More than 100 driverless cars in China suddenly stopped in mid-traffic due to a system failure.
Some passengers left stranded in their vehicles after driverless robotaxis stopped due to “system failure” Wuhan On Tuesday.
There is no information about anyone being injured.
A passenger told Sugar Media that their robotaxi stopped after turning a corner.
Then an instruction read on the screen: “Driving system malfunction. Crews expected within five minutes.”
According to local reports, while some passengers were able to leave their cars, others were afraid to get out as they were stuck in the middle lane with traffic flowing from both sides.
Read more from Sky News:
Scott Mills issues statement after being sacked by BBC
Trump attends Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship
The taxis are operated by Baidu, a leading Chinese internet and AI company Britain is set to bring its driverless taxis this year.
Baidu operates hundreds of robotaxis in Wuhan, which hosted an early pilot project for the company.
uber and Lyft both plan to begin driverless taxi testing with the company.
This is the first time that a large-scale closure of taxis has been reported in China.
In December, many self-driving cars san francisco The vehicle, operated by rival firm Waymo, suddenly shut down due to a power outage.
Baidu did not respond to The Associated Press news agency’s request for comment.
