Beijing South Railway Station will start testing autonomous driving vehicles today, but if you want to be 'unmanned' you have to wait.

News from this site on May 23. According to the Beijing News, Beijing’s self-driving vehicles have officially started testing in the Beijing South Railway Station area from today (23). However, this round of testing is not open for the time being. Passenger carrying business , if you want to catch a self-driving taxi at Beijing South Railway Station, you have to wait.

# During this test period, there were 4 first batch of approved companies (WeRide, Pony.ai, Luobo Kuaipao, and Antu Intelligent Technology) 6 test vehicles were invested to participate. The main task is to adapt to the vehicle traveling environment of the South Station scene, including the round-trip connection route, the area around the South Station and the parking lot as the connection point, etc. for the subsequent development of passenger connection services Lay the foundation.

Currently, two self-driving test roads with two-way driving distances of 32 kilometers and 58.6 kilometers from Beijing South Railway Station to Yizhuang have been established, respectively passing through Boda Road-South Fourth Ring Road-Majiabao West Road, South Fifth Ring Road-Beijing-Kaifeng Expressway-South Third Ring Road and Third Ring Road auxiliary road, to Kaiyang Road to reach Beijing South Railway Station. At the same time, a surrounding 2.2 square kilometers of test supporting area is designated and arranged in the Beijing South Railway Station three-dimensional parking building. Dedicated parking spaces for autonomous driving.

According to previous reports on this site, the Beijing Economic Development Zone stated in the middle of this month that Beijing South Railway Station is a modern large-scale comprehensive transportation that integrates five modes of transportation: railway, subway, urban railway, bus, and taxi. The hub serves Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, connects Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou, and connects Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian. The average daily passenger flow is nearly 300,000 people. The station has complete supporting facilities and has functions such as smart parking. The conditions for the implementation of autonomous driving are good.

Currently, Daxing Airport has opened regular autonomous driving connections, with 40 vehicles from four companies including Luobo Transportation, Pony.ai, WeRide, and Antu. The cumulative test mileage exceeds 220,000 kilometers. .

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