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Chinese Internet giant Baidu on Monday said it will soon ply fully driverless taxis in Chongqing and Wuhan cities via its autonomous ride-hailing unit called Apollo Go, becoming the first company in the country to herald autonomous driving. The search engine group recently showcased a new generation of self-driving vehicles. Baidu has now secured permits to offer a fully driverless commercial robotaxi service, with no human driver present, reports TechCrunch. Baidu has also secured a permit to run driverless cars on open…

Baidu's electric vehicle (EV) firm, Jidu Auto, will be one generation ahead of Tesla in terms of autonomous driving technologies, Baidu chief executive Robin Li said in a statement. "Our understanding of smart vehicles is that being electric is the semi-final while being intelligent is the final," Li added. Jidu aims to be to be able to deliver 800,000 of its "robot" cars in 2028, Jidu chief executive Joe Xia Yiping said in the statement. Jidu also plans to deliver its second model for mass production in 2024, Xia…

China should adopt autonomous vehicles in passenger transport with care, the country's Ministry of Transportation said in drafted rules to regulate the self-driving industry. The ministry will encourage the use of autonomous vehicles as taxis in easily controlled scenarios in low-traffic situations, according to a draft seeking public advice published. "The management of transportation with autonomous driving vehicles should stick to the principles with safety as the top priority," the Ministry of Transportation said in…

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)You’ve likely heard of the House Republican Congress and the Congressional Black Caucus, but what about a caucus geared specifically for self-driving vehicles? A pair of bipartisan House representatives are advocating for a new group, called the Congressional Autonomous Vehicle Caucus, which they hope could potentially drive forward long absent federal autonomous vehicle standards.According to a recent Reuters report, Republican representative Robert Latta and Democrat Debbie Dingell…

During its inaugural partner’s conference in Shanghai, autonomous-centric robotic car brand JIDU shared details of its lofty production expansion goals overseas. Furthermore, the CEO of parent company Baidu, said JIDU’s autonomous driving technology will “lead the Tesla generation.” In January of 2021, Baidu announced it was expanding from software development into physical EV production, joining forces with Geely to produce a new breed of EVs. By March, the JIDU marque was officially unveiled on the heels of…

Xia said that Jidu plans to deliver its second model for mass production in 2024. Jidu revealed its first 'robot' concept car, which is free of door handles and can be fully controlled via voice recognition, in June, with the plan to mass produce the model in 2023. Xia said that Jidu plans to deliver its second model for mass production in 2024. Jidu revealed its first 'robot' concept car, which is free of door handles and can be fully controlled via voice recognition, in June, with the plan to mass produce the model…

SINGAPORE—China took a notable regulatory step in the field of driverless taxis, with two cities giving Baidu Inc. approval to operate ride-hailing services without a driver or a person overseeing safety in the vehicle. The Chinese search-engine giant, which already operates self-driving taxis, plans to add five unmanned cars each to the cities of Wuhan and Chongqing, it said. These vehicles will run in designated areas of those cities during the daytime,…

China search engine giant Baidu Inc said on Monday it has obtained permits to operate fully driverless robotaxi services on open roads from two Chinese cities, the first of their kind in the country. The permits, awarded by the southwestern municipality of Chongqing and the central city of Wuhan, allow commercial robotaxis to offer rides to the public without human safety drivers in the car. They come into effect on Monday. Baidu said they marked a "turning point" in China's policy-making towards autonomous driving.…

Baidu is also in talks with local governments in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, to secure licenses within a year to test fully-driverless and unpaid robotaxis in those cities, according to Wei.BEIJING - China search engine giant Baidu Inc said on Monday it has obtained permits to operate fully driverless robotaxi services on open roads from two Chinese cities, the first of their kind in the country.The permits, awarded by the southwestern municipality of Chongqing and the central city of Wuhan, allow commercial…

Chinese internet giant Baidu has secured permits to offer a fully driverless commercial robotaxi service, with no human driver present, in Chongqing and Wuhan via the company’s autonomous ride-hailing unit, Apollo Go. Baidu’s wins in Wuhan and Chongqing come a few months after the company scored a permit to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the public on open roads in Beijing. The difference here is the service in Beijing is still not a commercial service — Baidu is offering free…