Sun Zuolei, senior vice-president of Shanghai Westwell Information and Technology Co, a company well-known for its full-stack intelligent port solutions and driverless container trucks, said the company participated in an industry conference in Hong Kong late last year and connected with many potential clients from Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, which helped build more opportunities for international business development.
以全方位智能港口解决方案和无人驾驶集装箱卡车而闻名的上海威斯威尔信息技术有限公司高级副总裁孙作磊表示,该公司去年年底参加了在香港举行的一次行业会议,与香港、东南亚和中东的许多潜在客户建立了联系,这有助于为国际商业发展创造更多机会。
Chinese tech giant Baidu announced on Monday that it has expanded the commercial operation area and times of its driverless taxi service in Central China's Wuhan.
中国科技巨头百度周一宣布,已扩大其在中国中部武汉的无人驾驶出租车服务的商业运营区域和时间。
Currently, with over 50 fully driverless taxis in operation, Apollo Go has an operation area covering more than 130 square km in Wuhan.
目前,Apollo Go拥有50多辆全无人驾驶出租车,在武汉的运营面积超过130平方公里。
The roads will also be used for smart buses, autonomous driving taxis and driverless terminal delivery in the years ahead.
未来几年,这些道路还将用于智能公交车、自动驾驶出租车和无人驾驶终端交付。
Apollo Go, Baidu's autonomous ride-hailing service arm, completed 287,000 rides in the second quarter and became the first provider to offer fully driverless ride-hailing services on open roads in Chongqing and Wuhan.
百度旗下的自动叫车服务部门Apollo Go在第二季度完成了28.7万次乘车,成为第一家在重庆和武汉的开放道路上提供完全无人驾驶叫车服务的提供商。
In April,xa0Baidu was granted the permits to provide driverless robotaxis, which allows the removal of a safety operator from the driver's seat on public roads for the first time in a designated area of 60 square kilometers in Yizhuang, a southern suburb of Beijing.
今年4月,xa0Baidu获得了提供无人驾驶自动驾驶出租车的许可,这是在北京南郊亦庄60平方公里的指定区域内,首次允许安全操作员在公共道路上离开驾驶座。
It also received the first permits inxa0Chongqingxa0to conduct driverless testing last week.
上周,该公司还获得了重庆第一批无人驾驶测试的许可。
To smoothen delivery, JD is deploying 2,000 more couriers and will put to use what Wang called "fifth-generation driverless vehicles" to accelerate delivery while minimizing physical contacts.
为了让快递更顺畅,京东正在增派2000名快递员,并将使用王所说的“第五代无人驾驶汽车”来加快快递速度,同时尽量减少身体接触。
Leading Chinese technology companies have invested heavily in the intelligent logistics sector on driverless cars, drones and robots to gain the upper hand amid fierce competition, Lu said.
Temasek's management team in China led investments in some high-tech companies such as EAVision, which is known for its intelligent agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, that can deliver pesticides to targeted spots in small amounts; Abiochem Biotechnology Co Ltd in Shanghai, a promoter of green chemistry that employs biocatalysts in place of traditional chemical catalysis; and Momenta, whose autonomous driving software can promote carbon emission reduction through driverless travel.
Westwell has earned for itself quite a reputation for its full-stack intelligent port solutions and driverless container trucks.
"We've ridden the wave of explosive development of the driverless automobile industry these recent years.
Zhang said the first overseas order was in 2019, and was from CSP Abu Dhabi Port Container Terminal (COSCO) in the UAE for a smart quay crane solution, which was followed by driverless container trucks.
"More importantly, the system can manage multiple driverless trucks and even realize mixed operations of manual driving and driverless vehicles," he said.
In May, Westwell announced it has supported Hutchison Port Thailand in shaping the Laem Chabang Port as the world's first smart port where driverless trucks and manual driving mark the mixed operations without physical isolation.
Commercialization was realized after six Westwell driverless trucks had operated safely there since April 2020.
It expects AGI, or artificial general intelligence, will be gradually realized in the next 20 years, with driverless service altering the auto industry and people's travel modes tremendously.
This approach allows SF Express to optimize the efficiency of its current fleet and not wait years for full driverless trucks to be ready.
Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc announced on Thursday it has been approved by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test driverless vehicles on public roads.
