WeRide, Hyundai Motor, Hengyun Enterprises to build driverless hydrogen vehicle pilot zone

Beijing (Gasgoo)- On October 25, leading autonomous driving solution provider WeRide inked a cooperation framework agreement with Hyundai Motor’s fuel-cell arm, HTWO Guangzhou, and Guangzhou Hengyun Enterprises (Hengyun) to build the world’s first driverless hydrogen-powered vehicle demonstration zone in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

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The three parties will jointly build a driverless hydrogen vehicle pilot zone in Huangpu District and Guangzhou Economic & Technological Development District, actively creating demands for driverless hydrogen fuel-cell sanitation vehicles and other engineering vehicles as well as ride-hailing services. The partners will work to advance the development, manufacturing, demonstration, promotion, and operation of autonomous fuel-cell vehicles.

Respectively, as a state-owned conglomerate focusing on energy development, Hengyun will coordinate the overall plan of the demonstration zone, lead the communications with the government of Guangzhou Economic & Technological Development District, and strive to promote the construction and implementation of the demonstration zone. 

Meanwhile, HTWO Guangzhou and WeRide will make use of their respective cutting-edge technologies in the field of hydrogen fuel cells and autonomous driving to build the world's first hydrogen-powered driverless street-cleaning vehicle, and put the vehicle into use in the demonstration area to carry out pilot operation of hydrogen intelligent sanitation service.