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This video was brought to you by a Battery planner cam power Marcus Beale Steinberg and Bill componente Yo what's up we are now at the Lotus Event here in Oslo and this part is Called The Tech Zone so I'm gonna do a Quick walk around now before all the Guys are arriving just to show you guys What's what's up here so we have Different stations or what do you call It see here it's the electric what do You call a call by the way how do you Pronounce it Electro Electra Electra yes That's Dietrich from Lotus so um so I Would just do a quick quick walk through Here and then we will go more in detail But here we have what is called hyper Sound so yeah the conventional audio System It's just best at this tiny speed okay Yeah all right okay but then with the Kef audio system And the unique Q okay more immersive and Then this is one oh look at this I'm also a little bit of audiophile uh a Bit yeah maybe you shouldn't touch Speaker but this is just for for demo Yeah so wow look at that magnet so look At this so the subwoofer is kind of back To back this is a interesting Um interesting design on a subwoofer Normally you will have one woofer and Then you have yeah okay so that's pretty Cool and you can see here
When you have the 23 speaker system it's Here I experienced the car today and I Was really really impressed of how well The sound was really So I'm not sure what's up yeah there's Some symbols we're gonna come back more About this subject business but man that Was some some good oh yeah here is More stuff so there will be a guy here Eventually explaining uh all about this And then if you keep moving here Well I think I skipped one yeah I Skipped this one there's so many Stations here so you have all the Touchscreen And yeah six okay six million colors all That stuff so yeah so it was pretty cool Actually 50 15 60 times 1600 the Resolution Another keep moving over here This is the Lotus hyper OS and yeah it Has the Unreal Engine so you can see There are some 3D model of the car when It moved around and stuff and it Actually uses Unreal Engine that's Pretty cool we have 5G all surround Okay and then over here we are Navigation I also tried that one it worked well but It was sometimes a little bit tricky to Understand how it works but at least it Was nice and snappy and then let me see What we have here Uh digital okay the the steering wheel
And stuff Here send the control toggles yeah use Some of these buttons for cruise control And for audio uh adjustments And then here we have the Advanced Digital Copy Yeah we actually have Uh camera mirrors let me see if I can See it on some of the screens here uh no But uh it has camera mirror instead of Conventional mirrors so that was Interesting it was a little bit hard to Get used to but yeah eventually I got a Little bit of hang of it So here you can see some demo stuff okay You can supposedly do some kind of Circuit some kind of racing race track Thing so all right all right okay moving On Next one here is about yeah the future So like I mentioned in the range test Video it has lidar that can pop out so Yeah they say deploy the lighters you Can deploy the open up the lidars and Start using them or you can turn them Off so this is what it will look like Once it has been deployed so it pokes Out a little bit from a little uh cover There So yeah unfortunately when I test draw It today and the lighter was not active So I couldn't use any Autos there but It's going to be level three autonomous Driving eventually so yeah let's see how It works
Okay and then over here we have oh Headlights yeah good headlights it's Kind of funny actually the tail light is Supposed to show you state of charge I'm Not sure if I want to show this but you See that supposedly if you have lost the Job it will show as a red and if it's High charge then it's like this so if You approach a Lotus Electra and you see This don't try to raise it if you see This okay And then we have Adaptive headlights I need to test that eventually Yeah here we have the headlights Yeah I can see oh let me see You can kind of see the The Matrix Elements Looks nice we need to test it of course Oh it's just like a demo over here And then we go over here to the Performance Yeah it's supposed to be like whoosh Like this and then here in the Performance Zone I'm not sure what's up over here oh okay Architecture dry mode suspension oh yeah I need to ask maybe the guy who will sit Over there about dry train And then here we have the platform EPA Platform Okay cool Um
Where's the time okay so yeah I need to Find out I have some questions written Down I want to ask yeah here we see some Of the stuff about battery capacity and Range and so on charging speed uh I uh Let me see yeah you know what the 10 to 80 in 20 minutes I charge from three to eighty percent in 23 minutes and I didn't even hit 350 Kilowatts so this one seems to be Correct Except for that this one is supposed to Be Like this and then the space between Them but okay whatever because now we Came to uh maybe some of the most Interesting stuff about the drive chain And and yeah battery and lots lots of uh The goodies so uh in this at this Location now we have one of the Engineers from where are you engineer Yes yes a junior yes okay what's your Name Sylvester so I'm in charge of the The attribute team to attribute is all Type of performance of the vehicle so You know yeah performance like we know But also like vehicle Dynamics safety Noise so all this aspects of the car Okay so Sylvian right yes yeah so first Question is um you know when I tested The car today I tried it on the 400 volt Charger cam power And then I noticed that um the the car Wanted to pull 448 volts from the
