Test riding China’s AI-driven robotaxis

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Chinese tech companies, such as Baidu’s Apollo Go, have rolled out driverless robotaxis in major mainland cities, including Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan and Shenzhen. The pilot service has sparked public debate about the merits of the driverless transport system and concerns about such issues as job security for taxi and ride-hailing drivers. The Post's Thomas Yau tried one out in Shanghai to see if the days of human drivers are truly numbered.

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[zeissiez]

Last month in Bali, I met with an Argentine stranger, I told him about high speed rail in China, he asked:”do they crash often?”. Such is the world’s stereotype about China.

[HowToChangeName]

I think autonomous vehicle would be more viable for mass transport like bus where it can drives faster on dedicated bus lane and less stop except bus stop

[TAL]

driverless taxi is just one of the options. Nobody is forcing anyone to use them. I have seen plenty of people seems to be happy using them. These robot taxi are probably station in a parking lot somewhere in the city. They are not like regular taxi that drive around looking for customers. So it depends where you are, it may be faster for some location than another location to pick you up. But the nice thing is they could pick you up any time of the day.

[kk]

At first they laugh at everything about China, then suddenly it becomes National Security 🤣

[emiliobello]

When I was a kid I had nightmares about being in a car with no driver

[andygregory]

1:43 reporter holding on to dear life😂😂

[celeryandcarrots]

It’s just going to get better with time

[aungaisum]

Even scmp jealous of Chinese progress lol 🤣🤣🤣.

[sadteeto]

I was driving in Wuhan a week ago… those taxis were everywhere

[purplemist]

I worry about the reporter's wife and children (if he has any). The constant whining and irritation he shown is amazing. Maybe he should have chosen a different profession like debt-collector something.

[Nooney-xs]

Driverless taxi, driverless truck, driverless train, are very common in china right now. If you want to experience the future world, just visit china!

[Zeneroth]

It's weird that they just wanted to test these robo taxis, but didn't try them in Shenzhen where they are have probably been the longest, and I would assume have the most issues ironed out. Instead tried one out in Shanghai where they were rolled out recently according to the narrator, if that's the case I would assume the volume of robotaxis per capita would be low and the wait times longer, again Shenzhen would probably have a much higher per capita.

[j.d.]

The main factor in how fast you can get to a destination is traffic flow, not the speed of your ride.
If it drives slower but traffic congestion and "red traffic light waves" can be avoided, the journey should still be as quick or quicker.

[CrimsonAlchemist]

This is a very honest review. Thanks for not being biased

[alexpan]

It’s in Test stage, isn’t that obvious? Like all inventions. The sour grape vibe is full in this video, and does Singapore has any Robotaxi? Oh you don’t have? Sorry we are ahead of you

[DeaconHo]

Still a work in progress, so let's give it a few years and see how it fares.

[teofilol]

So being really negative to show scmp is independent or having a mind of their own?? Get nothing meaningful from this video clip.

[abcfx]

These cars haven't seen NYC drivers for sure.

[haz]

I can't decide whats scarier, robo taxi or chinese driver 🤔

[crescentmono]

Autodrive software in car sale will be legendary