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China's Companies Poised to Take Leap in Developing a Driverless Car
Research by the Boston Consulting Group suggests that within 15 years, China will be the largest market for autonomous vehicles.
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China could emerge as the premier country for the development and adoption of self-driving vehicles.
Boston Consulting Group's Xavier Mosquet cites research suggesting China will be the world's largest market for driverless cars within 15 years. "It's not that people are more willing to use the cars in Beijing or Shanghai, it's that the economic value is much higher in China than in the U.S.," Mosquet notes.
Among the Chinese companies striving to break into the autonomous car industry is Uisee Technology, a startup established by former Intel Labs China director Gansha Wu. His team, which includes experts in machine learning, computer vision, and semiconductor engineering, intends to have a tech demonstration ready for CES 2017 in Las Vegas next January. Wu says he envisions several stages toward fully driverless vehicles, including driver-assistance systems to be followed by completely driverless autos in constrained conditions, such as on private roads, fixed routes at low speed, and in controlled settings.
Meanwhile, Baidu is collaborating with BMW and has secured some local governments' regulatory and infrastructure support to launch automated public transportation services in China in the next two years.
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