The development of automobile intelligence is in the process of accelerating, and various companies are launching layouts in the field of operating systems. The AliOS system jointly developed by Alibaba and SAIC has been tested on more than 250,000 vehicles on the road. Now, this system needs to be promoted to more brands. Such rapid expansion has attracted the attention of the industry.
System open strategic layout
Alibaba announced the plan to open the operating system at the Computing Conference in 2017. This decision was based on the successful cooperation experience with SAIC. Vehicles equipped with AliOS have already accumulated a wealth of road driving data. Alibaba hopes that through the open system, more car manufacturers will join the intelligent network ecosystem.
Alibaba will work with chip manufacturers to provide reference design solutions. This combination of software and hardware can help partners reduce R&D costs and speed up product launch.
Cooperating car companies expand their territory
Dongfeng Citroen, which is expected to launch its first model in 2018, will become the first external brand to access the AliOS system. This means that the Ali system has officially moved from independent cooperation to open cooperation. At the same time, Changan Automobile has also announced strategic cooperation with Ali in three major areas.
This demonstrates Alibaba's desire to rapidly expand network coverage and has chosen these traditional automobile manufacturing companies to cooperate. By cooperating with traditional automobile manufacturing companies as a method or approach, Alibaba can harvest more data on actual road conditions than before, thereby being able to improve the original system so that the system can have better performance.
Technology open source is gradually promoted
At the beginning, Alibaba was the first to open source the IoT embedded operating system. This operating system is oriented to the IoT field. As for the open source of automotive systems, it still takes time to prepare. At present, only part of the middleware has been opened. Such a step-by-step open source strategy can, on the one hand, protect the core technology, and on the other hand, it can also gradually establish industry standards.
The documents of the open source plan show that Alibaba will gradually open up the technical capabilities accumulated on mobile phones, TVs and other devices. Such a comprehensive and open attitude will be helpful in attracting more developers to participate in ecological construction.
Collaborative development of industrial ecology
Alibaba not only opens up its operating system, but also launches a voice open platform and an AR open platform. These platforms open core capabilities to developers, covering technologies such as identification and tracking, content production, etc. This all-round open strategy is intended to build a complete intelligent network ecosystem.
Baidu announced that it will invest 10 billion yuan to build a smart car ecosystem. Internet giants are using open platform strategies to compete for dominance in future car intelligence.
Changes in the market competition landscape
Baidu, which focuses on autonomous driving software platforms and is among the three BAT giants, is accelerating its cooperation with the automotive industry. The same is true for Tencent, which has laid out its plans in the field of smart cars, and Alibaba, which has chosen to start from the operating system to form a differentiated competition route.
Traditional car companies need the technical capabilities of Internet companies, and Internet companies need the manufacturing experience and market channels of car companies. This complementary cooperation is changing the competitive landscape of the automotive industry.
Outlook for future development paths
Alibaba Cloud plans to continue to expand its share of capital investment in the field of the Internet of Things to research and develop operating systems for a variety of terminal devices. From automobiles to smart homes, through industrial manufacturing and then to retail services, Alibaba Cloud hopes to create a unified and coherent system ecological sector environment. Such systematic integration of activities and behavioral measures across the boundaries of different fields will bring users a more coherent, smooth and smooth experience.
With the widespread promotion of 5G technology, intelligent and connected cars will usher in faster development. As a bridge between software and hardware, the operating system will become more and more important.
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