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Baidu, Pony.ai cleared to offer driverless robotaxis in Beijing

SHANGHAI — Baidu and Pony.ai mentioned on Friday they’ve received permits to supply absolutely driverless ride-hailing companies within the Chinese language capital of Beijing.

Baidu’s Apollo service will deploy 10 absolutely autonomous autos in a know-how park developed by the federal government of Beijing, the Chinese language ride-hailing large mentioned in a press release.

The allow marks a step ahead from December, when Baidu mentioned it had been granted a license to check the service. Baidu will now function driverless robotaxi companies in three Chinese language cities together with Wuhan and Chongqing.

The autos is not going to have people within the driving seat nor security operators.

Beijing-headquartered Baidu, which generates most of its income from its web search engine, has been targeted on self-driving applied sciences over the previous 5 years because it seems to be to diversify.

Pony.ai, backed by Toyota Motor Corp., mentioned in a separate assertion that it had additionally obtained such a allow from Beijing metropolis. It already operates a robotaxi service within the southern metropolis of Gaungzhou.

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