On January 7, Wenyuan Zhixing WeRide officially opened to the public to operate fully unmanned minibuses, covering Guangzhou International Biological Island. On the same day, the "Wenyuan Minibus Robobus Operation Launch Ceremony" was held to provide driverless microcirculation bus services for the public. This is another pioneering move by Wenyuan Zhixing in the unmanned driving landing two years after safely operating China's first Robotaxi commercial service. Now Wenyuan Zhixing continues to lead the city's smart travel with the two major operational services of Robotaxi and Robobus.
Wenyuan minibus Robobus opened its operation service in Guangzhou International Bio Island
As the first intelligent travel service in China to achieve full unmanned open operation, the "Wenyuan Minibus" is jointly built by Wenyuan Zhixing and Yutong Group, using a pure electric vehicle model, without steering wheel, throttle and brake. The front-loading mass-produced unmanned vehicle is equipped with Wenyuan Zhixing's leading automatic driving full-stack software and hardware solution, with a maximum speed of 40 kilometers per hour, which meets the operation needs of all-day, all-weather and all-scenario operations, and can achieve safe, stable and green unmanned driving in the case of urban open roads, expressways, tunnels, morning and evening peak congestion periods, rain and snow days, etc.
【Ride Guide】Wenyuan Minibus Robobus Opens Operation Service in Guangzhou International Biological Island Guangzhou International Biological Island is located in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, with hundreds of enterprises stationed there, and is a popular choice for citizens to play sports. After full investigation of the daily traffic on the island, the first phase of the "Wenyuan Minibus" opened two operating routes, which are divided into the southern line and the northern line. In the future, the western line will be opened to further cover the whole island, connecting the stations where the crowd gathers and there is a just need for travel, and providing free travel for employees of enterprises on the island and citizens who come to the island for sightseeing. It operates 7 days a week, Monday to Friday from 8 am to 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 6 pm, and runs every 10 minutes. Passengers can view the real-time location and operation status of vehicles through the "WeRide Go" App, a self-built driverless travel platform built by Wenyuan Zhixing, and can also get detailed ride guides by following the "WeRide Go" WeChat public account to learn about the latest operational information.
Wenyuan Zhixing held the "Wenyuan Minibus Robobus Operation Launch Ceremony"
The leaders of guangzhou international biological island management committee and representatives from biological island companies such as biological island company, Mulian Zhuang Hotel, And Jinyu Medicine attended the first operation launch ceremony, and Han Xu, founder and CEO of Wenyuan Zhixing, awarded commemorative medals to the first batch of enterprises and citizen representatives who took the "Wenyuan minibus" at the press conference.
On the basis of leading driverless technology and sufficient road testing, the "Wenyuan Minibus" has set up multiple safeguard measures inside and outside the car to ensure the safety of passengers in an all-round way. Passengers can not only view the detailed ride guide through the "WeRide Go" App and the official account, but also convey the relevant information of the ride to passengers through voice prompts and real-time road display. In the early stage of operation, the "Wenyuan Minibus" will be equipped with volunteers to help passengers who take the first time to familiarize themselves with the operation mode of the driverless minibus. During the operation of the vehicle, wenyuan zhixing remote support center will conduct real-time intelligent monitoring of the vehicle. In the event of an emergency, passengers can brake the vehicle via the emergency brake button in the car.
Citizens take the Wenyuan minibus Robobus
"Wenyuan Minibus" is no stranger to everyone, it is the world's first industrial design award - German Red Dot Award driverless bus, praised by the organizing committee as "can inspire passengers to trust the driverless public transport solution". At the same time, the "Wenyuan minibus" is also a well-known anti-epidemic fighter in Guangzhou, acting as the main force of science and technology during the outbreak of the epidemic in Guangzhou in June 2021, transporting daily and emergency materials for residents in the Liwan sealing and control area, with a total of more than 500 departures for 20 consecutive days, transporting more than 20,000 pieces of materials, with a total weight of more than 100 tons, achieving the safe transportation guarantee of "no one entering the sealing and control area", which has been widely reported by CCTV, People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency and other media. As a new unmanned species, the "Wenyuan Minibus" has completed more than one year of normalization tests in Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Nanjing and other places, and since April 2021, it has provided daily commuter connection services for Wenyuan Zhixing employees on the biological island, making full safety and service preparations for the official opening of operations.
As the first enterprise in China to carry out the commercial operation of Robotaxi, Wenyuan Zhixing has accumulated more than two years of experience in autonomous driving travel operations. On more than 144 square kilometers of urban open roads in Huangpu District and Guangzhou Development Zone, Wenyuan Zhixing Robotaxi has provided more than 300,000 safe, stable and compliant autonomous travel services to citizens. At the same time, Wenyuan Zhixing has full driverless test licenses in Guangzhou, China and California, and is the first startup in the world to conduct driverless tests in both China and the United States.
At present, Wenyuan Zhixing has formed three major product matrices of driverless taxis (Robotaxi), minibuses (Robobus) and robovan in the same city, creating multi-scenario services from travel to freight, and exploring the commercialization of autonomous driving. From Robotaxi to the open operation of Robobus, Wenyuan Zhixing once again led the city's smart travel, laying a solid foundation for the next stage of larger-scale commercialization.