The California permit is the latest approval for Baidu to test fully driverless vehicles.
On Dec 7, Baidu Apollo was granted permission by Beijing transportation authorities to conduct fully driverless road tests.
The announcement makes Baidu the first and only company permitted to conduct driverless tests on public streets in the capital of China.
In September, Baidu Apollo received permission to test driverless vehicles in Changsha, Hunan province.
In addition, the Beijing-based tech heavyweight inked a strategic partnership with China National Building Material Group Co Ltd on Monday to carry out cooperation in smart logistics, digital mines, smart factories, industrial driverless vehicles, data centers and enterprise AI brains.
The move came shortly after Didi signed a strategic partnership deal with major Chinese carmaker BAIC Group to co-develop customized driverless cars featuring Level 4 autonomy.
At present, tens of thousands of Cainiao's post stations have brought more convenient experiences to customers, such as contactless sending of goods, driverless package delivery vehicles and 24-hour smart delivery lockers.
In addition to providing testing and certification services to fire safety and consumer electronics products, the firm has entered the areas of consumer and industrial goods in China, including automobiles, clothes, toys and groceries, as well as non-physical products, such as software and driverless security.
For example, the world's first intelligent driverless boarding bridge, developed by CIMC-TianDa, officially came into operation at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in September, with the ability to finish aircraft docking within 48 seconds.
The open test road for driverless cars in Lingang extends some 26 kilometers.
Meituan already started trial operations of deliveries using autonomous or driverless vehicles.
It said it will start large-scale operations of its driverless delivery vehicles this year.
In addition to providing a full range of communications, signal and information systems to the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail in Indonesia, which is currently under construction, CRSC helped build the signaling systems for Australia's first driverless subway line in Sydney, which became operational on May 26.
The company also is looking to use drones, driverless cars and robots to accelerate the delivery process.
The two parties will also leverage their strengths in 5G presence and autonomous driving capabilities for commercial use of driverless technologies.
Full Truck Alliance Group, a lorry-hailing firm in the mold of Didi and Uber, is close to securing as much as $1 billion in new funds to replenish its war chest and jump-start an expansion into driverless technology, according to people familiar with the matter.
ai, a Silicon Valley driverless truck startup valued at almost $1 billion and backed by Sequoia Capital, one of the people said.
The company has already obtained a license to test its self-driving cars on open roads in California, the United States, and will be granted licenses to test its driverless cars in two Chinese cities next month, said Tong Xianqiao, founder and CEO of Roadstar.
We have teamed up with group-buying and dining information platform Meituan-Dianping to develop driverless delivery vehicles," Tong said.
The Beijing-based company said it will start large-scale operations of its driverless delivery vehicles by 2019.
The driverless vehicles operate at a top speed of 15 kilometers per hour.
The Beijing-based company said it will start trial operations of its driverless delivery vehicles this year.
"The ongoing driverless trend is going to create a bigger electronic components market than that in the smartphone sector," Fu said.
According to Fu, electronic components will be widely applied in a car's control system, dashboard, entertainment system and air-conditioner, as well as the future driverless system.
The 5G rollout will open the door for a far greater volume of data transfer, and this will mean a huge step forward in the technology-permitting driverless vehicles.
"Artificial intelligence and driverless vehicles from Baidu, and Alibaba's online payment system, for example, are very newsworthy topics," Zhong said.
Sitting on an abundant cash reserve and powered by over 7,000 employees, the Beijing-based company is making stronger and faster moves on overseas expansion as well as business extension into next-generation technologies, including new energy vehicles and driverless cars.
"You have driverless cars, driverless buses, but for something that flies, that is something different.
China Railway Signal & Communication Co, the country's railway control systems provider, is expected to put its first driverless subway into trial operation next year, Zhang Zhihui, chief engineer of the company, said at a meeting on Wednesday.
Zhang said that driverless technology will help to reduce human resources, given high requirement on reliability and stability of devices, while Xinhua cited engineers and automation experts that the automated operation system will avoid accidents caused by misjudgment or operational errors by controllers.
JD's unmanned small-sized driverless vehicle is pictured on June 18, 2017.
Experts say the trains employ the highest standards in driverless technology.
Local automakers are expanding global cooperation and investment in the research and development of core technologies in areas such as electric vehicles and driverless cars.
