Newscasts - Beijing plans to get more driverless cars on capital streets

Pony AI

31/12/2024 09:11

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Description: China's capital Beijing passed new regulations on Tuesday
(December 31) to encourage autonomous driving technology in the city, with
authorities planning to eventually allow driverless public buses and taxis.
Julian Satterthwaite reports.
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Video Transcript:

Driverless cars are already on Chinese roads. This robotaxi is plying the
streets of the central city of Wuhan, which has moved fast to adopt the
technology. Now Beijing wants to catch up. On Tuesday, the Capital unveiled
new rules meant to encourage autonomous driving there. State media say
vehicles that pass road tests and safety assessments will be allowed to apply
for trials in the city. The regulations take effect from April 1, and the
eventual goal is to get driverless buses and taxis roaming the streets. There
will also be moves to develop intelligent road infrastructure to support such
transport. Chinese authorities have been aggressively green lighting trials of
self-driving tech around the country. At least 19 cities are now conducting
trials of robotaxis and robobuses. On Monday, Wuhan said it had adopted new
rules meant to promote the development of intelligent connected transport. Big
players in the field include Apollo Go, a subsidiary of tech giant Baidu. It
had set a goal of deploying 1,000 robotaxis in Wuhan by the end of 2024. Rival
Pony AI aims to roughly quadruple its driverless cab fleet by 2026. Meanwhile,
Tesla hopes to bring its so-called full self-driving tech to China in early
2025 and has said it will start making its own robotaxis the following year