Smart roads, not just cars. This country’s plan for safe driving!

Along a four-kilometer (2.5-mile) road in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, the autonomous bus makes round trips, stops, bypasses previous obstacles, accelerates and decelerates, depending on information it constantly receives from its environment, by integrating sensors, cameras and radars that speak to the vehicle, And on the road, traffic lights, traffic signs and other infrastructure.

The site, used by telecommunications equipment giant Huawei Technologies and its partners, is part of China’s first national smart and connected vehicle project.

China wants to make traffic smoother and more secure, while ensuring that domestic companies like Huawei take advantage of the huge opportunity to provide the infrastructure. From what was reported by “Bloomberg” and seen by “Al Arabiya.net”.

“Autonomous driving is an irresistible trend, but not every single car alone can overcome obstacles,” said Jiang Wangqing, head of Huawei’s information and communication technology division. “The only solution is to get more information about the routes.”

The vehicle, named X-Bus, is connected to a transmission control network that sees and decides everything that happens on the test route. Two-way communication: The bus is constantly sending information to the network and can make requests such as appropriate traffic lights to help it stay on schedule.

Shenzhen-based Huawei – whose main business faces global pressure after being described by the United States as a threat to national security – is targeting new areas of growth such as transportation.

Instead of building its own smart car – billionaire founder Ren Zhengfei and other senior executives have said that is not the goal – Huawei wants to provide the communications equipment and software needed for the intelligent vehicles.

China, the world’s largest auto market, wants smart vehicles with at least some automation to account for more than 50% of new car sales by 2025, according to the national technology roadmap presented in November.

The plan also highlighted the need for an infrastructure that allows vehicles to connect to the Internet and to each other.

The focus is on increasing safety – one person is currently killed in a traffic accident in China every eight minutes. Using its technology, Huawei aims to provide vehicles, drivers, pedestrians and other road users with more accurate and real-time information about traffic, weather conditions and potential hazards.