© Reuters. A cars and truck of Baidu’s driverless robotaxi solution Beauty Go is seen on a roadway in Wuhan, Hubei district, China February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Josh Arslan/FILE IMAGE
By Josh Ye
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s technology company Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:-RRB- claimed on Friday that it has actually gotten an industrial permit from regulatory authorities for its driverless ride-hailing solution partially of Shenzhen, the nation’s technology center.
Its fleet of driverless robotaxis, under the brand name Beauty Go, will certainly be enabled to run as well as gather prices from guests throughout a location of 188 square kilometres (116.82 square miles) in Shenzhen, the firm claimed.
Baidu initially brought self-driving cars and trucks to Shenzhen in 2022 yet its cars and trucks after that were not enabled to go when driving without human managers onboard. Its fleet was likewise forbidden from gathering prices from guests.
Baidu has actually gotten permits from 3 various other Chinese cities consisting of Wuhan, Chongqing as well as Beijing to provide totally driverless solution there. However in Beijing, the firm is still waiting on an industrial permit.
Baidu likewise claimed it prepares to place an extra 200 totally driverless robotaxis when driving this year.
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