Leaders in Technology – self-driving cars in China

AutoX Inc. is a high-tech company working on self-driving vehicles. It’s mission is to democratise autonomy and enable autonomous driving to improve everyone’s life.

Dr Xiao Jianxiong is the founder and CEO of AutoX Inc and has over 10 years of research and engineering experience in computer vision, autonomous driving and robotics.

Along with Pony.ai, AutoX recently received a robotaxi licence in California and it’s now in the process of applying for a permit to test drive without a safety driver in the US.

Chua Kong Ho, the South China Morning Post’s technology editor, speaks with Dr Xiao about what this means for the company and the future of self-driving cars in general.