and even shovel manure.

All of a sudden, the car is coming. "

Having said this, Chen Yang looked at Zhong Ruilin and asked with a smile, "Mr. Zhong, have you ever heard of the 'Red Flag Law'?"

"Well,"

Zhong Ruilin's eyes darkened, he smiled awkwardly and shook his head, "I haven't heard of it."

Chen Yang looked at others again, "Has anyone heard of it?"

No one answered, including Huang Shan and Qin Yu, who had discussed with him in the past two days.

Only Zou Rong, who helped him collect information, lowered his head and shook his shoulders, unable to hold back his laughter.

Chen Yang turned to look at her, curled his lips and said, "If you want to laugh, laugh louder. When you're done laughing, tell everyone."

"oh,"

Zou Rong raised her head, laughed a few more times, and then said while laughing, "When the car was first developed, many people thought that it should be dangerous for this steel monster to drive so fast, right?

So at that time, many newspapers began to publish cartoons of car explosions. In the cartoons, the people in the cars were bloody and bloody, which was particularly cruel.

Therefore, in 1865, the British Parliament passed the first Motor Vehicle Act in human history.

The law stipulates that the speed limit for cars driving in the suburbs is four miles per hour, and the speed limit for driving in the city is two miles per hour.

and! and! and!

Ahem, say important things three times! "

Zou Rong played the latest meme and said with a grin,

“The law stipulates that every motor vehicle driving on the road must be driven by three people, one of whom must guide the vehicle fifty meters away, and a red flag must be constantly waved to clear the way for the motor vehicle to remind people to pay attention to safety. !

This became the much-derided ‘red flag law’. "

What?

Four kilometers, two kilometers? Do you need someone in front to wave the red flag?

Everyone looked at each other, looking like Zou Rong, laughing non-stop.

They really didn't expect that in the history of automobile development, such a weird law would be introduced.

At this time, Zhang Chunli suddenly said, "That's not right. I remember that the first car in history was invented by the German Carl Benz in 1886. Why did the UK have a 'red flag law' in 1885?" Woolen cloth?"

Upon hearing this, Zou Rong immediately put down the tachyon and said, "Karl Benz invented the diesel locomotive, but before him, the British had already invented the steam locomotive and also put it into bus operation.

So at that time, the United Kingdom and the United States actually had cars, but they were not the internal combustion engines we use now, but primitive steam engines. "

Zhang Chunli nodded suddenly, "I understand, I understand."

Then he turned his attention to Boss Chen.

While Zou Rong was talking, Chen Yang drank from his wine glass, then picked up a shrimp ball and threw it into his mouth. He chewed it slowly and the room became quiet again.

He put his hands on the table, looked at everyone and said with a smile, "To be fair, these provisions of the Red Flag Law were not really a big problem at the time.

After all, the cars at that time were not as advanced as they are now. They couldn’t run fast, made a lot of noise, and had many malfunctions. It’s not incomprehensible that such regulations would appear.

And due to the small tricks behind the scenes of the horse-drawn carriage industry, this law was actually implemented for thirty years and was not repealed until 1**5 years."

Having said this, he looked at everyone meaningfully and said, "Every new thing that appears will definitely encounter resistance from the old things.

Intelligent transportation may not be without it one day, so you can set up the "Red Flag Law" as a banner and always alert yourself. If one day, our intelligent transportation encounters similar problems, don't panic or be discouraged. Because the wheel of history is rolling forward, all those who try to be like a mantis will eventually be crushed to pieces. "

After a pause, he looked around at the thoughtful crowd and grinned again.

"It's like comparing a horse-drawn carriage with a car. The advantages of the car are too obvious.

There are 300,000 horses in London. These 300,000 horses produce 3,000 tons of horse manure and 300,000 liters of horse urine every day, so the roads in London often stink.

In addition, the life span of a horse pulling a cart is about three years. This means that 100,000 horses die in London every year, and two-thirds of them, or more than 60,000 horses, die directly from exhaustion in the middle of the road.

At that time, the municipal government often had to wait until the smell of corpses emitted before cleaning it up.

And what about cars? Although there may be safety issues, there is no horse manure after all.

Moreover, it is really fast.

Therefore, after the British government abolished the "Red Flag Law" in 1966, although carriage shops, carriage companies and carriage drivers carried out thousands of strikes, the wheels of history rolled forward and would not stop.

The automobile eventually and irresistibly replaced the horse-drawn carriage. "

Chen Yang raised his hands and gestured, "As a result, the current traffic regulations and related business system with cars as the basic carrier gradually formed.

Car manufacturing, sales, maintenance, second-hand car dealers, scrapping, etc. all revolve around this system.

However, today's cars also have many problems, which are even more serious than the problems of horse-drawn carriages more than a hundred years ago.

The most important one is safety! "

After a pause, Chen Yang looked around the crowd and said seriously, "According to data released by the International Highway Safety Association, approximately 1.35 million people die in traffic accidents every year.

What does 1.35 million mean?

This means that every twenty-four seconds someone is killed by a wheel! "

After taking a breath, Chen Yang said again,

"What causes these traffic accidents?

The answer is, humans drive dangerously!

Data shows that 94% of traffic accidents are caused by human factors, such as drunk driving, drunk driving, and these dangerous human driving behaviors. "

Having said this, Chen Yang spread his hands, "We have many means to regulate driving, including traffic lights and various traffic laws, but the reality is that the number of traffic accidents remains high and is still increasing year by year.

Therefore, intelligent transportation is imperative! "

He said and pointed at Zhong Ruilin,

"Mr. Zhong also thought about the future travel scenarios under intelligent transportation mode just now, but I suddenly thought of a question.

