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 yog lub nroog thib peb thoob plaws lub tebchaws tau pib ua lag luam kev tsav tsheb tsav tsheb, tom qab Beijing thiab Chongqing.
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 tau nthuav tawm kev caij tsheb neeg hlau- kev pabcuam thauj neeg nyob hauv yim lub nroog: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Changsha, Cangzhou thiab Yangquan, thiab tau pib ua lag luam ntawm kev pabcuam tsheb hauv Beijing thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis.
Raws li autonomous tsav tsheb thev naus laus zis tseem tab tom loj hlob, kev lag luam tsav tsheb autonomous tau npaj los sib sau ua ke hauv xyoo tom ntej. Raws li kev tshaj tawm kev lag luam IHS Markit, qhov loj ntawm kev lag luam tsheb kev pabcuam tsheb yuav muaj ntau dua 1.3 trillion yuan (203.5 billion), nrog rau sab saum toj - cov chaw muab kev pabcuam suav nrog 40 feem pua ntawm kev ua lag luam.
