Tesla began to be imitated by Chinese "students."

He Jun, this reporter

Like many Internet companies in the United States, Tesla started out on the internet and started to imitate "Chinese students."

On July 23, Alibaba and SAIC signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement on "Internet Vehicles". Under the agreement, both parties will cooperate in the field of "Internet cars" and related application services to jointly create the "Internet car" and its ecology for the future ring.

Coincidentally, almost at the same time, Baidu also announced that it has launched a driverless car R & D program at the beginning of this year, the project is responsible for the Baidu Institute for Advanced Study.

In Alibaba, Baidu released a grand plan before May 5, Tencent's first car networking products, "Treasure Box" is already on-line, the main vehicle diagnostic system.

Internet giants have to enter the automotive industry, and policy push are inseparable. On July 21, the General Office of the State Council promulgated the Guiding Opinion on Accelerating the Popularization and Application of New Energy Vehicles. The Opinions pointed out that giving full play to the positive role of information technology. Continuously improve the application of modern information technology in the innovation of commercial modes of new energy vehicles, encourage Internet companies to participate in R & D and operation of new energy vehicles and accelerate the application of new technologies such as smart grid, mobile Internet, Internet of Things, and big data, Energy vehicles promote the use of more convenience and benefits.

BAT gathered car network

In BAT (Baidu, Ali, Tencent) strategic layout, the ecosystem is an important concept. Now, this ecosystem is also the car also come in.

According to Ali, the SAIC Group, the cooperation with the aim of combining the advantages of both resources to further open up the car life cycle car needs and the Internet life circle, allowing users to experience an Internet-based, more convenient mobile intelligent ecosystem , To create a new "Internet car."

It is reported that the car will be user-oriented, fully integrated Alibaba Group's "YunOS" operating system, big data, Ali communications, high German navigation, Ali cloud computing, shrimp music and other resources and SAIC's vehicles and components Development, automotive service trade and other resources around the user's car life, integration of both online and offline resources, to provide users with smart travel services.

According to the person in charge of Baidu introduction, Baidu car networking is currently focused on the software level, Baidu will develop a car named carnet intelligent platform, the user's smart phone can be seamlessly integrated with the vehicle system to achieve "people, cars, mobile phones "The interoperability between. Users can realize mobile voice search, map location search and other rich applications in the car. Drivers can also focus on Baidu map LBS platform, through the voice to complete the route planning, navigation and other functions, and based on geographical location to get around food beauty and other lifestyle services information.

Security risks shocking

Although BATs have been marketed as smart cards as they enter the car network, the security loopholes exposed by Tesla recently also surprised the industry.

On July 15, 360 said it found for the first time a security hole in its Tesla application that allowed hackers to remotely control vehicles, unlock controls, whistles, flashing lights and opening skylights. It is reported that 360 has submitted the details of the vulnerabilities and solutions to Tesla and is willing to provide technical support to Tesla. On the afternoon of July 17, 360 security experts demonstrated on-site system vulnerabilities of Tesla applications and re-exposed the security risks of the vulnerabilities. Using computer remote unlocking, whistle, flashing lights and opening skylights were performed.

"In the process of combining smart car with car networking and mobile internet, new security challenges will inevitably emerge." No matter how smart the smart car is, the more important its potential system security and information security are, the more people have reported The realization of the remote control of the car being driven, including allowing the car to automatically accelerate or sudden braking, you can also make the car brakes when driving.This means that the safety of smart cars is not only related to the owners of information security, but also with the owner Life and property safety, "360 the company responsible person to accept the" Securities Daily "interview, said that" the current test of intelligent vehicle safety testing standards or a blank in this piece should really take precautions to develop China's smart car as soon as possible testing Test standards and consider how to combine with international standards.The information security problems brought by smart cars will be one of the key concerns of 360 companies and we will continue to conduct research in the field of smart car safety. "

In the industry view, the concept of the main security companies are also expected to widen their ecosystem in the era of car networking. "Intelligence and security have become the two core development directions for the current Chinese automotive industry," said Fan Fanli, a research director at CIC Investment Adviser. "The Internet industry is shaping the automobile industry and is transforming the traditional automobile industry with Internet thinking. The automotive intelligence revolution is unprecedented Sector 'feast, involving car manufacturing companies, car dealers, car network operators, electronics companies, software companies, communications service providers, etc. Due to the vast market in the future, may bring related companies to several times or even dozens of times the increase the amount".