Charger But I know that the pack voltage at 85 Was I plugged in should be roughly at 810 volts so it must have converted with We had like an article it doesn't do a Fixed rate like a Porsche icon I don't Know so so we have a we have a dc-dc Converter on board uh so for if you go To a charger which kind of a you know History like a like a 400 volt uh Legacy Charger then indeed we do an onboard Conversion to be able to charge the pack At 800 volts so we have a 80 kilowatt Dc-dc booster on board okay also the cap Is 80 kilowatts 80 kilowatts but it Seems like you do a like a it's not a Like a fixed rate because you know uh Wash they will do a two times conversion So in case you have low voltage in the Battery pack they will ask for only 350 Volts which is bad in a 50 kilowatt Charger it seems like you are actually The car is asking for 450. yeah so we're Trying to maximize the power available That we can always have uh you know the Best power in the most efficient way uh For the dc-dc conversion okay well at Least 80 80 kilowatt is uh better than Some of the other brands okay and then Um yeah do you have any heat Scavenging Energy there uh yes so you know Is important on an EV so we have three Ways of producing heat on the car so we Have a PTC heater this is uh you know
Yeah we can use different so we have Three source of heat and we can use them For the battery or for the heat for the For the cabin or for the battery like we Want oh is not a dedicated battery Heater so we can also use the the heat For uh for the HVAC yes okay but how Powerful is that the PTC heater oh then I need to check you okay but but you can Use heat pump for heating there yeah so Normally mostly in normal condition We're using a heat pump so we have a PTC Heater we have a heat pump and we can Scavenge heat from the uh from the drive Units so so the you know electric motors Are very efficient but they still Generate a little bit of heat which we Can use also to to hit the different System in the car okay but mostly we run With a heat pump and can you also take Heat from the motor to heat up the cabin Yeah so we have we have quite a complex Thermal system and and we are able to Judge with a different uh source of heat And then allocate to battery and cabin In in the most efficient way Is it a five-way valve or do you know The detail about That well I need to Be the expert for this uh yeah so There's a couple of valves in there it's Not a single valve okay but uh yeah so There's a there's a couple of uh valve Involved and different circuits okay to
Able to deliver that all right Um and then yeah about the battery by The way what kind of chemistry is it so It's an nmc uh nmc chemistry battery uh Okay is it power Channel I don't know It's uh no no it's not uh it's not pouch It's a prismatic cell but itself yeah so Prismatic cell but yeah good ones yeah All right and then well the questions Come a little bit mixed here but um when I was doing my test ride today I noticed That at around 100 kilometers per hour When I floor it There was this little like like a little Hump almost like a taikan where it Shifts gear but it yeah so it feels like It has two-speed gearbox yeah so so we Have a we have two versions huh so we Have the bass and the S which have a Single speed Digger box uh so it's the The same EDS or Drive Unit at the front And at the rear and then on the electric R we have a different gearbox at the Rear with a two-speed gearbox And then indeed we have a we have a Small shifting Point uh similar to to Some competitors but but I draw the S Today yes today you drove the S which Should have the single gear yes that's a Single speed what was that I felt a Little like every time when I floor it I'm almost as if it changed gear but it Was clutching something okay so I don't Know about this uh this specific issue
Uh maybe we can we can check the model Together but I don't know the detail About that specific uh hesitation I mean Uh when we when we floor uh the axle Depending on the drive mode I know we Have different pedal mapping and the Kind of the torque buildup is a little Bit different depending on the driving Mode so in tour you know we don't want The car to be too nervous as well so we Have a slower ramp up of the talk Compared to sports mode where this model I used four mode okay yeah okay well I'll get the feel once I try the the Hour tomorrow then Um and then um so when we are just Cruising in the motorway for example With low power is it this connecting one Axle or is it doing something no so we Have um so on the on the car we have a Permanent magnet motor front and rear Okay so there's not so much benefit to To disconnect one of the motors so we Are running in a permanent four-wheel Drive as well okay what about the r Because the r has a clutch in the back Right yeah but we tend to run also so we Have the possibility to do that but even This clutch they still have a little bit Of drag so overall we drove mostly on Four wheel drive conditions oh even all Right because you know taikan if you run It in range mode in taikan it will Actually disconnect the rear completely
