Tag: beijing
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Baidu wins ‘first’ driverless permits in China for autonomous ride hailing on public roads
Baidu Apollo Go has received what it says is the “first ever permits in China” that authorize the company to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the public on open road in Beijing. This regulatory approval marks a significant milestone for the autonomous ride-hailing industry in China, indicating a regulatory openness to taking a further step…
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Pony.ai wins approval for public driverless robotaxi service in Beijing
Pony.ai, the leading global autonomous driving technology company, today announced that the general public in Beijing, China, will be able to experience driverless robotaxis for the first time. Pony.ai was one of two robotaxi operators awarded a permit by Beijing city authorities to offer driverless service in southeastern Beijing. Pony.ai has had a permit to…
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Winter Olympics provide China opportunity to showcase its robots
The Winter Olympics – or Beijing 2022 – are under way in China, and the country’s roboticists are using it as an opportunity to show off their technologies. This is not unexpected, of course. Japan used the Summer Olympics to showcase its engineering prowess in the area of vehicle technologies as well as robots. In…
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Baidu Apollo wins approval for commercialized autonomous car service on open roads in Beijing
Baidu Apollo has received approval for the commercial operation of its autonomous car service in Beijing, as the company’s Apollo Go, known as Luobo Kuaipao in China, was authorized to provide paid service in China’s first-ever demonstration zone for commercial autonomous driving. With the service’s first-ever commercial deployment on open roads, Apollo Go marks a…
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Baidu launches robotaxi test service in Shanghai with Apollo Go ride-hailing platform
Baidu has launched testing of its Apollo Go in Shanghai, marking the fifth city where passengers have the ability to trial the robotaxi mobile platform. Baidu is the only company to offer this service in the three first-tier cities of Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai. The Shanghai operation will include 150 stations opened in phases throughout…
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Baidu Apollo to launch fully driverless ride-hailing services in Beijing
Baidu Apollo will launch fully driverless robotaxi services to the public in Beijing starting from May 2, 2021. This will be China’s first paid autonomous vehicle service where users can hail a robotaxi without a safety driver behind the steering wheel, marking a landmark step on the road to commercialization of autonomous driving. The fully…
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Baidu Apollo awarded China’s first licenses to test autonomous vehicles at night and in special weather conditions
Baidu Apollo has received China’s first batch of qualifications to test autonomous vehicles at night and in special weather conditions on public roads in Beijing. A total of 53 such test qualification notices along with five general public road test licenses were granted to Baidu Apollo at the Beijing Intelligent Connected Vehicle Policy Pilot Zone…
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Country Garden builds ‘world’s first’ robot restaurant in China
Country Garden says it has built what it claims is “the world’s first-ever robot restaurant complex” in Guangdong, China. The modern eaterie was opened on June 22 by Qianxi Robot Catering Group, a subsidiary of Country Garden. The location is Shunde, a city in China’s Guangdong province. Powered by the latest in advanced technologies, the…
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China’s largest food delivery company to test robots
China’s largest food delivery company is to test robots, according to a report on Abacus News. Meituan employs more than 600,000 delivery drivers across China, and deals with more than 25 million orders a day. The company is predicting growth of 200 per cent by 2025 and is reportedly testing the delivery robots – called…
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ThyssenKrupp to provide 155 lifts and 22 escalators to Beijing airport base
As the sole lift supplier to China Southern Airlines’ new Beijing airport base, Thyssenkrupp Elevator is to deliver 155 elevators and 22 escalators to Beijing Daxing Airport, which is currently under construction. China Southern Airlines has moved to the new mega airport in the south of Beijing as part of its ‘two-hub’ strategy, alongside its…