Published: August 17th, 2022,
Last updated: August 17th, 2022
It takes a good dose of faith in technology to unleash cars under computer control onto the general road traffic. Robot cabs are already in operation in Shenzhen, but they do not yet have a license for regular operation. Here, Chongqing and Wuhan are now taking the lead. They are allowing AI company Baidu to use their self-driving taxis in normal daily operations, our team reports from Beijing. This is the beginning of the end of cab drivers as a profession, they believe. For a few thousand euros more, cab companies will be able to purchase vehicles and remove personnel costs from the equation.