'Luobo Kuaipei' Driverless Online Car-Hailing The Truth Behind the Controversy

TapTechNews July 11th news, recently the topic related to the driverless online car-hailing service of 'Luobo Kuaipei' has sparked heated discussions among netizens. There are online pictures showing that in the intelligent control center of the Luobo Kuaipei robot, there is a real person sitting in front of a screen with a steering wheel. Some netizens think that the so-called driverless online car-hailing service just moved the driver from the car to the office.

According to Phoenix.com Technology, today the customer service of Luobo Kuaipei responded that 'Luobo Kuaipei is currently self-driving and there is no human manipulation'. The customer service also said that in order to ensure the safety of passengers, some vehicles are equipped with safety officers, and fully driverless vehicles will also be equipped with itinerary specialists who will monitor in the background, and passengers can contact him through the SOS on the screen if they need.

TapTechNews previously also reported that in response to the problem of having a surveillance camera in the car, the customer service of Luobo Kuaipei replied that in order to meet the testing supervision and safety issues during the testing process, currently there is a camera installed on the vehicle, and data will not be collected, stored or used unless the customer requests to watch the surveillance video.

According to Baidu's official information, Luobo Kuaipei is an autonomous driving travel service platform launched by Baidu Apollo. Since its launch in 2021, Luobo Kuaipei has opened manned tests in 11 cities across the country including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Changsha, Hefei, Yangquan, and Wuzhen, and has carried out fully driverless autonomous driving travel services in 5 cities including Beijing, Wuhan, Chongqing, Shenzhen, and Shanghai.