According to relevant media reports a few days ago, Xiaoma Zhixing is no longer in the list of all-unmanned autonomous driving road test licenses of the California Traffic Management Bureau (hereinafter referred to as DMV), to which Xiaoma Zhixing responded, "Xiaoma Zhixing has always adhered to the principle of safety first. Previously, during the daily testing of the Pony Zhixing unmanned test vehicle in California, the United States, there was a slight collision, no personnel were injured, and no other vehicles were involved. After the accident, Xiaoma Zhixing immediately conducted a re-investigation of the incident and voluntarily stopped the unmanned test of autonomous driving in California. At the same time, Xiaoma Zhixing reported with the California DMV for the first time, and is still in close communication and cooperation. ”
According to the relevant accident report, at 10:50 on October 28, the unmanned vehicle built by Xiaoma Zhixing based on the Hyundai Motor Electric Vehicle Kona was tested on the road in Fremont, bay area, where its headquarters is located, it quickly changed lanes to the left after completing the right turn at the intersection in order to make a left turn, but the unmanned vehicle drove on the middle of the road barrier after completing the lane change, and hit a small road sign on the barrier, resulting in slight damage to the front of the car. After the accident, Xiaoma Zhixing immediately notified the local police station of the specific situation, cooperated with the local road traffic department to repair the damaged road sign, and then submitted the accident report to the DMV.
Previously, on May 22, Pony Waskin was approved to test autonomous vehicles without safety officers on designated streets in three California cities (Fremont, Milpitas, Irvine). It is reported that Xiaoma Zhixing is the eighth company in the state to obtain driverless testing licenses, and this list also includes AutoX, Baidu Apollo, WeRide, and cruise, Nuro, Waymo and Zoox. Companies licensed to drive the driver must provide proof of insurance or the equivalent of a $5 million deposit and comply with rules such as technical training for remote operators. At the time, DMV noted that "driverless test license holders must also report to DMV any collision involving driverless test vehicles within 10 days and submit an annual report on disengagement." ”
According to relevant information, the current autonomous driving test license issued by the California Traffic Management Bureau mainly includes three categories, the first type is the testing with a Driver, the safety officer can take over the vehicle in an emergency; the second type is the full unmanned automatic driving test license, the unmanned vehicle can be tested on the road without a safety officer in the main driving position, which means that in a specific environment, the car is completely in driverless mode, and there is no one in the driving seat The third category is the deployment permit, which was newly launched last November, and is currently held only by three self-driving companies, Cruise, Nuro and Waymo.
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