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China is testing more driverless cars than any other country – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Many Chinese makers of electric cars are introducing advanced assisted driving features on their mass-production cars. A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. million cars, eight-lane expressways and towering bridges over the muddy waters of the Yangtze River.

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Study of In-use Vehicle Activity and Emissions in Tianjin, China Yields Fleet and Emissions Profiles, Policy Implications

Green Car Congress

Consequently, vehicle emissions have become an increasingly conspicuous contributor to air pollution in Chinese urban areas. Light-duty vehicles together contributed to 82% of all distance traveled (passenger cars, 64%; taxis, 18 %), buses and trucks contributed to 11% and 8% of total distance traveled respectively.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

gasoline-powered vehicles could be delayed. If electric cars can’t break out of niche status in the world’s two largest passenger car markets, then a transition away from gasoline-powered vehicles could be delayed. Still, Chinese auto-makers hesitate to mass-market their electric models domestically. “There is.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

And I’ll go back to something several years ago: that in the future, gasoline cars that are not autonomous will be like riding a horse and using a flip phone, and that will become very obvious in hindsight. So we have good insight into where the models, how well the car will perform in say three or four months.

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