Fully driverless driving in Beijing is imminent, and Baidu is the first to be allowed to start testing

On December 30, Baidu’s “Luobo Kuaipao” was among the first batch to be approved to carry out fully unmanned autonomous driving tests in Beijing. This is Luobo Kuaipao’s rapid expansion of fully unmanned driving after the expansion of fully unmanned autonomous driving commercial operations in Wuhan and Chongqing. Driving map. So far, Baidu's autonomous driving travel service platform Luobo Kuaipao's fully autonomous autonomous driving fleet has entered Beijing, Wuhan, and Chongqing. It is the first company to carry out fully autonomous autonomous driving operations and testing in multiple cities across the country. Covering a total area of ​​over 100 square kilometers.

Industry experts said that unmanned driving is the commanding heights of global autonomous driving technology and a battleground for the development of the intelligent connected car industry in various places. They expect Beijing to accelerate the exploration of fully autonomous autonomous driving business models and standardize industry innovation and business. Provide operational guidance.

It is reported that Baidu's "Carrot Run" has invested a total of 10 fully unmanned self-driving vehicles to conduct fully unmanned self-driving tests within the designated time and route in the Beijing Development Zone. In 2023, Baidu Apollo will continue to expand its business scale and plans to launch an additional 200 fully driverless operating vehicles across the country, striving to build the world's largest driverless operation service area.

Beijing is one of the most active cities in the world for autonomous driving technology innovation and entrepreneurship. The development of the intelligent connected car industry is an important part of Beijing's efforts to build a global science and technology innovation center. In September 2020, Beijing officially established the world's first network-connected and cloud-controlled high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone. The demonstration area coordinates various high-quality element resources such as "cars, roads, clouds, networks, and maps" and aims at the large-scale operation of high-level autonomous vehicles above L4. In April 2021, the country's first pilot area with management policy innovation as the core was established, and a "2+5+N" intelligent connected vehicle management policy system was systematically constructed. Through the construction of demonstration zones and pilot zones, we can effectively strengthen the independent safety and controllability of the industrial chain and promote the formation of industrial agglomeration effects. So far, more than 600 autonomous vehicles have been deployed, with a cumulative test mileage of more than 10 million kilometers.

Baidu Apollo has obvious advantages in promoting large-scale operations of fully unmanned autonomous driving. With ten years of technology accumulation in the field of autonomous driving, Baidu Apollo has obtained 3,477 autonomous driving patent families, ranking first in the world for four consecutive years. Baidu's L4 level autonomous driving operation test mileage has exceeded 40 million kilometers in total; Luobo Kuaipao has launched autonomous driving commercial travel services in Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Chongqing and other cities, among which Chongqing and Wuhan have achieved fully unmanned commercial operations. As of the end of the third quarter, Luobo Kuaipao’s cumulative orders exceeded 1.4 million, making it the world’s largest self-driving travel service provider.

At present, the global autonomous driving industry is accelerating polarization, and powerful players that have realized fully unmanned systems and are steadily expanding their areas to promote large-scale commercialization are ushering in new opportunities for development. Internationally, autonomous driving companies represented by Waymo and Cruise are accelerating the large-scale commercialization of autonomous driving. At present, San Francisco in the United States has opened a 24/7 driverless travel service in the entire city. At the same time, Phoenix's autonomous driving operation area continues to expand to the core urban area; in addition, the world's first fully autonomous driving taxi service has been launched from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to the city center, operating 24/7. . Compared with the rest of the world, China can only stay ahead in the new round of international competition in automobile intelligence and driverless travel services if it further liberalizes its autonomous driving policy.