Beijing greenlights operation of unmanned self-driving vehicles; Chinese tech giant Baidu to lead project


BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua): Beijing greenlighted the commercial operation of autonomous driving service without in-car safety supervisors for the first time this week.

The first batch of two fully-driverless ride-hailing platforms, which were operated respectively by Chinese tech giant Baidu and autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai, received approval after a three-month pilot program on public roads.

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