China News Service, Shanghai, April 27 (Zhou Zhuoao) Gaode Taxi announced the access to AutoX unmanned vehicles on the 27th and launched an experience recruitment event in Shanghai. In the future, users can experience unmanned taxis in Shanghai for free.
It is understood that calling an unmanned vehicle RoboTaxi is the same as calling an ordinary car reservation. The user enters the starting point and ending point on the mobile phone to complete the call. After receiving the order, the unmanned vehicle will safely stop nearby according to the starting point of the passenger. Among them, unmanned vehicles can intelligently identify the traffic lights in front of them, vehicles and pedestrians in the vicinity, and facilities on both sides of the road, etc., and plan the route reasonably according to the order itinerary.
The person in charge of AutoX said that there is no need for human intervention in the driving process of autonomous vehicles, but according to relevant regulations, in the first stage of the demonstration application of unmanned vehicles, each vehicle will be equipped with a safety officer.
Unmanned driving has advantages in manpower cost and efficiency, which also makes its future commercial landing attractive. McKinsey issued a report saying that China has the potential to become the largest market in the field of autonomous driving. At present, many companies such as Baidu, Didi, Ali, and Tencent are entering China's autonomous driving through various means such as self-research, cooperation, and investment.
A series of favorable policies have also been issued recently: In February, 11 Chinese ministries and commissions jointly issued the "Intelligent Car Innovation Development Strategy", which clearly proposed that by 2025, the realization of conditional autonomous driving smart cars will achieve large-scale production and highly autonomous driving smart cars Market-oriented application in a specific environment; in March, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Notice on Promoting 5G Accelerated Development", which proposed the requirement for promoting the coordinated development of "5G ﹢ Internet of Vehicles"; (2020-2022) "also clearly pointed out that Shanghai will promote the application of intelligent networked car commercialization scenarios, explore new modes of travel such as autonomous taxis, and create a smart travel service chain.
Rong Jian, secretary general of the China Transportation Association Shared Travel Branch, said that as the technology matures, autonomous driving can greatly improve the safety and efficiency of travel, and provide unified and high-quality travel services for passengers. The user experience of the car has opened an important step in the commercialization of driverless technology. (Finish)