Attendees look at a DiDi Chuxing Inc. autonomous vehicle at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. The conference runs through Aug. 31. Photo: Bloomberg

Shanghai seizes chance to showcase future mobility with robo-taxi trials

Didi Chuxing and AutoX slated to offer self-driving taxi trials in Shanghai

Topic | Autonomous driving

Sarah Dai in Beijing and Minghe Hu in Beijing

Published: 9:16am, 2 Sep, 2019

Updated: 9:16am, 2 Sep, 2019

Attendees look at a DiDi Chuxing Inc. autonomous vehicle at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. The conference runs through Aug. 31. Photo: Bloomberg

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Sarah Dai

Sarah Dai, based in Beijing, covers technology and capital flows in the world of start-ups in Greater China. Previously, she worked as financial correspondent for Caixin Media in Hong Kong for over two years and wrote for China Daily in Beijing and London.

Minghe Hu

Minghe Hu joined SCMP in 2019 covering artificial intelligence and science in China. She graduated from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.