Beijing plans to significantly expand its high-level autonomous driving demonstration area to approximately 3,000 square kilometers between the fourth and sixth ring roads, more than twice the size of the city’s six urban districts, an official said on Friday.
Since the launch of China’s first high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone in September 2020, the city has successfully developed intelligent infrastructure across 600 square kilometers, said Wang Lei, director of the Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone Work Office High-Level Summit in Beijing during the 2024 World Smart Connected Vehicles Conference.
The expansion is part of the Chinese capital’s efforts to position itself at the forefront of the development of autonomous driving technology. The demonstration zone issued road test licenses to 33 companies, covering nearly 900 vehicles with a total autonomous driving test mileage of more than 32 million kilometers, accounting for more than a quarter of the national total mileage.
Major companies such as Baidu, Pony.ai and JD.com are among those participating in the project, testing various autonomous applications including passenger vehicles, unmanned deliveries and autonomous patrol services.
Source: https://www.chinahoje.net/pequim-planeja-expandir-amplamente-area-de-testes-para-direcao-autonoma/
