ZF Friedrichshafen AG plans to launch the coASSIST driver assistance system at CES 2020. During the second International Automobile Intelligent Shared Travel Conference in 2019, Xun Xun, Director of Electronics and Driver Assistance Systems Engineering at ZF Asia Pacific, spoke of this information in an interview with Car House.
According to Xun Xun, coASSIST will be a global driving assistance system for mass production. Its core underlying algorithm is provided by the German R & D team, and the secondary development at the business level is all completed in China.
ZF is a global component giant. It currently has about 230 company locations in 40 countries and employs about 149,000 people. Its sales in 2018 reached 36.9 billion euros. ZF has 19 research and development centers around the world, and invests more than 6% of its sales in research and development every year.
In 2018, ZF's sales in the Chinese market reached 6 billion euros. It has 2 R & D centers and 15,000 employees, of which 1,700 are R & D personnel.
Xing Xun introduced that ZF is focusing on four major business segments in the future: vehicle motion control, integrated safety systems, autonomous driving and electric drive.
In the field of autonomous driving, ZF's main current direction is L2 level landing assisted driving technology, which will gradually involve L4 level autonomous driving and expand its business in the field of shared mobility.
ZF's L2-level driver assistance system has been intensively cooperating with Chinese brand models. Dongfeng Fengshen Yixuan (parameter | inquiry) equipped with ZF L2-level assisted driving system has completed the 500km long unmanned highway crossing of the G7 Jingxin Expressway Bayannaoer-Ejina section.
In terms of L4 and L5 autonomous driving, ZF is committed to providing a systematic personnel and cargo transportation solution. ZF has acquired a 60% stake in 2getthere B.V., a company established in 1984 that focuses on fully automated transportation systems. It is headquartered in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and has offices in San Francisco, Dubai, and Singapore.
At present, 2getthere BV has accumulated more than 100 million kilometers of driverless passenger and freight system mileage experience in several major cities around the world. Its products cover driverless electric transportation systems that can be used in airports, commercial facilities, and theme parks. , And urban transport infrastructure.