self-driving cars

Tencent recently added several new patents, one of which involves smart driving technology, meaning the Chinese social giant is also taking aim at this hot new industry.

Tesla will be releasing the latest version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software in a limited beta in the coming weeks, which will allow vehicles to drive with zero intervention, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on October 9.

Beijing officially launched a self-driving test for carrying people and objects on Monday, with the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone opening a 40-square-kilometer area as a test area for autonomous vehicles, according to Beijing Daily.

Alibaba-invested Chinese startup AutoX has applied to test self-driving cars in California without human drivers. This will be another self-driving car test without a human driver after Waymo.