Qcraft and Cowarobot, two Chinese self-driving car companies, talked to TechNode about the sector’s challenges at the BEYOND Expo.
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Self-driving startup Trunk Tech’s Series B led by Chinese auto giant BAIC
The Beijing-based company has been backed by a list of prominent investors, and is among several players to test autonomous vehicle systems for hauling freight at domestic harbors.
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Pony.ai and Caocao to provide robotaxi services in Beijing
The deployment of autonomous vehicles on a familiar ride-hailing app might help Pony.ai get closer to making money from its pilot projects.
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Baidu CEO: highly autonomous cars could become common “sooner than expected”
“The window of opportunity is fleeting. More efforts need to be made to push forward legal reform and open bottleneck on AVs,” Li added.
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China drafts national guidelines for commercial driverless robotaxis
The release of China’s first guidelines for commercial services of robotaxis could establish a state framework for self-driving tech.
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WeRide unveils autonomous delivery van project with automaker JMC and courier ZTO
Chinese startup WeRide is testing a self-driving cargo van that can carry out delivery services, partnering with automaker JMC and courier ZTO
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QCraft announces self-driving chip deal with Nvidia, setting course for mass production
Nvidia’s Drive Orin chipsets will underpin the hardware suite that will be fitted in QCraft’s next-generation self-driving car fleet.
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Softbank’s latest China bet is an autonomous delivery startup
Neolix, a startup developing AVs for delivery services, said on Wednesday it has raised ‘hundreds of millions of RMB’ from Softbank Ventures Asia.
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Video | What is it like to ride QCraft’s autonomous bus?
QCraft launched a robobus project in the eastern city of Wuxi on Oct. 23. TechNode got a look at the driverless future with a ride on one of its buses.
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Self-driving startup Qcraft secures $100 million investment
The two-year-old company plans to expand its test fleet to more than 100 vehicles by year-end.
