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Baidu begins offering fully unmanned self-driving ride-hailing services in China
Baidu began offering self-driving ride-hailing services without safety officers in Chongqing and Wuhan, marking a regulatory breakthrough in the sector in China.
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Pony.ai partners with Geely's ride-hailing unit Cao Cao Mobility to offer robotaxi service
In addition to operating the robotaxi service alone, Pony.ai wants the travel platform to allow the service to reach a wider range of users.
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Pony.ai sues ex-employees for trade secret infringement, seeks $8.9 million in damages
Pony.ai sued two former employees and the self-driving truck company they founded, claiming they violated the company's trade secrets.
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Pony.ai forms joint venture with SANY to produce self-driving trucks
The joint venture plans to begin small-scale deliveries of robotrucks in 2022 and 2023, with mass production of L4 trucks to begin in 2024.
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Baidu unveils Apollo RT6, its sixth-gen autonomous vehicle, at about half cost of its predecessor
Baidu aims to put a large fleet of mass-produced Apollo RT6 vehicles into trial operation on its Robotaxi platform Apollo Go in the second half of 2023.
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Shenzhen to become first Chinese city to allow L3 autonomous driving for regular vehicles
The regulations will take effect on August 1, marking a breakthrough in autonomous driving legislation in China.
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Alibaba gets license for L4 self-driving truck road tests
Deqing in Zhejiang has become the first in China to issue a license allowing companies to conduct public road tests of L4 self-driving trucks without safety officers, with Alibaba receiving one of the first 2 licenses.
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Pony.ai starts delivering samples of Nvidia chip-based self-driving controllers
The product includes two versions with one and two DRIVE Orin chips, with mass production set to begin in the fourth quarter.
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DeepRoute's self-driving trucks used by local courier firm Deppon in major commercialization milestone
Alibaba-backed DeepRoute will provide self-driving medium-duty trucks to Deppon and they will provide the courier company with a year-long regular freight transit service.
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Baidu's driverless test vehicle rear-ended during normal driving
The accident was caused by a truck that failed to maintain an adequate safety distance, and the driver of the truck was found to be fully responsible.