And only run the front to save energy Yeah so so for us uh in terms of arts And you know the focus is also on the Performance with that model a little bit Less on energy so we wanted to get the Maximum performance and yeah so the car Is permanent four-wheel drive okay what Um I don't know when it comes to Charging by the way today at least I hit 300 and I think it was 307 kilowatts Which is quite impressive but then it's Supposed to take 350 on the ideal Conditions but is this unhealthy for the Battery uh no so actually the the Battery has been designed that it can Take even more so uh or battery can take Up to 600 amps and in Europe we are Limited to 500 amps because of the Charging infrastructure okay so you know The battery has been designed for even Even more power so no we are pretty Confident that we can it's not going to Degrade the battery to do uh you know Consistent charging performance so it Should be there all the time and then And we're not uh we don't think we're Going to have any problem with Durability with that okay but but today By the way when I test tested the Charging it was around 20 23 to 25 Degrees Celsius outside and I've been Driving in the motorway roughly at 120 Ish kilometers per hour and then arrive With three percent battery and I started
Charging and it was of course it was at 250 kilowatts and then it picked 300 a Little bit but once I hit around 70 75 percent it was charging really Fast like 250 kilowatts well even at a High ish there's a charge but then Suddenly it dropped to 40 kilowatts Momentarily for about Like 30 seconds and then it went up Again so it did two three times those Yo-yos Have you seen it before is it yeah so I Think uh so there's the when we decide The the time the the charge rates so Basically Um so we take into consideration the Things like the soc and the battery Temperature and basically the battery There's a clever algorithm there that Requests basically uh the current to the Charger and then the charger delivers The current requested by the by the Battery yeah and uh yeah so so there's a The the battery management system Basically decides what currents and and You know it needs to get uh at that time But so what's the battery in fact Overheating slightly on those those Jumps well I don't say no it's probably Not overheating because otherwise that Would be very bad so uh but uh no it Could be I mean we have thermal Management ongoing okay and then yes Indeed uh maybe the the battery was
Getting out you know kind of eating the The upper temperature limit for the Charging and then went to a different Mode and then recovered and then went Back to uh to a faster charging but uh So yeah so so we're trying to to Maximize always the the performance of The charging but of course keeping Safety and durability in mind okay okay Well uh I think that was all the Questions thank you very much no thank You my pleasure Thank you and then you know today when I Tested the sound system I was really Impressed of how well it sounded so I Want to know more about the kef I think Kev has some some long history of being Is it high-end is it like how is it can You introduce yourself sure so Because Um is a historical Wifi system in the UK they are very Proud and famous for the audio system For in-house and Studio they're really Top end for that but never went in the Automotive industry when we approached Kev they were a bit concerned scared was No this is not our environment it's not Our our way to play our speaker our way To interpret the sound but we Tell them what was our idea was our Cabin was our Dream to bring the one of Probably the best UK speaker in our car and they finally
Went convinced okay work together work Together we move from one consumer in The in the outcome they started to Understand how difficult is change the Specification and the volume that you Have a in a in a in a in the cabin the Packaging that normally in the consumer Are muscle they start to learn from us Problem to set up but we learn from them How they were experienced on the Creation law here is not okay so the way Took place the object inside the cabin This say starting to flirt each other to Create this world that we think will our Customer will will appreciate and then The curve put on the cable the two Diamonds that we put in our car the Unique q and the unicore the only Q it Is uh as a piece of art beautiful Streaming beautiful but the piece of Technology in a very small package you Have a mid-range and Twitter together we Apply on the 23 speaker setup the car You draw today Five of them one in front and four in The door Again beautiful but the the possibility To package in this smaller volume Twitter and mid-range give us two Advantage we can Elevate the image of The sound very high because with this Small package we can arrive till almost To the top of the door And the second Advantage it is that the
