Residents of the Chinese capital can request autonomous vehicles via mobile apps and travel without a security supervisor inside.
The capital of China, Beijing, for the first time allowed the commercial operation of autonomous vehicles No security supervisors on board.
This decision was made after the successful completion of a three-month pilot program on public roads. The companies technological Baidu y Pony.ai were the first to obtain permission to offer driverless transportation services in a 60-square-kilometre area of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area.
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The area is home to subway stations, key business areas, public parks and residential communities, the state news agency Xinhua reported.
Los autonomous vehicles They demonstrated their ability to face complex scenarios such as intersections and narrow roads.
They also managed to overcome extreme weather conditions such as rain, snow and sandstorms during the pilot program.
Previously it was required that security supervisors they will stay in the driver’s or passenger’s seats when the vehicles were conducting commercial on-road testing and operations.
Customers can now use Autonomous Cars
Customers can request a driverless vehicle via mobile apps and travel without a security supervisor inside.
Last December, the Chinese government presented a plan to boost the driverless car industry and achieve a 50% market share by 2025.
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In fact, in other Chinese cities they already have their autonomous transport services.
In relation to this, in Shanghai autonomous transport operates commercially through the Didi company, and in Canton it is being tested by the emerging WeRide.
With information from El Nacional