METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SWITCHING OF VEHICLE DRIVING MODE

A method and an apparatus for controlling vehicle driving mode switching are provided. The method and the apparatus relate to the field of artificial intelligence, automated driving, or intelligent driving, and may be applied to a smart vehicle, a connected vehicle, or an automated driving vehicle. The method includes: obtaining environment information detected by a second vehicle, where the second vehicle is a vehicle traveling in a target road section, and the target road section is a road section located in front of a traveling direction of a first vehicle; predicting, based on the environment information detected by the second vehicle, whether the target road section is suitable for automated driving; and if the target road section is unsuitable for automated driving and the first vehicle is currently in an automated driving mode, reminding a driver of the first vehicle to take over a driving control right of the first vehicle, so that the first vehicle is switched from the automated driving mode to a manual driving mode. According to the technical solutions of this application, a real-time requirement of a manual takeover during automated driving can be effectively reduced, and safety of automated driving can be improved.