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Chinese transportation company Didi Chuxing ( DiDi ) recently announced it is to allow customers in Shanghai to hail self-driving vehicles via an app .
Since its founding in 2012 , the company has raised over $ 20bn , with investment from the likes of SoftBank , Toyota and Apple , who contributed $ 1bn in 2016 . DiDi is best known for having bought out Uber ’ s China business , and has previously announced a partnership with the Renault – Nissan – Mitsubishi Alliance to work on autonomous vehicles .
Shanghai ’ s government has granted the company permission to test its autonomous fleet in the Jiading district of the city . 30 different autonomous vehicles will be deployed , all at level four on the SAE scale . The vehicles will still at times be piloted
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NOVEMBER 2019