Didi Chuxing shows off autonomous car on public roads
Ride-hailing company still lags behind Western firms in driverless taxi race
During its annual meeting this year, Didi Chuxing showed a video of a car driving by itself through a Chinese city.
The video hasn’t been made public -- only snapshots of it have been released -- but Didi Chuxing said the car was able to make turns, as well as detect pedestrians, traffic and stationary obstacles. The firm says it is testing driverless cars in both China and the U.S.
Didi Chuxing joins a crowded list of tech firms and traditional carmakers competing to make headway in a race to roll out vehicles that can travel safely in cities without human drivers.
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