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China is about to get the San Francisco treatment now that tech giant Baidu is able to operate its car service without a driver.
According to a company press release, the artificial intelligence company has finally won approval to operate a limited number of its Apollo Go self driving vehicles in the cities of Wuhan and Chongqing.
GM's Cruise fleet is allowed to charge customers for rides during the same hours in San Francisco, but the company will only operate five vehicles in each city during that time.
China is hot on the heels of a bunch of American companies when it comes to fully self-driving taxis.
The claim that Jidu Auto is developing technologies that will be a generation ahead ofTesla's self-driving capabilities is a bold one.
"Our understanding of smart vehicles," Robin Li said in a statement, "is that being electric is the semi-Final while being intelligent is the Final."
Jidu, the company behind the door handle-less "robocar" concept, plans to use two light detection and ranging software censors, as well as 12 cameras, according to a British news wire.
In the past, CEO Musk has argued that anyone relying on Lidar is doomed because of the lack of lidars.
If GM's experiment in San Francisco is anything to go by, it could get really messy.
China's first-ever permits for commercial fully driverless ride hailing services have been granted.
The robotaxis are losing a fortune.
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