Hainan province launches V2X pilot operation

Beijing (Gasgoo)- On April 14th, the island province in the South China Sea, Hainan, saw its Bo’ao Dongyu Island V2X project completed and start trial operation. 

According to the Hainan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the V2X project covers two autonomous driving connection routes, one of which starts from the Bo’ao Airport to the Pelan Bridge, consisting of 13 kilometers of fully open roads, and  the other 4-km inbound route stretches from the Pelan Bridge to the Golden Coast Hotel. 

The testing area features all-around 5G connectivity, four smart bus stops, and a command center. The area also allows digital twin monitoring and control via its roadside demonstration for 5G and C-V2X. 

Primarily, there are four Robotaxis, four Robobuses, two crewless street cleaning vehicles, and two autonomous vending vehicles in use for the pilot demonstration. Notably, this is also the first large-scale pilot operation of Robotaxi and Robobus in Hainan. 

The successful launch of the V2X project signifies the province’s smart city development, progressing from automotive intelligence to multi-perceptive connectivity, with enhanced roadside intelligence technology, improved equipment perception capability, and shortened communication time lag. The upgraded technologies made such functions as blind-spot alert, and pedestrian and non-motor vehicle detection possible for autonomous driving vehicles in the testing area.