2015 SAE全球年會(huì)的討論嘉賓認(rèn)為,隨著互聯(lián)技術(shù)和自動(dòng)駕駛技術(shù)變得越來越普及,未來的汽車行業(yè)可能將更關(guān)注于汽車共享,并從互聯(lián)服務(wù)中獲利。這意味著人機(jī)交互與商業(yè)模式都將發(fā)生改變。
互聯(lián)技術(shù)正在迅速地成為一項(xiàng)不可或缺的技術(shù),因此汽車制造商必須想辦法從這個(gè)信息技術(shù)中獲利。“在未來的多模式世界中,已經(jīng)與互聯(lián)網(wǎng)相連的消費(fèi)者的需求究竟是什么?汽車應(yīng)該如何幫助他們滿足這些需求?”這是2015 SAE世界大會(huì)的一個(gè)討論主題,在討論中,有兩位嘉賓認(rèn)為互聯(lián)汽車共有四種創(chuàng)造收入的方法。
“可以把服務(wù)費(fèi)用算在總車價(jià)里,也可以算在信息娛樂系統(tǒng)里,消費(fèi)者可以購買某些功能。”思科系統(tǒng)的Andreas Mai表示。“我們都很熟悉按月支付的訂閱模式,還有很多人推崇按次支付,這就意味著,功能已經(jīng)具備,用戶不使用就不用付錢。但我認(rèn)為這種模式不是非常適合汽車制造商。”
他指出,成功的商業(yè)模式一定要非常靈活,足以容納上述所有方案。
P3北美公司的Mai和David Acton同樣認(rèn)為,汽車共享將成為未來的主流,一旦車間通訊和自動(dòng)駕駛成為主流,那么共享服務(wù)的收費(fèi)將成為汽車銷售收入的一個(gè)重要部分。因?yàn)槿绻嚐o需人類駕駛員便能自動(dòng)行駛,那么人們購買汽車的理由就變少了。進(jìn)一步說,如果汽車共享成為流行,那么人機(jī)交互也必須發(fā)生改變,從而讓人們能夠迅速弄明白怎么操作隨機(jī)獲得的車輛。
“如果有企業(yè)想要推行汽車共享服務(wù),那么必須要將人機(jī)交互做得非常直觀,這樣人們才能迅速上手,” Acton認(rèn)為。“人機(jī)交互一直都是差異化競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的重要元素,而它也將為汽車共享的實(shí)現(xiàn)起到關(guān)鍵作用。”
簡(jiǎn)潔已成為人機(jī)交互設(shè)計(jì)的要點(diǎn)。很多購買者都不喜歡閱讀說明手冊(cè),他們希望操作越簡(jiǎn)單越好,最好不需要任何培訓(xùn)。直觀的人機(jī)交互是汽車發(fā)展過程中的一個(gè)重要課題。
“汽車運(yùn)作的原理,將不再是駕駛員必須掌握的知識(shí),” Acton表示。
討論嘉賓都同意,汽車控制功能的布局和其他相關(guān)方面都應(yīng)該標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化。這種統(tǒng)一的外觀與感覺將會(huì)成為一種新趨勢(shì),代表著消費(fèi)者對(duì)汽車看法的轉(zhuǎn)變。
“汽車行業(yè)必須意識(shí)到,我們的產(chǎn)品其實(shí)是日用品,只不過更加高端而已。”Mai表示。
Connectivity forces business model changes
As connectivity and eventually autonomous driving become more common, the auto industry may evolve to focus more on car sharing and gaining revenue from connected services. That will require changes in human-machine interfaces and business models, according to panelists at 2015 SAE World Congress.
Connectivity is rapidly becoming a necessity, which will force automakers to devise ways to collect revenue from this information technology service. There are four ways revenue can be derived from connected vehicles, according to two panelists during the “What are the Future Needs of a Connected Consumer in a Multimodal World and What can Automotive do to Help?” session.
“It can be put in the price of the vehicle, or it can be in the price of the infotainment system, where the customer buys certain capabilities,” said Andreas Mai of Cisco Systems. “We’re all familiar with a subscription model, where a monthly fee covers the services. There’s a lot of buzz about pay-per-use, where the capability is there, but users don’t pay for it until they use it; but I don’t see that model working well for vehicle makers.”
He noted that successful business models will probably have to be flexible enough to include all those options.
Mai and David Acton of P3 North America Inc. also predicted that car sharing will become more popular in the future, possibly becoming a solid percentage of auto sales once vehicle-to-vehicle communications and autonomous driving become more common. When vehicles drive themselves without requiring a human in the cabin, there’s less reason for people to buy cars. If car sharing becomes popular, HMIs will have to change so people can quickly figure out how to use the features on whatever vehicle they happen to get.
“If companies want to do car sharing, the HMI has to be intuitive so people can immediately operate any vehicle,” Acton said. “HMIs have been a differentiator; it will be a key enabler for car sharing.”
Simplicity is already becoming an important part of HMI design. Many buyers don’t want to read manuals. Instead, they expect controls to be simple enough that no training is needed. This trend towards intuitive HMIs is an important aspect in vehicle development.
“The tolerance level for not knowing how a vehicle works is very, very low,” Acton said.
The panelists agreed that layouts and other aspects of vehicle controls should move towards standardization. This trends towards a common look and feel is part of a major shift in consumers’ view of vehicles.
“The industry has to realize that our products are commodities, with some exception at the high end,” Mai said.