Self-driving
Baidu Apollo to participate in Shanghai auto show as independent exhibitor for first time
Baidu Apollo's technologies for open road experience at the auto show include the WM W6's autonomous parking and ANP, which supports L4 autonomous driving on China's complex urban roads.
Honda China partners with AutoX for self-driving road testing
Honda China and AutoX, a self-driving technology company, announced Friday that they have partnered to launch road driving tests featuring Accord and Inspire models in order to explore self-driving solutions.
Chinese startup WeRide gets permit to test driverless cars on public roads in California
After raising $310 million, WeRide is the seventh company to receive a driverless testing permit, following AutoX, Baidu, Cruise, Nuro Waymo, and Zoox.
Beijing plans to open six highways to self-driving tests
Detailed rules for driverless vehicle highway testing will be announced in June, and the safety officers in driverless cabs will be withdrawn from the vehicles this year.
Baidu gets China's first license to explore commercial operations of self-driving buses
Chongqing residents can make reservations through mobile apps like Apollo Go and Baidu Maps so they can experience traveling by self-driving bus.
Huawei says its self-driving technology better than Tesla's
"I don't know if they're bragging, but they told me that our car can drive 1,000 kilometers in the city without intervention, which is much better than Tesla."
ByteDance said to invest in self-driving startup QCraft
QCraft's current round of funding round will be at least $25 million, the report said, adding that it is another indication of the increasingly blurred lines between auto companies and large tech firms.
Baidu launches autonomous driving platform in Guangzhou, to deploy over 100 Robotaxis and 1,000 pick-up stations
Chinese search engine giant Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) today announced the launch of a multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS (mobility as a service) platform in Guangzhou that will leverage a fleet including Apollo Robotaxis and Robobuses to provide AI-powered urban mobility services.
Great Wall Motor aims to achieve China's first L3 autonomous driving with full vehicle redundancy by 2021
Great Wall Motor calls its driving system "Coffee Smart Driving" and says it can achieve sensing redundancy, controller redundancy, braking redundancy, architecture redundancy, power redundancy and steering redundancy.
Chinese transportation regulator releases document to provide guidance on smart car development
China will encourage research on the traffic characteristics and impact mechanisms in the case of mixed autonomous driving and manual driving and support the establishment of a reliable and efficient operation monitoring system.