Kill the security guard, where is Robotaxi's next stop?
Back to the origin of Robotaxi's commercial use, how do competing OEMs and travel platforms form a closed-loop industry? As an "incremental" position in the process of autonomous driving, how long will the safety officer exist? The answer to this question may soon be revealed. Waymo announced on October 8 this year that it will open a fully driverless car-hailing service to the public in the suburbs of Phoenix in the United States. Immediately afterwards, Cruise was approved to test fully autonomous vehicles on public roads in California, and announced on October 16 that it plans to send fully autonomous test vehicles without safety officers on the roads before the end of this year. In China, Wenyuan Zhixing and Baidu 's unmanned Robotaxi also hit the road. Killing the safety officer seems to be a reality overnight, but when the "True Autopilot" without the main driver really comes to us, where should Robotaxi's next stop go? Remove the safety office...