Chinese autonomous driving startup AutoX has launched a “gigafactory” in Shanghai, which it says is the largest data hub for self-driving car data in China and the biggest robotaxi operations centre in Asia.

The 80,000 square feet Shanghai RoboTaxi Operations Center houses tools for operating a large fleet of self-driving cars, the company said in a statement on Friday.

It will also serve as a big datacentre, collecting and storing data gleaned from daily operation of the fleet and from simulation cloud computers running non-stop for virtual tests, AutoX added…

The launch of the new operations centre comes after AutoX announced in September that Shanghai authorities had granted it approval to launch a fleet of 100 self-driving ride-hailing cars in the city’s Jiading district. Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing platform, also received approval to operate self-driving cars in Jiading…
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