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Wuhan Okays Commercial Automated Vehicles
Wuhan has awarded China’s first three licenses to operate commercial driverless robo-vehicles in the city.
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Wuhan has awarded China’s first three licenses to operate commercial driverless robo-vehicles in the city.
The permits have gone to Internet services giant Baidu Inc., and two developers of autonomous-control technologies: bus developer DeepBlue Technologies in Shanghai and Shenzhen-based startup Shenzhen Haylion Technologies, The Nikkei reports.
Baidu has been testing its Apollo open-source operating system in a 14-passenger Apalong minibus (pictured) for two years.
The three licensees in Wuhan will be permitted to operate mainly automated buses on 28 km (17 miles) of public roads in the city, which is the capital of Hubei Province.
It isn’t clear whether safety drivers will be on board initially. But Wuhan has said it aims to be the world’s first to feature 5G-based driverless vehicles.
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