On April 24, Xiaoma Zhixing announced that it won the bid for the 2022 taxi capacity index in Nansha District, Guangzhou, which is worth noting that this is the first taxi operation license issued to an autonomous driving enterprise in China.
The winning bid notice is clear, allowing autonomous vehicles that meet the safety technical requirements of the demonstration operation of intelligent and connected vehicles in Guangzhou to provide taxi operation services.
This means that autonomous vehicles are officially included in the scope of transportation operation and management of general vehicles, and the use of national unified taxi standardized management is a major breakthrough in the process of promoting the commercialization of technology in the autonomous driving industry. At the same time, Xiaoma Zhixing is also the first company to be approved to commercialize Robotaxi services in both Beijing and Guangzhou.
Pony Chi Heng was allowed to invest 100 self-driving vehicles in Nansha, Guangzhou, to provide taxi services. It is expected that from May onwards, Xiaoma Zhixing will start charging operations in the entire area of Nansha in 800 square kilometers, and benefit more Guangzhou citizens as the business gradually expands its services to other parts of Guangzhou.
Passengers can use the service and complete the payment through the PonyPilot+ app, the service period is from 8:30 to 22:30, and the charging standard is in accordance with the unified pricing standard of Guangzhou taxis.
The license proposes a new technical standard for autonomous driving demonstration operation vehicles, and after the whole vehicle and parts testing carried out by the national inspection and testing agency, Xiaoma Zhixing's autonomous vehicle has become the first model to pass the guangzhou intelligent network vehicle safety technical standard test.
It is understood that on November 25, 2021, Xiaoma Zhixing was allowed to pilot commercialized autonomous driving services to the public in Beijing, precipitating rich experience in product operation and user services, and can be quickly copied to Guangzhou and other subsequent cities.
In the next step, Xiaoma Zhixing plans to implement autonomous driving travel commercialization services in other first-tier cities before next year, and expand its successful experience to more cities by 2025.
So friends in Guangzhou, are you interested in experiencing self-driving taxis?