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Pony.ai robotaxi in Beijing. | Credit: Pony.ai
Pony.ai and Baidu introduced that they’ve been issued a totally driverless autonomous car street check allow by the Beijing Intelligent Connected Vehicle Policy Pilot Zone.
With this new allow, Pony.ai will check ten driverless robotaxis within the pilot zone in Yizhuang, Beijing, over an space of 20 sq. kilometers (7.7 sq. miles). The Pony.ai robotaxis shall be examined in tough visitors conditions in cities. The autonomous autos shall be examined with out anybody within the car; a security officer will monitor the check autos remotely. As with the opposite regulatory approvals in Beijing over the previous 12 months, Pony.ai is considered one of solely two AV corporations to get approval within the first group.
In addition to receiving the driverless allow in Beijing, Pony.ai obtained a allow in April 2022 to start testing absolutely driverless autos in Guangzhou, laying the groundwork for future driverless functions and business operations.
Over the previous 12 months, the Beijing Intelligent Connected Vehicle Policy Pilot Zone has introduced quite a lot of industry-leading autonomous driving insurance policies in succession. In October 2021, the pilot zone opened up autonomous driving unmanned street checks for the primary time and divided “autonomous” testing into three levels:
- Nobody behind the steering wheel however there’s a security operator within the passenger seat
- Nobody within the entrance row, however with a security operator within the again row
- “Fully driverless” – this covers the allow for autonomous testing in Beijing
To enter this third stage, AV check autos must have met strict technical and operational necessities reminiscent of check mileage and disengagement price; Pony.ai’s ten check autos efficiently handed the checks with none issues of safety.
This authorization builds on different current autonomous driving milestones for Pony.ai in Beijing. In November 2022, Pony.ai obtained approval to check with a security operator within the again seat (stage two of the three levels). Pony.ai acquired permission to supply fare-charging robotaxi providers in 2022. It turned the primary and solely AV agency to accumulate a taxi license in China in April 2022.
The SAIC Marvel R mannequin shall be geared up with the most recent technology of Pony.ai’s autonomous driving expertise. | Credit: Pony.ai
Pony.ai not too long ago introduced that it’s collaborating with SAIC AI Lab, a division of SAIC Motor (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation), China’s largest auto producer to collectively discover and advance driverless expertise. Together with SAIC AI Lab, Pony.ai launched an idea car primarily based on the SAIC Marvel R mannequin and can construct out a fleet of autonomous autos geared up with Pony.ai’s L4-level driverless options, over time.
Baidu needs to turn out to be the biggest robotaxi supplier on the earth
Apollo Go Fully Driverless Robotaxi Running on Wuhan Public Road in Evening Hours
Baidu has been providing ride-hailing providers with no human drivers since August 2022 within the cities of Chongqing and Wuhan, the place they’ll function over tons of of sq. kilometers. Baidu will continue to grow its operational space into 2023 because it plans to create the biggest service space for absolutely driverless robotaxis on the earth. The firm is planning so as to add 200 autos to its fleet in 2023.
A complete of 10 absolutely driverless check autos will journey throughout a 20 sq. kilometer space in Beijing Yizhuang Economic Development Zone, masking a collection of advanced city street situations.
Baidu’s Apollo Go covers greater than 10 Chinese cities, together with all first-tier cities. Apollo Go carried out 474,000 rides in Q3 2022, up 311% 12 months over 12 months and 65% from the earlier quarter. In first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai, every Apollo Go robotaxi can provide 15 rides a day on common. Apollo Go had given 1.4 million rides by Q3 2022. As Baidu expands robotaxi service, it’s one step nearer to offering autonomous driving providers to extra folks and consolidating its main place within the worldwide autonomous ride-hailing market.
Earlier this week, Baidu additionally introduced a serious growth of its commercialized absolutely driverless robotaxi service in Wuhan, tripling the dimensions of its operation space, growing the variety of robotaxis in service and increasing working time to incorporate key night hours.
“Backed by its solid AI technology, Baidu Apollo has created a safe, intelligent and efficient autonomous driving technology system, bringing robotaxi services from designated zones to open roads at scale,” mentioned Jingkai Chen, Baidu’s autonomous driving expertise professional on the occasion. The generalization capability of Baidu’s autonomous driving expertise has progressed at a extra superior tempo than anticipated. Now, the lead time to deploy autonomous driving expertise in a brand new metropolis is simply 20 days.