China's largest baid (Baidu) in China has begun to work for large -scale commercialization of autonomous driving taxis.At the company's online event held on August 18, the founder, Leehiko Hiroshi, has declared the launch of a new brand of automatic driving taxis, "Robotaxi".
Robotaxi is an upgraded autonomous driving taxi "Apollo Go", which has been tested by Baidu.Apollo Go started the service in 2019, applying an autonomous driving technology platform "Apollo" developed by Baidu to a taxi.At present, it is operated in 4 cities in Beijing, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Changsha, Honan Province, and Kawakita Province.
The user calls an autonomous driving taxis through a dedicated app installed on the smartphone or an app on the Baidu Map, a Baidu map service.There are up to two passengers, departing from the specified boarding point in advance, and one staff member (for ensuring safety during driving) is on the passenger seat.
For Baidu, autonomous driving taxis are one of the important processes to realize commercialization of autonomous driving technology.In May 2021, Lee sent an email to all employees and explained the three (autonomous driving) business models using Apollo.Automatic driving taxis are one of them, saying that 3,000 autonomous driving taxis will be placed in 30 cities within three years to provide services to 3 million users.
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In China, Tomoyuki Koma (Pony A -Eyai), Bunsei (We Ride), Auto X, etc., and the largest drip of the dispatch app (Didy), which are working on automatic driving technology.I am trying to develop a driving taxi business.
本記事は「財新」の提供記事ですAlthough it is an autonomous driving taxi that has already begun trial commercialization, there are negative opinions on large -scale commercialization.
"In order to really realize large -scale commercialization, it must be able to respond to all extreme situations (which can not be assumed in advance in an autonomous driving program). Regarding the abolition of the staff, the current technical level (driving) (driving).It is impossible to ensure the safety of time). "In April 2021, Mr. Sou, who was in charge of the smart mobility business at Huawei, the largest telecommunications equipment (Huawei), told the media interview in April 2021.
(Jin New Reporter: What kind of shizen, Urazu) * The original text is distributed on August 18
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