Driverless cars tested on the road
Print Edition
As the first batch of enterprises attending the Intelligent Connected Vehicle’s road testing, the ICVs from Jiading-based SAIC Motor Co and electric carmaker NIO drove from the E-Zone and carried out a real public road testing on Boyuan Road in Anting Town earlier this month, which means the ICV with driverless at its core is getting closer to people’s real life.
The licenses will allow the two companies to test their ICVs on a 5.6-kilometer stretch of public road in Jiading District.
Testing features include identification and response to speed limit information, traffic light identification, identification of pedestrian and non-motor vehicle, lane keeping and other functions. The licenses are effective from March 1 to May 29, 2018.
“Shanghai is going to further accelerate testing, application, research and development of intelligent and connected vehicles. The city will seize opportunities, take the initiative to meet challenges, boost innovation and speed up the industrial development of high-end, electric cars and intelligent vehicles,” said Huang Ou, vice chairman of the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization.
“Shanghai will open more roads for testing smart cars,” said Huang.
The license came after Baidu boss Robin Li test drove the company’s autonomous vehicle on Beijing’s open roads in July last year, causing controversy as there were no rules regarding such a test in the country.
Cao Guangyi, political commissar of the Shanghai traffic police, said police would pursue the responsibility of test drivers in cases of road accidents involving smart cars under road tests.
The city also released a basic guideline on public road test rules for ICVs. The guideline will help in better regulating and managing road tests of such vehicles and meet auto companies’ testing needs on public roads.
According to the guideline, auto companies are required to establish a remote monitoring data platform for their testing vehicles, with data being accessed by data platform of a third-party organization. Carmakers need to purchase traffic accident insurance of at least 5 million yuan (US$788,034) per vehicle or have a letter of compensation guaranteeing the same amount. Test drivers should have more than 50 hours’ experience of automated driving systems, 40 hours of which must be driving experience for applied projects before testing on public roads.
Shanghai is the first city in China to push forward road tests of ICVs from enclosed areas to public roads. Before, testing of such vehicles was allowed only in special closed areas such as the National Intelligent Connected Vehicle Shanghai Pilot Zone.
Zhang Cheng, general manager of research and advanced technology department of SAIC, said road test will bring technology improvement and boost enterprises’ research and development level.
Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of NIO, said: “The license provides a legal basis for us to test intelligent and connected vehicles on public roads. It will also greatly promote our research and development of automated driving system.”
Jiading will improve the construction of public road testing, providing a more convenient and highly efficient service for research institutions and automobile enterprises.
It is expected that the testing road will cover the entire Anting Town in the next phase and speed up to open more testing areas. The government hopes that half of new vehicles will be equipped with driver-assistance features by the end of 2020.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
