{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/didi-autonomous-driving-said-to-close-over-3-million-funding-round/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"DiDi Autonomous Driving said to close over $3 million funding round","slug":"didi-autonomous-driving-said-to-close-over-3-million-funding-round","createdLocal":"2021-06-02 14:31:01.669009","publishDate":"None","feedName":"Connected Car","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"http://autonews.gasgoo.com/icv/70018285.html"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>Shanghai (Gasgoo)- DiDi Autonomous Driving, the self-driving technology arm of Didi Chuxing (DiDi), is about to raise over $300 million, of which $200 million will be invested by GAC Group, according to a local media outlet.\nPhoto credit: DiDiThe new funding will value DiDi Autonomous Driving higher than Chinese autonomous driving startup Pony.ai, said a person briefed on the matter.\nApart from GAC Group, DiDi Autonomous Driving also works with BAIC Group.\nDiDi launched its autonomous driving project in 2016 and upgraded it to a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2019.\nFor the time being, DiDi Autonomous Driving has been permitted to test autonomous cars on open roads in Beijing, Shanghai, Hefei, Suzhou, and California.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"didi-autonomous-driving-said-to-close-over-3-million-funding-round"}}}