Emir BardakçıNew photos of Xiaomi YU7 electric vehicle have surfaced, showing the car in on-road testing. The images showcase one bold design element: a couple of small blue indicator lights integrated into the rear lights of the vehicle, which are likely to serve as status lights on the vehicle’s autonomous driving system.
Smart Driving Significance
The inclusion of such blue lights is in line with an emerging Chinese auto industry convention. The indicators are important in that they serve the purpose of safety in alerting other road users to the engagement of the intelligent driving features of the vehicle. The design was already predicted on February 11 by blogger MyHearth2024, who had already located where such indicator points would be in Ministry of Industry and Information Technology documents.
Industry Trend Analysis
The adoption of autonomous driving state indicator lights has been increasingly popular among major Chinese manufacturers such as:
- Li Auto
- BYD
- XPeng
This standardization of autonomous driving state visual cues is a growing industry consensus, and a precedent would be set in future vehicle design. The consistent use among manufacturers of a blue shade helps build a standardized vocabulary in informing other users on the roadway about autonomous driving state.
Source: IT Home
