BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The first group of two companies on Thursday were licensed to provide self-driving pilot services in Beijing without the presence of safety drivers.
The two companies are China's tech giant Baidu and self-driving start-up Pony.ai.
Baidu has put 10 autonomous vehicles into service in the city's economic development zone covering an area of 60 square kilometers. 30 more vehicles will be put into service in the near future.
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