Chapter 2862 Intelligent Service

There are first-mover advantages and late-mover advantages.

The so-called late-mover advantage is formed on the basis of "first-mover disadvantage". Because when you are the first, the road ahead is confusing, no one knows how to go, and it is easy to go wrong. And once you go wrong, it is often difficult to turn back.

Latercomers can summarize the experience of their predecessors, avoid their mistakes, and choose the best route.

Even if Musk took the wrong path this time.

He did not expect that artificial intelligence would develop like this, and Zhou Buqi, who is not a technical expert, was right. It really went from CPU to GPU. In order to allow Tesla to use a more powerful CPU, he even specially developed a self-developed closed in-vehicle system.

But when everything was done, it was discovered that if you want to do top-level autonomous driving technology, you don’t need a top-level CPU at all. It is enough to use Qualcomm chips with mobile terminal systems.

Musk’s business style has always been "cutting corners". If you can use one screw, you will never use two, and if you can use cheap materials, you will never use expensive ones. If he had a choice, he would not have spent so much money to develop a self-developed in-vehicle operating system with serious application defects.

The domestic new energy vehicles that followed later were different.

The in-vehicle systems of various companies are developed around Android, relying directly on the Android ecosystem, and quickly built their powerful and rich in-vehicle ecosystem, including various voice assistants that can also be seamlessly connected, and quickly built an incredible in-vehicle experience, which can be said to be the world champion.

In contrast, Tesla's smart cockpit experience is far from enough.

Especially the much-criticized navigation.

Many people don't quite understand why Musk can build a rocket, but why can't he make a good navigation product?

In fact, it really can't be made.

The technical difficulty of navigation is not how high it is, but how wide it is. It requires a large team of thousands of people to update road information in real time. Only professional navigation companies can do it. Tesla just bought some map data outside and developed its own navigation software. It is impossible to compete with the top navigation products on the market.

Domestic cars are different.

They all use the Android version of the in-vehicle system.

Navigation products that can be directly used on mobile phones and tablets such as Amap and Baidu Maps are simply not comparable to Tesla, which is a half-baked navigation product. Even if it is exported, domestic electric vehicles can directly use Google Maps and can still beat Tesla in seconds.

The most important point is that with the application and popularization of autonomous driving, drivers will have more opportunities to "distract themselves from driving" while driving, and there will be more and more opportunities to enjoy the car machine functions in the car.

The limitations of self-developed systems like Tesla will become greater and greater.

Shen Xiangyang said: "The self-developed system is stronger than the open source Android in terms of security. However, it is only stronger. If a hacker can break into the Android system, it is not difficult for him to break into Tesla's system."

Zhou Buqi said: "I know."

Shen Xiangyang smiled and said: "Are we going to develop an Android-based car system?"

Zhou Buqi is not too new now, so he was a little surprised, "Is it necessary? This thing is not competitive, right? Even China Mobile, China Unicom, and even Xiaomi can develop a modified mobile phone operating system based on the Android system. Isn't it easier to develop an Android car system?"

Shen Xiangyang smiled, "It's not difficult. The open source community of Android is too powerful now. It has provided many ideas in various directions. As long as you can think of it, there is basically a framework. Developing an Android version of the modified system will only become easier and easier."

Zhou Buqi said: "That's right, since it's so easy, it's useless to do it."

If it is purely self-developed, like Tesla, it is very difficult.

If you develop a car system based on Android, it will be very simple.

Any car manufacturer can develop its own "unique" in-vehicle system.

Even if Ziweixing makes arrangements in advance and develops a finished in-vehicle system for the domestic electric vehicle industry, there will be no market. New car-making forces that have transformed from the Internet must have "self-developed" in-vehicle systems.

Shen Xiangyang said: "That may not be the case. China Mobile and China Unicom can develop the Android version of the magic system because they hired a third party, and they are communications companies that deal with the Internet all year round. Many traditional car companies are different. The CEOs of those car companies may not even know what the Internet is. That time in China, I saw the chairman of a car company. I wanted to add him on WeChat, but he didn't even know what WeChat was. He was completely blind to the Internet."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi understood what he meant, "Are you talking about providing services to traditional car companies?"

