Didi autopilot: KargoBot mass production freight model approved to carry out self-driving truck road test in Beijing

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues about the past. CTOnews.com October 8 news, "Didi self-driving" official account announced yesterday evening that recently, Didi self-driving freight KargoBot pre-loaded mass production L4 trucks were allowed to carry out open road tests on the open roads in Beijing, and obtained the road test notice of self-driving trucks in the leading area of Beijing Intelligent Network Union Automobile Policy.

▲ source Didi autopilot it is reported that the acquisition of the notice needs to go through a series of processes such as closed test site verification, autopilot ability assessment and expert review.

KargoBot adopts a hybrid intelligent mode, in which a driver drives an L2 pilot vehicle to lead a number of L4 self-driving trucks in a team to improve the logistics and transportation efficiency of various complex scenarios in short, medium and long distances.

At the beginning of 2022, the rear-loaded model of KargoBot won the license of Beijing Intelligent Network connected Road Test. Compared with the rear-loaded models, the front-loaded mass-produced models put forward higher requirements for the technical research and development strength of enterprises and the landing of self-driving technical solutions. At the same time, the front-loaded mass-produced models meet the vehicle specification standards in terms of safety and technical reliability, and can also achieve large-scale production at a lower cost.

CTOnews.com Note: the so-called "front loading" and "rear loading" roughly means as follows:

Front outfit: provided in advance to automobile manufacturers, integrated with vehicles, and provided to consumers.

Afterloading: there is no relevant configuration of the vehicle itself, which needs to be installed in the future.

According to reports, recently, Beijing-Taiwan Expressway, Daxing Airport North Expressway and some sections of Daxing Airport Expressway have been added in Beijing for road testing of self-driving trucks. KargoBot will also conduct self-driving truck loading tests on highways open in Beijing.