Chinese regulators seek to slow rollout of self-driving features in cars
Beijing under pressure to set world-leading safety and liability standards as carmakers power ahead with technology
Beijing under pressure to set world-leading safety and liability standards as carmakers power ahead with technology

US companies still lead in innovation but their Chinese rivals are speeding ahead in the deployment race

Legacy manufacturers seek to keep pace with advances in self-driving technology as the next competitive front

About 100 automakers need to be ‘pushed out’, says world’s largest electric-vehicle producer

Western groups embark on cultural shifts to slash development times and costs as competition mounts

Western executives hope ‘in China for China’ strategy will halt sales decline in world’s largest car market

Waymo and Baidu prepare to launch autonomous ride-hailing vehicles in UK capital as soon as 2026