AC #2026 – Magna的低成本环视摄像机，Dana为卡车创造电动车轴，为什么汽车行业对移动服务感兴趣

大家好，我是约翰•麦克罗伊，欢迎收看Autoline 中国，我们的节目将为您呈现汽车领域最重要最前沿的行业新技术。

福特“天气工厂”
每个汽车制造商都有环境室来测试不同的气候条件，但福特有一个新的测试设施，可以做我们以前从未见过的事情。它在德国所谓的“天气工厂”花费了7000万欧元来模拟几乎所有的天气状况。一个房间可能会产生大量降雪，温度可降至负40度。另一个加压的房间可以模拟高达5,200米的高度，这就像在珠穆朗玛峰上高。其他房间可以产生55摄氏度的热量，并产生每小时250公里的风速。但不管怎么说，最终所有这些都关乎如果开发出能够承受这些恶劣天气的车辆。

MAGNA的低成本环视摄像机
360度环视摄像机角度对于大型SUV和皮卡车停车特别有用，并且很快它们将变得更加有用。目前大多数系统仅以鸟瞰视角俯瞰车辆，但巨头供应商麦格纳和半导体制造商瑞萨拥有新的3D环视图。在停车和低速机动中，它允许驾驶员在多个不同的摄像机角度之间切换。这是一款适用于入门级和中级车的低成本解决方案，两家公司表示，一欧洲汽车制造商将率先采用该解决方案。

接下来，东风和达纳为商用卡车制造电动车轴。

博世应用安全系统防止摩托车翻倒
先进的安全系统在轿车，卡车和SUV中很常见，而现在供应商博世正在努力将相同的技术应用到摩托车上。它为摩托车增加了雷达，可以实现自动巡航控制，盲点识别和碰撞警告，当其他车辆过于靠近以致危险时，驾驶者获得音频或视频信号。博世还开发了一种解决方案，大大降低了翻车的风险。如果传感器检测到横向车轮打滑，则气体通过喷嘴排出，提供侧向力以帮助保持摩托车直立并仍在路上。博世表示，它就像一只魔术手，有助于保持摩托车直立，有趣的还有，他们使用的气体蓄能器是从从乘用车安全气囊中拔出所得。这应该有助于降低成本。

DANA为卡车创建电动车轴
中国正在推动消费者购买电动汽车，其中包括商用卡车。这就是为什么达娜及其中国合作伙伴东风将在中国推出一对3至6级商用卡车的电动轴。一个轴重约304公斤，并有一个电机，产生174马力。较大的轴涵盖4-6级卡车，配备318马力和221磅英尺扭矩的水乙二醇冷却电动机。它重达370公斤。通过将电动马达直接安装在轴上，达纳表示它可减轻100公斤，因为它摆脱了驱动轴及其联轴器。第一个应用的将是东风电瓶电动车。

接下来……现在我们知道为什么汽车行业对移动服务如此感兴趣。

为什么汽车行业对移动服务感兴趣？
当日本巨型企业集团Softbank投资22亿美元在通用汽车旗下的克鲁斯自动化公司（Cruise Automation）上时，我注意到，这几乎给了软银近20％的克鲁斯。

这使得Cruise价值超过110亿美元。请记住，通用汽车的市值为620亿美元。 但Cruise是一家尚未开始提供服务的初创公司。想象一下，在你开始营业之前，你的商店已价值110亿美元。

这就告诉你为什么汽车制造商，供应商，科技公司和投资者如此热衷于进入移动服务领域。因为其回报可能很大。

那今天的节目到这里就结束了。感谢您收看Autoline中国。

Hello, I’m John McElroy, welcome to Autoline China, the show that covers some of the most important new technologies in the automotive industry.

FORD’S “WEATHER FACTORY”
Every automaker has environmental chambers to test for different climate conditions, but Ford has a new test facility that can do things we’ve never seen before. It just spent 70 million euros at what it calls its “Weather Factory” in Germany to simulate nearly every kind of weather condition. One room can produce heavy snow fall with temperatures down to negative 40-degrees. Another pressurized room can simulate altitudes of up to 5,200 meters, which is like being high up on Mount Everest. Other rooms can generate heat of 55-degrees Celsius and produce winds of 250 kilometers per hour. But at the end of the day, it’s all about developing vehicles that can stand up to all types of weather conditions.

LOW-COST SURROUND-VIEW CAMERA FROM MAGNA
360-degree surround-view camera angles are especially helpful for parking big SUVs and pickup trucks and soon they’ll be even more useful. Most current systems just show the vehicle from a bird’s eye point-of-view, but the giant supplier Magna and semiconductor maker Renesas have a new 3D surround view. In parking and low speed maneuvers, it allows drivers to toggle between a number of different camera angles. This is a low-cost solution that is meant for entry-level to mid-range vehicles and the two companies say a European automaker will be the first to adopt it.

Still to come, Dongfeng and Dana create electric axles for commercial trucks.

BOSCH STOPS MOTORCYCLES FROM WIPING OUT
Advanced safety systems are common for cars, trucks and SUVs and now the supplier Bosch is working to bring the same technologies into motorcycles. It’s adding radar for bikes that allows for automatic cruise control, blind spot recognition, and collision warning where the rider gets an audio or visual signal if another vehicle is dangerously close. Bosch has also developed a solution that greatly reduces the risk of wiping out. If a sensor detects sideways wheel slip, a gas is vented through a nozzle that provides a lateral force to help keep the motorcycle upright and on course. Bosch says it’s like a magic hand that helps keep the bike upright and interestingly enough, the gas accumulator they use is plucked from passenger car airbags. And that should help keep down the cost.

DANA CREATES ELECTRIC AXLE FOR TRUCKS
China is pushing buyers into electric cars and that includes commercial trucks. That’s why Dana, along with its Chinese partner Dongfeng, are launching a pair of electric axles in China for class 3 to 6 commercial trucks. One axle weighs around 304 kilograms and has a motor that produces 174-horsepower. The larger axle covers class 4-6 trucks and features a water-glycol-cooled electric motor with 318-horsepower and 221 pound feet of torque. It weighs 370 kilograms. By mounting the electric motor directly to the axle, Dana says it got rid of 100 kilograms, because it gets rid of the drive shaft and its couplings. The first application will be a Dongfeng battery-electric truck.

Coming up next…now we know why the auto industry is so interested in mobility services.

WHY AUTO INDUSTRY IS INTERESTED IN MOBILITY SERVICES
I sat up and paid attention when Softbank, the giant Japanese conglomerate, invested $2.2 billion in Cruise Automation, which is owned by General Motors. That gave Softbank nearly 20% of Cruise.

That makes Cruise worth over $11 billion. Keep in mind that GM has a market cap of $62 billion. But Cruise is a start-up that hasn’t even started providing services yet. Imagine being worth $11 billion before you even open your store.

And that tells you why automakers, suppliers, tech companies and investors are so keen to get into mobility services. The payoff could be massive.

But that wraps up today’s report, thanks for watching Autoline China.