*** Title Baidu tests self-driving system in N China *** Highlights Chinese internet giant Baidu has conducted road tests for three cars equipped with its "Apollo" autonomous driving system in north China's Yangquan City. Click to find out how the tests are going and why they are significant. *** Subtitles & Soundbites Three self-driving vehicles hit the road in Yangquan, N China's Shanxi Province The cars are equipped with Baidu's "Apollo" autonomous driving system A steep slope, diverse signal light indications, and complicated road conditions... The test road is challenging for the cars The test data will provide strong support for autonomous driving application services SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SHI QINJUN, Project manager "By modifying the roadside equipment and integrating with the system platform, the project aims to achieve this kind of road-vehicle infrastructure cooperative system. The roadside equipment could transmit some information on the road to the platform, including the traffic light signals or if there's a vehicle on the road." A demonstration area for the self-driving vehicles is expected to be completed in September this year
