Testing Begins on Driverless High-Speed Rail in Advance of 2022 Beijing Olympics
Although we're still years away from the 2022 Winter Games, China has already begun testing a driverless high-speed rail system that will be put in place around the Beijing region in time for the Olympics. China Railroad corporation conducted the automated test using a high-speed train leaving Shenyang, Liaoning bound for Heishan, Hebei on the Beijing-Shenyang railway line last Thursday. Similar to trials currently being conducted on self-driving cars, a human driver is requi