Zhang Hongtao, deputy director of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, said that Lin-gang should lead the way in breakthroughs in terms of driverless tests, driverless equipment and commercial operation of smart connected vehicles.
The fully automated port has various functions, including smart vehicle dispatching, automated loading and unloading, driverless transport and intelligent tallying, said Song Xiaoming, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Port Group.
The fully automated port has various functions, including smart vehicle dispatch, automated loading and unloading, driverless transport and intelligent tallying, said Song Xiaoming, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Port Group.
Q-Truck, the world's first fully autonomous, driverless new energy commercial vehicle, was among the key exhibits by Shanghai Westwell Information and Technology Co, a fast-growing enterprise that has earned a reputation for its full-stack intelligent port solutions and driverless container trucks.
Shanghai Westwell Information and Technology Co, a fast-growing enterprise renowned for its full-stack intelligent port solutions and driverless container trucks, will exhibit its independently developed Q-Truck, the world's first fully autonomous, driverless new energy commercial vehicle.
The port has been striving to raise clearance efficiency by implementing more measures to facilitate trade, promoting the construction of cross-border driverless transport services, and accelerating the renovation and expansion of joint inspection buildings, among others.
CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co, a subsidiary of Beijing-based China Railway Rolling Stock Corp, is building 210 advanced driverless subway vehicles for the subway in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, and will provide maintenance for two decades, said Wang Yingsheng, deputy director of CRRC Changchun's project research center.
Foreign express delivery firms, including FedEx, DHL and UPS, as well as eight domestic delivery firms, will also showcase their new products and services at the exhibition, displaying new equipment such as drones, driverless cars and self-mailing machines.
China is also among the first in the world to introduce new technology such as autonomous (driverless) train operation, as evidenced in the 174 km Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed route prepared for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and advanced signaling and control technology, the report said.
The country has outlined a road map for developing automated vehicles, aiming to achieve massive scale in the production of driverless cars with conditional automation systems, where human drivers can take over the steering wheel in seconds, if necessary, by 2025.
The country has outlined a roadmap for developing automated vehicles, aiming to achieve scale production of driverless cars of conditional automation by 2025.
China will establish a basic ecosystem for driverless vehicles by 2025, said a document released last year, adding that the system should be continuously improved to build the country's strength in automated vehicles by 2050.
A safety guideline for the use of driverless vehicles in public transportation is expected to further bolster China's leading position in the popularization and commercialization of self-driving technology, experts said.
Self-driving technology should be used cautiously for passenger transportation services, the document said, adding that driverless buses should operate on fixed routes with simple road conditions and driverless taxis should operate in areas with good traffic conditions, where risks are more manageable.
Operators using driverless vehicles for public transportation should be certified, and they should ensure their vehicles have eye-catching patterns, colors, signs or words to clearly inform other drivers of the vehicles' autonomous status.
Bai said the guideline will help improve public awareness and acceptance of self-driving technology, as it provides standardized operation procedures and safety measures to make driverless buses safer and more reliable, and also offers policy support and legal protection.
Beijing started the construction of autonomous driving pilot areas in 2020, and in 2022, launched China's first demonstration area for commercial self-driving vehicle services in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, where robotaxi operators can charge fares and driverless vehicles can operate with the help of sensing devices and internet of things.
It is expected that a larger fleet of driverless taxis will soon become available in Beijing.
For some time now, they have been gearing up driverless technologies in minibuses, trucks, forklifts and aerial vehicles, which are expected to enjoy huge commercial value in a variety of businesses like industrial logistics, express delivery, food takeaway, fresh produce ordering and retail pharmaceuticals.
ai to run fully driverless robotaxis on open roads in the Chinese capital, with no driver or safety operator in the car.
Baidu recently announced it had obtained licensing for commercial operation of its fully driverless ride-hailing service in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.
This year, Baidu plans to put an additional 200 fully autonomous driving robotaxis into operation nationwide and build the world's largest fully driverless ride-hailing service area.
That month, authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province, and Yongchuan district, Chongqing, granted Baidu the first permits issued in China to charge fares for fully driverless ride-hailing services in designated areas.
ai announced it was the first and only company to receive a permit to operate fully driverless robotaxi services in an 803 sq km area in the Nansha district of Guangzhou.
