Overview:
China has enacted legislation to accelerate autonomous vehicle deployment, giving impetus to the rollout of robotaxis across several Chinese cities.
- Apollo Go, WeRide and pony.ai are leading the race for technological development and rollout of robotaxi fleets across China.
- Faster deployment and scaling up of robotaxi fleets is the next challenge. We look at how the key players in China are gearing up.
Ever since China’s Ministry of Transport brought guidelines in December 2023 for the commercial operation of autonomous vehicles, putting the country ahead of the US, we have seen a proliferation of several robotaxi players, including Baidu’s Apollo Go, WeRide and pony.ai
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Murtuza Ali
Murtuza is a Senior Analyst at Counterpoint Research based out of the UK. In Counterpoint, he closely tracks the Automotive Industry and Markets with a focus on pivotal technologies such as Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Software Defined Vehicle, Infotainment & Digital Cockpit, Mobility and Connectivity. He started his career at Tata Motors developing Electric Vehicles graduating into Strategy roles. His most recent experience prior to joining Counterpoint Research has been as a Consulting Manager at the Transport & Mobility consultants Ricardo UK. He holds an Executive MBA from Warwick University, MSc in Automotive Systems Engineering from Loughborough University and a BEng. in Automobile Engineering from Mumbai University.
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