在线国产一区二区_成人黄色片在线观看_国产成人免费_日韩精品免费在线视频_亚洲精品美女久久_欧美一级免费在线观看

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Business
Home / Business / Motoring

Unmanned taxis to hit more roads in nation as companies stepping up tests

By Fan Feifei | China Daily | Updated: 2020-04-28 10:31
Share
Share - WeChat
A self-driving taxi is seen in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, on Wednesday.[Photo by Yang Huafeng / China News Service]

Large-scale commercial use of self-driving technologies could become a reality sooner than expected as Chinese tech companies are beefing up efforts to launch autonomous taxi services, said industry insiders.

Chinese search giant Baidu Inc announced it has fully opened its self-driving taxi service Apollo Robotaxi in Changsha, Hunan province, thus becoming one of the first companies to carry passengers in autonomous vehicles.

Residents in the city can hail self-driving taxis free of charge via Baidu's navigation app Baidu Maps. At present, the service covers an area of about 130 square kilometers, with its routes including multiple urban scenarios, such as residential areas, commercial zones and industrial parks, the company said.

It is noteworthy that each of the driverless taxies has a "security person", or a backup driver, who is ready to take manual control in the event of an emergency, in accordance with current traffic regulations.

Baidu started trials of its Apollo Robotaxi fleet in Changsha in September, with the first group of 45 self-driving taxis officially starting trial operations on urban roads. It is also China's first group of autonomous driving taxis managed by Baidu's Vehicle to Everything (V2X) system.

Li Zhenyu, vice-president of Baidu and general manager of its intelligent driving group, wrote in an internal letter to employees that the company will continue to develop "vehicle-road coordination technology", which is used to increase the interaction between smart road infrastructure and self-driving cars, and helps upgrade the urban governance system.

Apart from Changsha, the company is testing autonomous driving with passengers in Beijing, Cangzhou, Hebei province, and other areas.

Jiang Zheng, a self-driving expert at China's GAC R&D Center, said the launch of self-driving taxi services in some designated areas might be the best application scenario for the technologies due to high operating costs of private vehicles.

"Autonomous driving is definitely the future development direction of the automobile industry. It not only solves traffic safety problems, but also greatly improves the efficiency of transportation, brings about economic benefits and liberates people from repetitive driving," Jiang said.

Jiang added some countries are trying to promote implementation of relevant policies and regulations related to self-driving technology.

Baidu is just one of several Chinese tech firms that have opened autonomous taxi services to the public in the country. In November, self-driving startup WeRide launched a trial run of autonomous taxis in a 145-square-kilometer area of Guangzhou, Guangdong province. Passengers can order taxis via its app and experience a driverless journey.

Han Xu, founder and CEO of WeRide, said the company aims to launch over 100 self-driving taxis in Guangzhou this year, gain regulatory approval to remove backup drivers in designated regions in 2021 and finally achieve complete driverless operations in most areas of Guangzhou in 2023.

Officials have high hopes for the market. China expects vehicles with some autonomous functions to account for half of new vehicles sold in the nation this year, according to a guideline released by the National Development and Reform Commission.

So far, road tests for self-driving vehicles are available in more than 20 provinces and cities in China, and six cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha, Wuhan and Cangzhou have allowed passenger-carrying tests on autonomous vehicles.

Other companies, such as SAIC Motor, BMW, Didi Chuxing and DeepBlue Technology, also have obtained such authorization for passenger-carrying tests.

Consultancy Roland Berger said China is accelerating its development of autonomous driving and is expected to become a leader in the sector, which is seen as key to the future of the automotive industry.

"Intelligent vehicles with fully autonomous functions may account for 10 percent of the new vehicles in 2020 and self-driving vehicles will likely be part of our daily lives in 2030," said Yang Diange, dean of the Automobile Engineering Department at Tsinghua University.

Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
CLOSE
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 综合久久网 | 精品一区二区三区在线视频 | 91性高湖久久久久久久久_久久99 | 国产精品久久久久久久久久 | 国产一级毛片在线视频 | 日韩在线观看一区 | 成人在线观看免费视频 | 久久久久久久 | 特黄级国产片 | 国产性在线 | 五月婷在线视频 | 国产精品久久久久久影院8一贰佰 | 中文字幕 国产 | 日韩一区电影 | 在线电影一区 | 91在线 | 亚洲 | 羞羞的视频网站 | 四虎.com| 欧美一区二区黄色片 | 91视频免费观看入口 | 亚洲国产精品一区 | 国产精品高潮呻吟久久a | 欧美亚洲国产一区 | 麻豆freexxxx性91精品 | 成人黄色电影在线观看 | 久久久www成人免费无遮挡大片 | 久久久国产一区二区三区四区小说 | 日韩免费一区二区三区 | 91精品国产乱码久久久久久久久 | 亚洲国产成人在线 | 中文字幕第80页 | 中文字幕av免费 | 国产精品日韩精品 | 可以免费看黄视频的网站 | 日韩久久久精品 | 亚洲免费成人 | 超碰97国产精品人人cao | avav片| 蜜臀久久 | 日本不卡一区二区 | 久久成人综合网 |