China makes significant progress toward commercial application of autonomous driving

Under the winter sun, a white sedan steadily navigated the Beijing-Taipei Expressway. As Wang Yan, chief engineer of a Level 3 (L3) autonomous driving pilot program at Chinese automaker Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd. (BAIC Group), pulled a control stalk, the adaptive cruise control mode was activated, and a blue indicator illuminated on the dashboard of the BAIC Arcfox Alpha S (L3 Edition). “The vehicle has entered L3 autonomous driving mode,” Wang explained. “The driver can remove their hands from the steering wheel and their feet from the brake pedal.”

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