Unmanned Shuttle vehicles are allowed to go on the road in Beijing, and WeRide L4 self-driving minibus has obtained the first road test license in Beijing

According to the license, WeRide unmanned shuttle vehicles can drive on public roads with autonomous driving in the Beijing High-level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone with a total area of 60 square kilometers. Driving landing progress.

Pickpook learned that for the segmented scenarios of self-driving minibuses, Beijing for the first time clarified the definition standards of unmanned shuttle vehicles, and tailored relevant landing policies for unmanned shuttle vehicles .

Different from rear-mounted models and self-driving minibuses with steering wheel design, WeRide unmanned shuttle bus adopts pre-installed mass production, no steering wheel, no brakes, no cockpit, and full safety redundancy design.

It is the first in the world to support Fully unmanned, self-driving minibus models that can be mass-produced. The landing of WeRide unmanned shuttle vehicles is also the first time that Beijing’s high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone has issued test licenses for unmanned shuttle vehicles. L4 unmanned shuttle vehicles will be legally driven on the road in Beijing for the first time.

WeRide unmanned shuttle bus adopts pure electric power, with a maximum speed of 40 km/h and supports V2X function. It claims that it can be flexibly deployed in various public or closed traffic scenarios, and can drive on urban open roads around the clock.

Previously, WeRide had obtained two consecutive Beijing autonomous driving road test permits at the end of 2022, officially launching the unmanned public road test of autonomous taxis. Entering 2023, WeRide self-driving minibuses will follow the self-driving taxis, quickly complete the technical tests related to self-driving, and successfully get approval to land.

Up to now, WeRide has launched self-driving minibuses in Guangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Wuxi, Boao, Riyadh and other cities at home and abroad, providing new options for local citizens' daily travel.