Is it feasible to achieve intelligent transportation with the current management model? "

He looked around at everyone and said, "Can the horse-drawn carriage system from a hundred years ago be able to manage the automobile age?"

Then he shook his head slightly and said, "Obviously, this is impossible.

So, under the new transportation system, a new management model is naturally needed. This is what I just thought of,

Smart transportation operator! "

After finishing his words, Chen Yang rubbed his somewhat hot forehead to calm down a little while organizing his thoughts again.

What he just said was just improvised, without any preparation at all.

As he said himself, he had discussed technology and applications with Huang Shan and the others in the past few days, but they had never discussed business models.

Once the technology is developed and there are practical application scenarios, what else do you need?

answer,

Business models in new forms.

Otherwise, the things created by the entire Rainbow Group will really become a good opportunity and resource for others to start a business!

Boss Chen is such a smart person, how could he do such a thing? !

After taking two deep breaths, my slightly swollen head felt a little better.

Seeing that he seemed a little uncomfortable, Zou Rong quickly put down Kuai Zi and handed him a glass of water.

Chen Yang took the cup and took a sip. He smiled at her and signaled that it was okay.

Then he turned his head and continued,

“Intelligent transportation is ‘global intelligence’ that is linked to all vehicles and all roads. If true ‘global intelligence’ can be achieved, traffic lights may become redundant in the future.

Why do humans need traffic lights?

Because the "right of way" at the intersection must be allocated to the two-way lanes in turn.

Why do we have to divide them ‘in turns’?

Or because the people driving the cars are humans with very low ‘computing power’. If they are not simply assigned in turns, humans will not be able to calculate.

What if the driver is not a human? What if ‘global intelligence’ under vehicle-road collaboration is realized? "

He suddenly pointed at Zhong Ruilin and said, "This is the same question I asked just now. Mr. Zhong gave a perfect answer.

At the same time, he also said that under this kind of "global intelligence", humans cannot react at all, and it must be an unmanned system.

And such a road and such a car must have an 'operator' dedicated to serve it in order to operate smoothly. "

After a pause, he said slowly,

“The reason why we can make calls today is because there are telecom operators who set up base stations on the roofs of buildings and on the mountains, so that our mobile phone signals can access the network to make calls and send messages.

The cars of the future will be like mobile phones.

You must connect to the "intelligent transportation network" and then realize vehicle-road collaboration to achieve truly "global intelligence" autonomous driving.

And those who build intelligent transportation networks are ‘intelligent transportation operators’.

They are responsible for turning the road into a "smarter road" and building "traffic base stations" on the road network to allow vehicles to access it. They are also responsible for post-maintenance management.

And with ‘intelligent transportation operators’, many traffic problems can be solved.

Violations, parking, travel services, etc.,"

Chen Yang made gestures with his hands, looked at everyone and said, "What we want to do is to be such an 'intelligent transportation operator'.

‘Intelligent transportation operators’ do not replace the supervisory function of the government, but turn the entire city’s transportation into a network and make this network run smoothly.

We use professional people to do professional things. Not only will we not replace supervision, but we will make supervision more intuitive and easier.

that time,……"

Chen Yang suddenly looked at Zhou Daoen and asked, "Mr. Zhou, will you still buy a car by yourself at that time?"

Zhou Daoen thought for a while, shook his head slowly, and said while thinking, "If it were me, I wouldn't buy it,"

He raised his head as he spoke, "Since the global intelligent transportation network has been implemented, there will be a car to pick you up when you go out, and you don't need to park when you arrive. In this case, I don't need to buy a car at all.

Because what I want is not a car, but a smooth and convenient way to move from this place to that place. What I want is movement, not a car.

On the contrary, at that time, buying a car was more troublesome because I would have to pay more for maintenance, including car maintenance, gas, and parking space. "

He lightly shrugged and said with a smile, "Unless you are a billionaire who doesn't care about money, or a person with mysophobia who regards private cars as a luxury field, I think most people will not buy a car. "

"Yes, it's exactly what I thought,"

Chen Yang snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "So, at that time, the sales model of cars will also change. Customers will shift from individuals to 'intelligent transportation operators'."

He turned to look at Huang Shan and said, "Customized mobile phones from telecom operators were eventually sold to individuals for exclusive use, but earlier, the phones in public phone booths were for everyone's use.

Therefore, the future car sales model will also change from basically oriented to individuals to basically oriented to ‘intelligent transportation operators’.

For individual customers, only a very small number of high-end products will remain.

This is the smart transportation business model under the new form! "

At the end, he clasped his fingers and said, "Car companies, intelligent transportation operators, and system service providers, please help me think about which other units will participate in the intelligent transportation model?"

Everyone fell into thinking again,

After a moment, Zhong Ruilin raised his head first and said seriously, "Any business model will have an operating entity and large and small suppliers that are dependent on the entity.

But judging from the situation you just described, in the future smart transportation model, smart car manufacturers, smart transportation operators, and system service providers that provide services to the first two will be the three absolute subjects in the new form. ,

I think there is no problem. "

Chen Yang looked at the others and nodded lightly.

He clapped his hands together, waited for everyone to look over, and said with a smile, "In that case, the direction of our efforts in this smart transportation plan can be determined."

He raised his fingers again and said, "Faraday and Xijiang Automobile Company are going to be smart car manufacturers. Damai, Feihong, Faraday, and Dajiang will form a joint venture to form a new intelligent system company. The goal is system services." business,

As for the final smart transportation operator,"

He turned to look at Huang Shan and said with a smile, "Mr. Shan, this project requires cooperation with the local government. It's up to you!"