Shen Xiangyang said: "Yes, those traditional car companies basically know nothing about the Internet. There is a car website in China that is going to be listed on NASDAQ recently. Their profit model is to play with those traditional car companies and make billions from them every year. Such websites cannot make a penny from Tesla. Musk comes from the Internet, and he knows what the Internet is all about."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Don't make him a myth, he is not me!"

"Ah?"

Shen Xiangyang laughed.

Zhou Buqi said: "I am not being modest, nor am I bragging for these domestic Internet peers. You said that Tesla will not pay for such websites, that is because Tesla is now in foreign countries, dealing with those foreign car websites. When we develop in China in the future and deal with domestic car websites... Humph, even Musk will have to bow his head in front of our domestic Internet peers and pay what he should pay."

Shen Xiangyang said: "It is really possible. China has really played the Internet business model more and more thoroughly. So I think Ziweixing should develop an in-vehicle operating system. It just so happens that you are promoting major policy reforms for new energy vehicles in China recently?"

"In China?" Zhou Buqi was very cautious about this. "Cars are not like mobile phones. Driving on the road is often life-threatening. After making a time-sharing car system, do we have to make a real-time car control system to match it? I don't think this is a good choice. It can make money, but it may ruin the brand."

Cooperate with those traditional car companies and provide them with intelligent systems... Once a traffic accident occurs, who is responsible?

In the case of a car accident, the main responsibility lies with the car.

Behind the intelligent system, there is also a mechanical system.

Even if the intelligent system goes wrong, the mechanical system has been in use for decades or even hundreds of years, so why does it go wrong?

Cars are mechanical products, the intelligent system is only the application layer, and the mechanical system is the bottom layer.

But once something really goes wrong, it is difficult to explain clearly.

In the past, Huawei, as Shen Xiangyang said, did such a business. Huawei is also divided into two distinct factions. One faction is firmly opposed to making cars, fearing that it will affect the company's brand; the other faction is determined to rush in, because serving those traditional car companies that know nothing, making money is easier than picking up money.

Another reason for Zhou Buqi's resistance is that those traditional car companies are all state-owned enterprises.

Zhou Buqi said: "I am not interested in cooperating with those large state-owned enterprises. Fair transactions with clear prices in the market are more suitable for people like us. I am intentionally promoting the development of the domestic new energy vehicle industry and looking for opportunities to change the global pattern of the domestic automobile industry, but I have never thought about making cars. It's as if I promote the development of the electric vehicle industry for my own benefit and to make money."

Shen Xiangyang thought this was a good direction, "If it doesn't work in China, it can be done abroad! Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, GM and other large automakers are not as good as domestic state-owned enterprises in improving the smart cockpit!"

"Yeah."

"Whether the future is electric cars, hydrogen energy, or fuel cars, there is a certain trend, which must be smart cockpits and the intelligence of the Internet. Cars must become more and more The intelligentization of the coming is just like you have become a mobile device. These traditional car companies in foreign countries are really worse than that in China. He firmly believes that this is a good direction. "This is a huge opportunity! Google is doing autonomous driving. Apple is said to produce electric vehicles. Microsoft is still in a rotten transformation stage. Now there are the strengths of the world who choose to do this machine platform. Why? "Shen Xiangyang was very uncomfortable. Amazon and Facebook can not be able to lay out the car track at this stage. Google, Apple, and Microsoft have their own planning. This empty market is just tailor -made for Ziwei Star International! There is no technical difficulty based on Android -based on -board systems. At least a little effort can develop the best car in the world. Carry the operation system. Those big car companies are all very rich.

But they know nothing about intelligent applications, and are even worse than traditional car companies in China.

If we provide them with intelligent services, wouldn’t the speed of making money be faster than robbing a bank?

This business is so beautiful!

Zhou Buqi said: "Even if we want to do it, it's not now. As you said, these large foreign automakers are very slow in their intelligent transformation, which is a good thing! This happens to be an opportunity that the domestic auto industry can seize and take advantage of. Ten years later, all the smart connected cars in the world, except Tesla, will be domestic cars, which can greatly increase the market share of domestic cars in the world. If we help foreigners make up for the shortcomings in intelligence, then domestic cars will lose a crucial competitive advantage in the future global competition? I can't do this, let's talk about it later!"

"Uh..."

Shen Xiangyang was speechless for a while.

He could only sigh secretly.

Boss Zhou is indeed not an ordinary businessman. He deserves to be the richest man, at least from the domestic perspective.