XI'AN — Riding a driverless, rubber-tired vehicle to a 150-meter deep mine has become a daily routine for miners of Shangwan coal mine in the city of Ordos, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
XI'AN - Riding on a driverless, rubber-tired vehicle to the coalface at a depth of 150 meters has become part of the daily routine for miners in Shangwan Coal Mine in the city of Ordos, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
Driverless technologies are primarily used in robotaxis as well as autonomous buses and trucks in designated areas, rather than private cars that can go anywhere and may encounter unforeseen situations.
The company, which named its project Apollo, has already rolled out fully driverless ride-hailing services in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, and in Chongqing.
Ji said intelligent logistics technologies, ranging from automatic sorting robots to driverless vehicles, have been used in overseas warehouses to improve delivery efficiency and reduce operational costs.
The university has teamed up with the port company and other domestic research and equipment enterprises to incorporate new technologies into construction of the smart terminal, which includes driverless intelligent guided vehicles and a low-speed automatic rail crane, said Ni.
Chinese technology companies have invested heavily in the intelligent logistics sector on automated warehousing, driverless cars, drones and robots to gain an upper hand amid fierce competition, said Lu Zhenwang, CEO of Wanqing Consultancy in Shanghai.
Delivery giants are aware of the significance of intelligent logistics, said Lu Zhenwang, CEO of Wanqing Consultancy in Shanghai, adding they have invested heavily in the intelligent logistics sector on things like drones, robots and driverless cars to gain the upper hand in the fiercely competitive market.
Driverless trucks will help revamp the logistics and industrial sector in China, as autonomous driving technologies have taken off in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kerrigan noted that the company developed PlusDrive, which is designed to keep a professional truck operator in the vehicle to supervise the autonomous driving system, and that allows SF Express to optimize the efficiency of its current fleet and not to wait for years for full driverless trucks to be ready.
"Compared with driverless passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles including unmanned trucks follow a fixed route, for example from one warehouse to another, and run in a relatively simple way," He said, adding it's also one of the reasons why autonomous trucks are likely to be commercialized faster than passenger vehicles.
As 5G is quickly expanding its application across the nation, the superfast technology will inject new impetus to the commercialization of driverless trucking in the country.
Promising faster connection speeds, wider broadband and lower latency, the 5G network is regarded as the "infrastructure" for a variety of next-generation digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality and driverless vehicles.
The government will continue to support express delivery and technology companies to develop smart postal lockers, drones, driverless vehicles and fully-automated warehouses to boost the express industry's work efficiency and upgrade its players' digital technologies, Bian added.
The 2.0 version of the maglev, with a design speed of 160 kph, is being tested and an advanced driverless maglev train with a top speed of 200 kph is being developed, Tong said.
"The driverless version can climb to the height of a four-storey building in 100 meters, just like a roller coaster.
The Lingang administrative committee rolled out a plan in May 2018 to build a demonstration zone that will allow testing of driverless cars, boats and even planes.
Guo also noted that 5G wireless technology, embraced worldwide for its ultrahigh bandwidth and rapid data transfer, will play a key role in improving administration of the surging volumes of equipment, assets and vehicles - driverless cars included - at airlines hubs, Guo said.
Products equipped with 'powerful brain' to ensure reliable unmanned drivingThe nation will drive a new generation of self-developed driverless magnetic levitation trains with a designed speed of 200 kilometers per hour into the market by March 2020, the head of its manufacturer said on Monday.
China will roll off a new generation of self-developed driverless maglev trains with a designed speed of 200 km per hour in early 2020, according to its lead developer.
Some who are already employed in the industry may perceive autonomous or driverless vehicles as a threat.
Although driverless vehicles are coming, the transition will take time, given increasing customer and logistics demands,” he said.
Both traditional vehicle makers, such as Toyota, BMW, Audi and Volvo, and tech giants including Apple, Intel, Uber, and Baidu, have collectively pumped billions of dollars into driverless vehicles in an attempt to advance the technology, test safety, and bring commercial products to the market.
A myriad of technologies, such as blockchain, augmented/virtual reality, big data and predictive analysis, artificial/machine intelligence, smart buildings and driverless vehicles, can be applied in the four main segments of the entire value chain of property business — brokerage and leasing, project development, property management, as well as investment and financing.