The second session of the 14th National People's Congress is about to open. He Xiaopeng, a representative of the National People's Congress and Chairman and CEO of Xiaopeng Motors, presented two suggestions: "Suggestions on exploring limited scenario unmanned driving regulations and accelerating the integration and interaction between new energy vehicles and the power grid" and "Suggestions on promoting the application of flying vehicles and promoting the development of new quality productivity in low altitude economy".
To solve the shortage of charging resources, power grid safety issues, and contradictions in the charging market, He Xiaopeng proposes two suggestions: explore limited scenario low-speed unmanned driving policies, and carry out night low-speed unmanned driving+supplementary energy pilot projects; Promote top-level design of car network interaction, build mature business models, unify standards, and accelerate market-oriented promotion.
At the same time, he suggests accelerating forward-looking top-level design and planning for the flying car market, and promoting the internationalization of Chinese standards; Establish a driving qualification certification and training system; Coordinate industrial development policies and resource guarantees to promote the rapid development of flying cars.
Explore the establishment of limited scenario autonomous driving regulations
Accelerate the integration and interaction between new energy vehicles and the power grid
With the growth of new energy vehicle ownership, charging infrastructure is facing challenges such as limited land resources and insufficient power capacity. The disorderly charging behavior of users can easily lead to instantaneous overload of the power grid. In this context, utilizing autonomous driving technology to achieve autonomous charging for unmanned driving at night can alleviate the supply-demand contradiction during peak hours, improve facility utilization, and reduce charging costs. However, there is currently a lack of relevant regulatory support, and further improvement of the policy and regulatory system is needed.
In this regard, He Xiaopeng suggests exploring the establishment of policies and regulations for low-speed unmanned driving in limited scenarios, carrying out pilot applications of low-speed unmanned driving and energy supplementation at night, realizing the transition from "finding piles for people" to "finding piles for cars", shifting the scale of electricity consumption from daytime peak periods to nighttime low periods, and transforming charging from active behavior to automated roaming services, thus forming a win-win situation for the power grid, users, charging station operators, and vehicle enterprises. The relevant regulations and pilot programs will also apply to scenarios such as autonomous parking and low-speed logistics for users at night.
It is worth noting that in vehicle power batteries have the property of mobile energy storage and can interact with the power grid as a large-scale, distributed and flexible resource, further leveraging the power grid regulation ability of peak shaving and valley filling, and playing an important role in real-time balance and safe operation of the power grid. Therefore, vehicle grid interaction has rich application scenarios and huge economic and strategic value, but currently progress is slow and there are many checkpoints, The main problem is the lack of clear business models and related technical standards.
Based on this, He Xiaopeng suggests promoting the top-level design of vehicle network interaction, building a mature business model, unifying relevant standards, exploring more application scenarios, accelerating market-oriented promotion, and quickly developing a standard system for each link of vehicle network interaction, clarifying the trading mechanism of the electricity market, and accelerating the construction of a mature business model for vehicle network interaction, forming stable profit expectations for all participants.
Accelerate the commercialization of flying cars
Assist in the development of new quality productivity in low altitude economy
As a new type of intelligent transportation tool, flying cars have received competitive investment and research and development from countries such as China, the United States, Japan, and Europe, showing a rapid development trend. China is leading in the research and development of amphibious flying vehicles, but faces problems such as insufficient product regulations and certification efficiency. The existing aviation operation system is cumbersome and not suitable for the large-scale demand of the new generation of flying vehicles. Technological research and development is difficult, with a long cycle, high financial pressure, and insufficient infrastructure construction. The commercialization of flying cars requires strong policy support, similar to the development of new energy vehicles ten years ago.
When discussing how to better accelerate the development of the flying car industry, He Xiaopeng suggested that firstly, we should accelerate the top-level design and planning of flying cars, and make forward-looking top-level planning in product management, product certification, and standard system design.
In terms of specific implementation, He Xiaopeng suggests accelerating the efficiency of regulatory certification for flying car products, with three specific measures: firstly, building a framework for flying car technical standards and promoting the internationalization process of Chinese standards; Secondly, promote the standardization of airworthiness certification work; The third is to increase the investment of airworthiness certification personnel and resources from the authority, and strengthen the construction of regulatory certification system.
Secondly, He Xiaopeng suggests building a comprehensive operational system for flying vehicles, supporting the large-scale application of products from multiple aspects such as driver qualifications, airspace, and operational management. There are three core measures: first, establish a certification and training system for flying car driving qualifications; Secondly, accelerate the opening of low altitude airspace and improve the utilization of airspace resources; The third is to establish a unified supervision and command platform and a low altitude airspace management system to adapt to the diverse and large-scale operation and development needs of low altitude flight activities.
Finally, He Xiaopeng believes that reference should be made to the development experience of the new energy vehicle industry, and industrial development policies and resource guarantees should be coordinated to promote the high-speed development of the aviation vehicle industry. The core measures include conducting special research to support the development of the flying automobile industry, establishing an industry guidance fund, and supporting the tackling of key core technologies; Strengthen land security, coordinate infrastructure and resource support; Carry out application exploration, establish demonstration zones for flying car operations, and establish flying car industry institutions to accelerate the construction of industrial ecosystems; Strengthen commercial support, coordinate a package of financial tools in the early stage of product commercialization, and support the promotion and application of flying cars in four aspects.