IT Home December 14 news, according to the official news of GAC Group, GAC Group issued an announcement on December 14, the board of directors deliberated and passed the "Proposal on Investment in Wenyuan Zhixing", and agreed to the subsidiary GAC Capital Co., Ltd. to invest in WeRide Inc. Wenyuan Zhixing.
In this cooperation, GAC Group and Wenyuan Zhixing will jointly promote the development and manufacture of Robotaxi front-loading mass production models. In the next few years, the two sides plan to gradually establish a robotaxi fleet of tens of thousands of vehicles, with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as the core to radiate to the whole country, and launch safe, economical and green autonomous driving services for the public.
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GAC Group said that through this cooperation, Wealoichi and Wenyuan Zhixing will give full play to their respective advantages and layouts, and work together to build a perfect Robotaxi ecological network, covering all aspects of technology, products and commercialization, greatly enhancing the core competitiveness of both parties in this field, and providing consumers with a safer, smarter and more comfortable travel experience.
IT Home learned that in 2018, Wenyuan Zhixing and GAC Group jointly launched China's first L4 self-driving taxi. At the end of November 2019, Wenyuan Zhixing launched China's first robotaxi commercial service open to the public in Guangzhou, covering more than 144 square kilometers of urban open roads in Huangpu District and Guangzhou Development Zone, and has been running for more than two years without active liability accidents.
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