Three talents made the range are sitting Together and the same physical space This is a unique capability all the Other OEM have to play this the Twitter Where they have some space so the source Of the sound arrives from different Parts and this is a first key Advantage For us using a cafe system then the Second is The bus so elevated image but create a Floor a solid floor for your house for Your experience and this is done by Unicore the unicore is a double effect Superwoofer what is that ball effect the Double effect is that instead to have One subwoofer that when you move a big Quantity of air to create the bus create Vibration because the structure to Sustain the subwoofer having two Subwoofers in the counter phase that's Working in that way they cancel each Other the vibration so mean our job is So easy to maintain a super power bus With a low vibration and second we can Package this very in front so mean is One of the unique vehicle that's have The the booster of the bus in front we Have for this reason to not let your Your guests on the back without bus we Package another fuss on the rear so we Have a two booster one in the front for Done with the The unique the unicore and a free air System on on the on the rear so the rear
Okay rear is that the conventional one Is it the the fais is conventional you Can conventional is in many cases the Freera uh booster is a it's a pretty Powerful with a low vibration but this Is the super the super uh I'll say the Super guy and this is the double effect I just Illustrated okay but as I wonder Is is it placed in the middle the center Console correct okay because I noticed When I heard the basinotypical uh some System with deep bass they they usually Have a big subwoofer like a like a Tesla Which is in the back yeah and then you You can hear that lag and that looseness But then here it was firm as if it was Under my uh my seat almost but it wasn't It wasn't the center also similar to What I heard in um you know BMV 5 series They have uh well they call it the hyper Professional they have it under the Seats you want to have it there for the Punchiness yeah but how many inches are Is that subwoofer is it six and a half Or how big is it yeah the element the The precise Dimension I I just I need to Check so I think it looks like it looks Like around six inches there should be The the this range but is is it really The Unicorn this one is it really that One that creates the deep bass it sounds Like it goes to 20 Hertz is it really This one it is this that is amazing Normally I would think it is you need a
10 inch to get that kind of deep about This but you have a crunch but again the The double effect is creating Cancellation of the vibration and you Have two of them so you have still six Plus six this is the double Force and And again also the effect on the seat is Because of the from the central console We can distribute the sound here and you Feel still on the prisons on and if you Play a song that is really using the bus And also watching a movie for example You feel really your seat part of the Scene and again elevating the image and Maintain the floor really aggressive if You like the bus Yeah question about the You know the driver you mentioned these These ones here right so the unique What's it called again unique unique Okay but it's it's Twitter and middle Mid-range yeah but not okay so tweet the Mid-range in one element yeah Okay but that's that's a bit different Like normally you would have a Twitter And some kind of mid-range split but do You have it in the same element do you Have like a you call it does it have a Low pass filter for individual in there Or just for sure of course we drive and Here we have the explosion oh you have This one yeah this is vision of this is The Twitter element and this is the Mid-range so they are packaged together So the central of the element is the
Twitter eye frequency and they have a Very high response and we if you notice We have no Grill so mean we are even Eliminated because it's so beautiful oh The one you see there yeah I thought it Was a tweeter it's not it's both it's a Twitter and mid-range okay now this Gives you the presence in this point the Wide range over the the upper part of it And this again Elevate us an image so we Different and in one unique point so From this point on where we are sitting We can have a clear distance and again The sound arrive from One Singular Position this is one of structural Advantage we have and again the the the Efficiency of this speaker with this Structure permittance to have a very Very small packaging that is necessary To arrive on this top of the door if not You need to go down where you have more Space okay yeah yeah so it sounds to me Like uh you uh Lotus and kept you guys Carefully place the speakers money cause I test it seems like okay we have free Space here just put the speaker that's That's which is not ideal this is not Our case of course the the cabin I have A constraint everywhere and uh I cannot disclose you how many Discussions we have to place this volume In the center console how many Discussions to convince our designer That they would maintain this area
Completely empty but without that we're Not deliver this this value and for the Placement in the long story of the Sephoria in which we developed the System and the the speaker change Position we made a prototype listen the Car in the studio with a microphone Everywhere in the car understand noise Not okay it's not the presence is not we Cannot then tune the system because And then move and you know that's in the Car also the material used in the car Have a reflection so this is a play an Important role To make the tuning as the interior was Also in development we have the early Prototype the material inside in order That we can in parallel and develop the Tuning because the reflection will play A big role in my past experience we made Another OEM no we made all the tuning And then the the interior arrived with Their own final two and then with the Reflections not sound anymore as it was What's wrong and this is why because the Reflection was changing completely or And you can freely go with the maximum We not have the fear to get vibration Because all the structure are fixed Where you should be and with a robust Robust way to not have a vibration plus As mentioned technology to reduce as Much as possible yeah I'm really proud And I'm really happy that you appreciate
