Experiences from China
Experiences from China
Chinese car sharing operator Pand Auto is already testing cars equipped with ZF Baidu technology in Beijing. The Chinese government is taking this topic very seriously, supporting the construction of large test sites and opening the first test center for autonomous vehicles in the greater Beijing area in February 2018 in the Haidian District, creating what is literally a driving school for autonomous vehicles. The 130,000-square-meter site is operated by the Beijing Innovation Center for Mobility and the Haidian Driving School. The goal is to make China the leading nation in electric cars and autonomous driving. In addition, a 55-hectare technology park will be created in the greater Beijing area, the development of which is expected to cost 13.8 billion yuan (some €1.8 billion) over the next five years.
Autonomous vehicles have also been in test operation in Singapore since the beginning of 2018. They use
CETRAN
, a 2-hectare facility of Nanyang Technical University (NTU) and Jurong Town Corporation (JTC).