Shenzhen to further expand autonomous driving testing roads by 89km

Beijing (Gasgoo)- The intelligent connected vehicle testing demonstration routes in the city of Shenzhen continue to expand, as revealed by the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Transport.

Pony.ai's Robotaxi in Shenzhen; photo credit: Pony.ai

Currently, Shenzhen has completed the assessment of 89 kilometers of high-speed roads for testing and demonstration purposes, including the western section of Gaoping Expressway, Shuiguan Expressway, eastern section of Nanping Expressway, and Shenzhen section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Riverside Expressway. Among these, there are 13 kilometers of highly complex road sections. These roads are slated to open for intelligent connected vehicle testing in the near future.

As of August this year, Shenzhen has issued road testing and demonstration application notices to 15 companies and 325 intelligent connected vehicles, marking a remarkable 170% increase compared to the initial implementation of the regulations in August of the previous year. 

Shenzhen has opened a total of 771 kilometers of smart connected vehicle testing demonstration roads, representing a 20% year-on-year growth. Pingshan District led the way by opening up its entire district, offering 440 kilometers of roads for testing and becoming the first to introduce pilot commercialized fully unmanned vehicle service, accumulating over 26,000 trips and exceeding 500,000 kilometers in operation.

Shenzhen aims to introduce over 100 Robotaxis and 100 autonomous buses by the end of this year. The work is currently being accelerated. In the Qianhai Cooperation Zone, plans are underway to launch four routes with a fleet of 20 self-driving buses for commercial trial applications. In Pingshan District, 50 autonomous vehicles for commercial operation have already been approved, including 20 fully unmanned taxis. Following Pingshan's pioneering case, Bao'an, Nanshan, and other districts have also planned to expand full-area opening and launch commercial autonomous driving trial applications, with the goal of having over 200 autonomous vehicles in trial operation across the city by the end of the year.