If I understood yeah yeah the sound System but so would you say that I mean this is the unique the only car That has kef sound system correct Okay Lotus as a brand have this so mean Electric and the mirror also Mira our Other Lotto server technology and then When it comes only lotus in the world Okay and when it comes to the sound Quality and the the way it sounds would You say it's it's on par or better than Bullmaste and bolognes not much better Okay a much better okay much better and At least till now uh consistently we got To this this this year so the This element especially this element is Giving us a great advantage Of technology is developing a Competitors are coming to maintain this Position we we not sit on satisfaction We continue to work and for this reason For example We also start to talk with dorby and we Are on on the very first that will Deploy also Dolby Atmos in in the car And I can assure you the combination of Derby Atmos and Cafe it is a marriage That is so fantastic I didn't experience That tomorrow yeah okay but thank you Very much for the explanation thank you Very much to you it was a really Pleasure And now we're going to talk about Headlights so with me I have Martin I
Can you mention what your role in uh Notices Yeah Hello nice to meet you I'm Martin I'm from ltic this is the Technology Center in rollheim in Germany And I'm here for the exterior lighting So we will talk about the Electra Headlamp tonight So this is the first intelligent Headlamp that was in a Lotus ever so we Were thinking about Lotus is doing and Hyper car hyper SUV So we were thinking what is our Contribution from the exterior lighting For this vehicle so we brought in into Intelligent headlamp which is doing a Pixel technology To make a glare-free high-end system and Also some light distributions like Country lights or Motorway light or also A City Light to give a dynamic adaption Of the light to the road scene well so You mentioned that you're located in Germany yes exactly so so there are many Parts of the lotus that is developed or Designed in Germany like like the Headlights so the engineering is in Germany that's correct the design part Is done in the UK So the designer is sitting in UK well Anything that is designed in the Deutschland it must be good Well so you mentioned the pixel lights Here Um like how many elements are we talking
About here you know so when I say this They brag about 1.3 million elements Yeah well so um this is the first in Intelligent headlamp ever on the Lotus So we're not thinking about Pixel size so or a number of pixels so We were thinking about bringing good Light to the customer and making it Dynamically to the roads and Illuminating it good so the focus is More on having good light with with high Intensity on the roads Um so therefore we are introducing also A module which is this one it is a Combination module of an high beam boost In combination with the cornering lights The idea of this was to support the Speed of lotus with the light bait Technology so it is a lightweight Company with lightweight vehicles and This is a contribution here to make a Smart module it is 180 grams Um To make function integration so it Lights up to 100 to 80 degree output for The cornrowing function and giving the Boost together with the pixel module That we have We are creating 250 000 Candela on the Road so we just close to the Limit what We can do with a reach of 500 meter with A good spread so that you have in all Driving conditions always the best Lights for the driver let's imagine the
Cornering can it does it change shape of The column depending on speed no it is Opening up when when you are in the city For example we dim it up for the Country Lights together with the modulation of The light pattern on the road and It is also supporting when you are Turning and making the turn indicator Blinking then this also will light up Then up to the full intensity okay but I'm trying to look here so these Elements can they do they rotate no okay It is a static static headlamp so There's no rotation but it will block Out parts right you yes exactly okay by The by the pixel technology we are able If there is an oncoming traffic to glare Out these elements dynamically so the Oncoming traffic or the preceding Traffic will not be glared by our Headlight and then how many objects can You block out simultaneously well that Is depending uh on the situation Okay hmm well sounds pretty cool I can't Wait to test this unfortunately Unfortunately the Norwegian Knight is Too too bright so that's why we brought This part with us yeah yeah okay awesome But um and also by the way are you also In charge of the the tail light part Yeah okay so the taillight we see it uh On The Backs here on the back screen so It is a six millimeter Um High Edge light or light plate
