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California Regulatory Agency website shows that DiDi Research America LLC has been approved to test self-driving cars on public roads in California (requires drivers). This is the 53rd company that has received a test license, Previously, Tesla, Ford, Apple And many other companies have obtained license plates.
In March of last year, Didi announced the establishment of the Didi American Research Institute in Silicon Valley, California, focusing on the development of two core areas of big data security and smart driving.
The American Academy is led by Gong Fengmin, deputy director of the Dripping Research Institute. The main topics of the American Academy include cloud security, deep learning, human-computer interaction, computer vision and graphics, smart driving and other areas of technology development and application.