China's first driverless ride-hailing service without a safety driver launched in Chongqing

[beijingwalker]

China's first driverless ride-hailing service without a safety driver launched in Chongqing​

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

China's first driverless ride-hailing service without a safety driver launched in Chongqing​

the above is straight from CGTN
Can we now officially state this is the first in China

All the other so-called "firsts" Chinese driverless video threads posted on PDF in the last year in response to Waymo were just completely made-up hype as when pressed for actual realworld people getting in and out testing nobody on PDF could actually find any.

Waymo launched without a safety driver for the general public in October 2020

Waymo Driverless Taxi Now Available to Public in Phoenix

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/10/08/585892.htm Waymo on Thursday will relaunch and expand its fully automated, robo-taxi ride hailing service in Phoenix, rebooting its effort to transform years of autonomous vehicle research into a revenue-producing business. Waymo...

defence.pk

Waymo Driverless Taxi Now Available to Public in Phoenix​

 

[qwerrty]

the above is straight from CGTN
Can we now officially state this is the first in China

All the other so-called "firsts" Chinese driverless video threads posted on PDF in the last year in response to Waymo were just completely made-up hype as when pressed for actual realworld people getting in and out testing nobody on PDF could actually find any.

doesn't work like that. lol

here's what CGTN wrote as china's first large cargo drone in 2022, but it's really not the first.

China's first large CCAR TP500 unmanned freighter makes maiden flight

China's homegrown TP500 unmanned freighter, the country's first large unmanned transport plane produced under the Chinese Civil Aviation Regulation (CCAR) requirements, completed a successful maiden flight Saturday in Jingmen City of central China's Hubei Province, announced the Aviation...

news.cgtn.com

sf express 1500kg of payload cargo drone, 2019

SF express tb1001, 1200kg payload, 2017

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

doesn't work like that. lol

here's what CGTN wrote as china's first large cargo drone in 2022, but it's really not the first.

China's first large CCAR TP500 unmanned freighter makes maiden flight

China's homegrown TP500 unmanned freighter, the country's first large unmanned transport plane produced under the Chinese Civil Aviation Regulation (CCAR) requirements, completed a successful maiden flight Saturday in Jingmen City of central China's Hubei Province, announced the Aviation...

news.cgtn.com

sf express 1500kg of payload cargo drone, 2019

SF express tb1001, 1200kg payload, 2017

Hey...you don't have to convince me China's state-run news site intentionally writes misleading articles.

Just trying to highlight to you guys about the perils of Eastern Media...but you won't believe me.

However the lack of videos showing ordinary people trying out driverless taxis (not staged media people) before this announcement makes me believe it is indeed true and the previous posts here were fakenews.