China News Service, Chongqing, August 8 (Reporter Liu Xianglin) The reporter learned from Chongqing Yongchuan District on the 8th that the district has recently issued the qualifications for full-vehicle unmanned demonstration operation to 5 autonomous vehicles of Baidu Apollo's "Carrot Run". , allowing self-driving vehicles without a safety officer in the car to carry out commercial services on social roads.
It is understood that the relevant departments of Yongchuan District of Chongqing and Wuhan City of Hubei have recently released the "Trial Measures for Road Test and Application Management of the Intelligent Connected Vehicle Policy Pioneer Zone in Yongchuan District of Chongqing City" and the "Implementation Rules for the Management of Road Test and Demonstration Application of Intelligent Connected Vehicles in Wuhan City" respectively. (Trial)", to provide detailed guidance and support for enterprises that develop autonomous driving business.
At the same time, Baidu issued the first batch of unmanned demonstration operation qualifications in China, allowing Baidu to carry out remote testing, demonstration and commercial operations without safety personnel in the car.
After being approved for the full vehicle unmanned demonstration operation qualification, Baidu Apollo's "Carrot Run" will officially launch the paid travel service of autonomous driving without a safety officer in the vehicle in Chongqing and Wuhan.
The relevant person in charge of Baidu said that it will ensure the safe operation of unmanned vehicles on the road through multiple measures such as bicycle intelligence, monitoring redundancy, parallel driving and a safe operation management system, and make every effort to ensure the safety of passengers.
As the earliest enterprise in China to deploy autonomous driving, the total mileage of Baidu's autonomous driving test has exceeded 32 million kilometers. Baidu Apollo's "Carrot Run" has launched autonomous driving travel services in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities, with over 100 orders. It has become the world's largest self-driving travel service provider.
The 5 unmanned commercial demonstration vehicles put into operation in Yongchuan, Chongqing this time have passed the safe operation of tens of thousands of kilometers during the test phase of the co-pilot manned road test and the back row manned road test phase.
Industry experts pointed out that, according to policy requirements, to apply for unmanned commercial operation of autonomous vehicles, it is necessary to go through road tests in stages such as the main driver has a safety officer, and there is no safety officer in the car.
Chongqing and Wuhan took the lead in launching the commercialized demonstration operation service of autonomous driving with no people in the car, which means that the two cities are the first in China to conduct in-depth exploration of the ultimate format of autonomous driving commercialization.
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