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09:13, 08-Jul-2018
Daimler gets green light for self-driving vehicle tests in Beijing
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08:18, 11-Jul-2018
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China’s capital city has given the green light to German automaker Daimler AG to test self-driving cars on real roads, making it the first international car maker to be granted such a license in Beijing, the company said on Friday.
Beijing has given Daimler, owner of the Mercedes brand, a permit for highly automated driving (level 4) test area road use in the capital city after extensive close-course testing, the company said in a statement.
China has issued licenses allowing self-driving vehicles to be road tested to several automakers this year in Shanghai and Beijing, including Shanghai-based SAIC Motor Corp, electric vehicle start-up NIO and tech giant Baidu Inc.
To qualify for the license, the company said Mercedes-Benz vehicles equipped with additional technical applications from Baidu Apollo undertook extensive testing in Beijing and Hebei for intelligent mobility.
[Top Image: Daimler's Smart Vision EQ at MWC in Shanghai./VCG Photo ]
Source(s): Reuters