Unmanned autonomous driving ushered in new progress.
Titanium media APP news on April 28, Baidu, Xiaoma Zhixing took the lead in obtaining the first batch of "unmanned demonstration application road test" notice in the Beijing Intelligent Connected Vehicle Policy Pilot Zone, and was allowed to provide the public with "no safety officer in the main driver's seat and safety officer in the co-driver's seat".
This means that the autonomous driving industry has begun to move from unmanned road testing to unmanned commercialization.
Peng Jun, co-founder and CEO of Xiaoma Zhixing, said: "The issuance of unmanned manned demonstration applications is a key policy node in the industry's transition from unmanned road testing to unmanned commercialization pilots, and it also carries industry significance and technical significance. ”
According to the "Implementation Rules for the Administration of Unmanned Road Testing and Demonstration Applications for Passenger Cars in the Pilot Zone of The Beijing Intelligent Connected Vehicle Policy" (hereinafter referred to as the "Detailed Implementing Rules"), the demonstration application subjects that have obtained the notice can carry out the unmanned autonomous driving manned demonstration application of open roads within 60 square kilometers of the Beijing High-level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone.
Titanium Media APP noted that the demonstration application management implementation rules and breakthrough expanded the test scope from the original 20 square kilometers to 60 square kilometers, including more abundant and complex urban road scenes, which put forward higher requirements for autonomous vehicles.
This time, Baidu and Xiaoma Zhixing, who were the first to be approved as "unmanned demonstration application road test" notices, are senior players in the automatic driving industry, and have successively carried out autonomous driving manned travel services in many regions across the country.
It is reported that Baidu Radish Run has realized autonomous driving manned travel services in megacities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. In the fourth quarter of 2021 alone, the number of orders for turnips to run has reached 213,000.
In terms of Xiaoma Zhixing, Xiaoma Zhixing has opened the unmanned test of the main driver "de-safety officer" in Beijing, Guangzhou and other cities, and gradually expanded the scope, time and vehicle scale of the test. Earlier this month, Xiaoma won the bid for the 2022 taxi capacity index in Nansha District, Guangzhou, becoming the first autonomous driving company in China to obtain a taxi business license.
As of April 2022, Xiaoma Zhixing has completed a total of 200,000 kilometers of unmanned test mileage for autonomous driving across the country.