China’s homegrown ride-hailing unicorn Didi Chuxing is trying to solve one of the thorniest problems in motoring how to profit from self-driving cars.
Car makers globally have invested heavily in creating autonomous vehicles but consumers are unlikely to buy them until the technology is proved safe in variable weather or road conditions, especially after an Uber self-driving SUV killed Elaine Herzberg on March 18 in Arizona.
“It doesn’t make sense for a consumer to buy a car to drive it only on a sunny day or during good road circulation,” said Bob Zhang, Didi’s chief technology officer, speaking at the RISE conference in Hong Kong.
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