china has one thing going for them, they are willing to break a few eggs to make omelettes, one of the advantages of having an authoritarian government is that public feedback doesn't mean a whole lot.
I think their strategy is to launch fully driverless taxi service in a restricted region and then gradually expand, depending on the acceptance and improvement of the system.<p>Comparatively, Tesla wants its autonomous driving feature to be usable anytime/anywhere with the condition that it might disengage and still rely on human judgement in early versions.<p>Which is more viable? I don’t know.
While Uber and Lyft are selling their autonomous driving units, Baidu launches driverless service. Have they figured out how to do it right or just regulatory?