Autonomous Driving

  • Baidu Apollo opens manned autopilot test in Beijing

    On August 24, Baidu Apollo was granted permission to carry out manned automated driving tests in Beijing, which can be experienced by ordinary users.

  • China's first open-road automated bus line goes into trial operation

    China's first open road smart bus line has recently started normal trial operation in Changsha and buses from the CRRC Times Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd are the only permitted vehicles on this line. Currently, passengers can ride the line for free.

  • Alibaba's autopilot upgrade gives LiDAR recognition more than 3x improvement

    DAMO Academy, Alibaba's research and innovation institute, today announced that its sensing algorithm has enabled high-beam simulation of low-wire-beam LiDAR. This indirectly increases the LiDAR wiring harness by a factor of three or more, enabling low-cost generic LiDAR to replace high-cost radar, it said. 

  • Driverless technology expected to save Didi 100 billion yuan a year in driver costs

    5G will bring important changes to travel, and Didi Chuxing could save more than 100 billion yuan a year with automated driving, according to Yang Minghui, President of CITIC Securities, China’s biggest broker. 

  • Beijing launches unmanned food delivery vehicle based on BeiDou system

    During the Covid-19 epidemic, Beijing launched driverless vehicles supported by the BeiDou system for delivery of takeaways, food materials and other items in some areas.

  • Chinese city launches pilot program for L4 autonomous buses

    The Robo-Bus demonstration project deployed by QCraft, a leading automated driving company, was launched in Suzhou today.

  • Shanghai opens first downtown area autonomous driving test zone

    Shanghai's first open test road for autonomous driving in the central city is unveiled, with a planned mileage of 30.6 km, involving 10 roads in the Jinqiao area.

  • BeiDou and 5G, what impact will they have on China's autonomous driving industry?

    On June 23, with the successful launch of the last BeiDou navigation satellite, China's BeiDou navigation system completed its full deployment.

  • Now you can take self-driving taxis in Guangzhou

    Guangzhou's first batch of 20 self-driving taxis are officially in operation. From now on, passengers going to specific areas will be able to call these types of vehicles in one click via the Gaode Map app.

  • Huawei releases white paper on autonomous driving network solutions

    Huawei released the White Paper on Autonomous Driving Network Solutions during its recent global analyst conference.