What you need to know about Alibaba’s smartcar
Posted on 08-07-2016 at 8:06 am by Dizono – 33 Comments”
While we have been writing about the Apple Car and also Google is working on autonomous driving, the Chinese Alibaba with what they own the world’s first in large numbers produced smart car.
Different than you might expect, the Roewe RX5 there aren’t very futuristic. A neat SUV, which last april was presented at the Beijing Auto Show. Behind the large touch screen in the dashboard is, however, a surprise is hidden, as it now appears.
The RX5 is the first car with YunOS on board. This operating system was in 2011 by Alibaba developed by and is used by various Chinese smartphonefabrikanten, but there are also household appliances, using YunOS connected to the Internet of Things. Not without success, according to the Chinese internetgigant is already the third most popular OS in the world. In China, only Android and iOS are becoming more popular, where Apple soon probably overtaken by Alibaba.
After Android Auto and Apple CarPlay has now also Alibaba, the scene of a car-infotainment system entering. Therein, they want to go a little further than their Western competitors by further integration of internet services. This way you can freshly tapped tank of petrol or a parkeerplekje directly pay with AliPay and get every driver is his own InternetID. The car recognizes the driver and will here things like Climate Control, music streaming, and locations in the navigation system to adjust.
Tracked is the Roewe RX5 not, it is on the operating system after a conventional car. Is the car equipped with cameras around, but these are mainly meant to make parking easier and to make nice videos from your road trips to make as well as selfies with the cameras in the interior. The system can even communicate with a drone, which the car from a distance follows. That last one will undoubtedly still not widely used in practice, but the RX5 is immediately to order in China. Via the internet of course.
Gallery: Roewe RX5
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