China Is Testing More Driverless Cars Than Any Other Country

Good news with some qualification!

A communist dictatorship can push this aggressively without regards for negative consequences or opposition from citizens.

Let's not forget that the Chinese invented great things in the past long before the Renaissance in Western countries : e.g. printing press with movable type, paper money, gunpowder ...

"China is leading the way in testing driverless cars, with a fleet of 500 taxis navigating the busy streets of Wuhan [about 10 million population] and plans to add 1,000 more, while the government provides significant support and limits public discussion of safety incidents."

"... The world’s largest experiment in driverless cars is underway on the busy streets of Wuhan, a city in central China with 11 million people, 4.5 million cars, eight-lane expressways and towering bridges over the muddy waters of the Yangtze River.

A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. The company that operates them, the tech giant Baidu, said last month that it would add a further 1,000 of the so-called robot taxis in Wuhan. ..."

China Is Testing More Driverless Cars Than Any Other Country - The New York Times Assisted driving systems and robot taxis are becoming more popular with government help, as cities designate large areas for testing on public roads.

Credits: Last Week in AI