Um which is doing the tail applique over The rear Cross of the vehicle Um so this is as I said six millimeters Very narrow and we illuminate it all the Time so uh even in daytime when the when The Lotus is driving we will see it so It's a nice feature and very good Recognizable well I noticed that you Have a pretty unique feature that it Will actually kind of give an indication Of how low battery yeah that's right but Can you switch off that feature Um it is linked to opening and closing The vehicle so we will not show it all The time when the vehicle is charging oh Okay but when you're driving it will not Show though okay You're approaching the car that's your Key and the the the car is welcome you And during this welcome we will show the State of charge so that means we have a Red color when it's uh in a low charge With a short illumination and the more State of charge you left uh The Wider is The illumination and the color is Changing via blue and green okay well That's good I thought it was on when we Were driving that would be no no no so That was you mentioned it to this Technology is is also one idea of the Spirit to make function integration of Our founder so that's why we are doing The tail function and the turn indicator With a wiping indication in this six
Millimeter bandwidth and also the state Of charge indication For safety reasons we decided not to Take the the stop function in this small Area so we have a bigger bigger element Which is doing the stop you will Definitely see it when when the cars Shopping so that's also for the driver Safety element okay and then by the way The the supplier is it is it like from Hella or some other examples Okay cool why uh thank you very much Thank you yeah and then let's move on to The next station And now let's talk about self-driving or Whatever whatever you call it so now I Have a Regis with me here uh can you Tell a little bit about your role in uh Lotus so I'm responsible about the Autonomous driving activity for Lotus For the Europe UK and U.S market And then another car I tested today the Lighter was not deployed yet because uh I guess it's not ready yet but it's not Allowed yet how was this again yeah so We uh ad function what we call AD and to End function is uh not yet allowed in Europe market so today we have all Vlware available inside the car but we Are still struggling with a regulation In order to activate this end-to-end Function so in China it's a it's already A load and this will be ready uh in September this year but unfortunately in
Europe we are finding a way to uh to Deploy it So in China it's going to be level four No it's it's a level two plus function So the driver is still in the loop uh But the car is able to go from point A To point B Totally autonomously the driver just Have to be careful and pay attention About about the car but it's still it's It's still a comfort function it's not a Full autonomous driving but really so it Can can it deal with intersection red Lights and and like stuff like chain Lane change like that also uh It can Line change yes okay but not not very Very light yet okay so the for the red Light the drivers still have to take Care of it but for the line change exit This is this is totally uh capable to to Manage the car autonomously yes oh wow So so it's a higher level than like Other cars nowadays it's different on Point the end-to-end function can be Deployed everywhere While the competitor like your level Free function is very limited to a Specific area Um and then you cannot you cannot Activate it outside of it so this is the Difference is why we from outside we are Still level two plus yes but the Advantage is that we can have a function
Of of a more wide area Okay and then the Lidar When you have three three lighters four Four four four four okay so we have one Here one on each side of a car okay one Front one front here and one one over on Rear problem on the back also yes okay But this gives you a 360 degree uh view Uh around around the car okay so you the Car creates uh like a high detail map of The surroundings yeah so first we have Three type of sensors lidar radar and Cameras and free time 360 view so this Give you uh already when you do the Fusion of this give you a view about all That you have around the car additional To this we have HD map this HD map is Combined and give radio references so When you combine all this input this Gives you a totally idea about what you Have around the car and after we need to Manage the control and planning of a Vehicle based on this uh this uh Perception okay so you have the HD map So sorry it's kind of reconstruction of A map around the car okay but when you Have the HD map can you use the the Self-driving feature in an area without HD mapped like beforehand So if without HDM app we cannot we Absolutely need it to have a an Autonomous driving today the the Function that we have just before this Is what we call Highway assist which
