Chinese tech giant Baidu Inc received approval for the commercial operation of its autonomous car service in Yangquan, North China's Shanxi province on Friday, and the company's Apollo Go, also known as Luobo Kuaipao is authorized to provide paid robotaxi services in the city starting Sunday.
Yangquan je treći grad u cijeloj zemlji koji pokreće usluge komercijalnih autonomnih vozila, nakon Pekinga i Chongqinga.
The service provided by Baidu's Apollo Go includes over 30 pickup and drop-off points in government departments, residential areas and high-tech industrial parks at the initial stage, Baidu said. The service is available every day of the week from 9 am to 5 pm.
Baidu Apollo je uveo usluge robotaxi vožnje-usluge poziva u osam gradova: Peking, Šangaj, Guangdžou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Changsha, Cangzhou i Yangquan, i započeo je komercijalni rad autonomnih auto servisa u Pekingu u novembru.
Kako tehnologija autonomne vožnje nastavlja da sazrijeva, industrija autonomne vožnje je spremna da se konsoliduje u narednim godinama. Prema tržišnoj konsultantskoj kompaniji IHS Markit, veličina tržišta autonomnih auto servisa će premašiti 1,3 triliona juana (203,5 milijardi), pri čemu će prvo{4}}plasirani pružalac usluga imati 40 posto tržišnog udjela.
