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Robotaxis in China

Tuesday, 7/7/2026·96 words·1 min read

In Beijing, robotaxisrobotaxisL1机器人出租车robotaxis drive on the roads. There is no driverdriver/ˈdraɪvər/L1开车的人,司机a person who drives a car inside. People use an appapp/æp/L1手机上的应用程序,软件a program on a phone that you use to do something to call a carcarL1用于在缆车铁路上运送乘客或货物的交通工具a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway. The car comes by itself. Then it takes people to a place.

China makes many electricelectric/ɪˈlɛktrɪk/L1用电的,电动的using electricity to work cars. Now it wants to make robotaxisrobotaxisL1机器人出租车robotaxis too. This is hard because robotaxis must be safesafe/seɪf/L1安全的,没有危险的not dangerous; protected from harm. Bad weatherweatherL1大气条件,包括温度、风、云层和降水等方面the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation can stop them. Snow and rain can confuse their camerascamerasL1相机cameras.

Some people think robotaxisrobotaxisL1机器人出租车robotaxis are good. Old people can use them. But others worry about safetysafetyL1成功地击中棒球,使击球手能够安全到达垒位的动作the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely. A robotaxi once broke down in China. The doors lockedlockedL1上锁的locked and people could not get outoutL1在棒球比赛中,击球手或跑垒员未能安全到达垒位的失误a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball.

Robotaxis in China

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