Didi to apply for driverless vehicle tests in Hong Kong this year

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Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing will apply to test autonomous vehicles in a Hong Kong urban area this year, a government adviser has revealed, saying trials should eventually expand to cover more new development areas.The announcement followed a visit to Didi’s Beijing headquarters last Wednesday by Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan and a group of lawmakers.Gary Zhang Xinyu, a member of the Transport Department’s working group on promoting autonomous vehicle...