Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing joins a number of other Chinese companies in announcing robotaxi services, as China seeks to race ahead in driverless technology.
Didi Chuxing, China's version of Uber, announced plans to launch a robotaxi service in Shanghai where users will be able to hail driverless cars from the app.
Didi's pilot project will combine both autonomous vehicles and human-driving vehicles for the duration of the project. The ride-hailing company will deploy 30 different models of so-called level four autonomous vehicles in the Jiading district of Shanghai. Level four self-driving cars have a high degree of autonomy but a driver can still manually take control.
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