Beoz

Hold on. You said China will see mass implementation then reference an article about production. Where in the article does it talk about implementation in China?

If you click on the link in the article then there is this.

The McKinsey report said autonomous vehicles will account for 13 per cent of passenger kilometres travelled in the country by 2030,

Now McKinsey often sprout a load of future tosh, but if this ends up being the case then Garry has a lot of work to do. 2030 is a long way off for 13%.

What this actually means is a very slow transformation which is absolutely fine where the doomsayers predict over night mass job losses for drivers.

Amazulu

My smart phone can't kill or maim me

ozzieeagle

https://qz.com/1211522/china-is-pois...-driving-cars/

Try that, there are loads of articles like this, they aim to have one of their 10 million population cities totally automonous by 2025..... God knows which one it was though. .

ozzieeagle

Did Chuxing are now the largest ride-sharing service in the world, by the number of trips. This happened in the last 6 months or so. How do you buy shares in this mob, who are set to become one the worlds largest companies,

Wol

We'll see.

Shard

I found it an interesting article on testing (part of the implementation process). It also makes the prediction that 10% of Chinese car sales in 2030 will be AV.

Shard

The focus on profitability or ROI is not always essential in China. Consider the vast "ghost cities" they have constructed. The Chinese government is pursuing modernization and technological leadership - $20/week taxi drivers are the least of their concerns.

Shard

BTW it's "Didi" (not Did). Too early to buy shares as they seem to be privately funded, but if they continue to grow an IPO would give investors a chance to own some shares in that mob. Might have to be through a China fund though, not sure if non-nationals can own Chinese stock?

GarryP

Actually their taxi drivers get about $176 pw, but it's not the point. First, China wants to own new technologies; any and all new technologies, such the big new multinationals aren't US they are Chinese. Look at the patent situation sometime. And second, autonomous vehicles are a great way of controlling the populous and making sure what they consider undesirables go only where they want. Get in a car for Beijing and end up in Tibet.

ozzieeagle

Pure Typo, I've been following their progress for 2 years now. They are planning to build Autonomous vehicles themselves.

I currently use their ride share in Melbourne.

Shard

Cool. What's their Melbourne ride share?

Wol

Interestingly I have just read an article in New Scientist about robotics' current progress: it refers to the NTSB's prelim report on the car that killed the pedestrian at night - apparently the brake pedals were programmed to be inoperative when the car was autonomous because "it made the ride more jerky"!

ozzieeagle

Its just called Didi rider....

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...obal.passenger

Shard

Thanks. Is Uber in Oz too?

ozzieeagle

Yes and Ola and Taxify.....same drivers get jobs from all apps, so they register with all 4. However one of the apps generally has a special discount on from time to time.

Uber Pool stops about 300 meters south of us at Bell Street (Which also doubles as Melbournes Hipster proof fence) , Which means I can get a shared ride, with people who are either already in the vehicle or picked up along the way for as little as 6 bucks from the CBD 8ks to the south of us.