Allow to have a lateral and logitudinal Control okay without this HD map or for Example a new Motorway right you can Just enable yes okay but then for the Full self-driving you need whatever you Call it yeah then you need you need the HD map yes and then what happens in the Case where the HD map let's say it's Slightly outdated and then the actual Surrounding doesn't correspond with the HD map let's say a new building or yeah So the HD map is give you is giving you The references but then around the car You have all the sensors which which is Allowing to confirm that the map is Saying is true that means there is Always a comparison with HD map and what The car is seeing around her around Around it and then we we match it and When there is when it's not matching Then we cannot we are blocking the of This activating the function okay Because because there is a safety risk Which is activated but when it's Matching then we can actually we can Activate the function properly okay so You don't make a choice let's say you You have the the actual Vision around or The actual surrounding has higher uh Like priority than the map because the Map could be outdated now of course at The end the the sensor around the Vehicle have a priority because we use The references yes but the the what
Really receive account around around is Is the priority okay so for example do You also take in account speed limits is That also mapped Speed limit areas okay so when is we are Talking about the Adas map because there Is two type of map that we are using the Adas map is used to uh to uh determine The speed limit information and it's a Fusion between the perception so what we Can read on the on the board On the on the edge of the road and what The map is providing and then we do the Fusion Define the strategy do we trust More the camera do we Trace more the map Input and based on this we are building The speed limit but uh but we set uh in Inside the car okay because today when I Did the test drive on on the motorway it Was 110 kilometers per hour limit Sometimes it would display 50 but then It went back to 120 but sometimes it Also displayed 100 which is not correct So I was wondering maybe it was trusting Some map now yeah there is a we are Still put this is not the final release Of a software first so we are still uh Improving that for the launch in the in Few weeks But yes this is sometimes sometimes There is still some some tuning because Even even the map is not updated So there is still some some situation Where even for the user even for we
Don't exactly what is the speed limit so That's true that there is still some Some uh some some some Issue that we are fixing it we have a The next release that we'll provide for Customers normally other I would say uh Will have a good performances okay so You mentioned that when I was in China It's coming in was in November what is It September the in China you will Deploy the self-driving This is planning in September September We need to confirm with the with Marketing but for me this function is Planned in September but that was in China right but that will be in China Okay ad function will be launched in China this September okay but what about In Europe then in Europe we have an Issue of Regulation because the EU right Yeah okay EU regulation do not allow us To uh to launch that right now we are Struggling to uh to uh To discuss with this regulation in order To be able to to activate it but today Is not yet possible okay my baby what About I heard them I said as they uh you Have to drive slow you have to drive 60 Kilometers per hour then they could go Yeah this is 11 free okay but this is Very limited on a very specific uh Road And very specific area on the highway Okay well eventually you will enable Something but at least some kind of
Basic Auto stair that one could be Enabled earlier maybe one of the one That kind of like all the other cars Today the level 3 is not really your Strategy we are focusing more on Intermediate level between level two and Level three wherever driver is still in The loop but which we can all uh load on The more wild area uh on the on the on The map okay this is this is more with Our strategy and then I also heard from Another guy that you're also going for Level four eventually okay our Hardware Is capable of this Okay so this is just a question of of More data data to collect in order to Implement it but today we do not have Yet enough car we are just launching Launching the The Bakers but the purpose Is to collect the maximum of data in Europe in order to train our model to Reach this this uh this level yes but It's a question also always a question Of money to collect all Visa time to Travel model And the area where you apply this well How do you collect data by the way you Have a special car for it uh We can use our own car we have a tool Chain which allow to record the data so We have different different technology To record it all during the development We have our speed speed our prototype Which allow to record a containing
Continuously the data this is where I Would say the development Solution but also when the car will be On the customer side we are also able to To probe the data of a street overload And to download it download it in our AWS Cloud what actually means that every Customer can also collect data for you Right yes if yeah we we are recording The data it will allow us to take it Because there is some regulation like a Gdpr regulation which are protecting the The user but if they allow us to take The data when we are able to collect it Okay well awesome and then it we will Have much more data and then improve our Social Yeah the more data you have the Better it is exactly Yeah the more we Can have Chrono case and more we are Able to to improve our and to a better Reliable Software Okay well thank you very much for the Info it's a pleasure
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