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Robotaxis are taking over China’s cities. What are they actually like to ride?

11.07

The driver’s seat was empty and the steering wheel was turning on its own. Sitting in the back of a Pony.ai robotaxi in Shenzhen, I felt a flicker of nervousness.

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