zdfheute: The Chinese city of Wuhan has more driverless taxis than anywhere else: 500 autonomous cars are on the road in the city of 11 million, and this number is expected to rise to 1,000 by the end of 2024.
Interesting and exciting for us too: There are many Chinese providers who are trying their hand at autonomous taxis. BAIDU alone, as a Chinese alternative to GOOGLE, has now achieved a major breakthrough ahead of all its competitors. Thanks to a new license, Baidu is the first company in China to be able to offer its service commercially and, above all, without a safety driver.
Wirtschaftswoche: China is in a neck-and-neck race with the USA in the development of the technology. In June, Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, received the first license to use its driverless taxis commercially in the US metropolis of San Francisco. However, the US company initially only launched with 30 robo-taxis. In China, Baidu has much more ambitious goals.
But here too, the inconsistency in the development of driverless cars and ther design is still evident – why do they still look the same as the manned fleet?
