Dongfeng to mass-produce self-driving cars by 2020

Chinese carmaker Dongfeng Motor Corp is planning to mass-produce self-driving cars by 2020, which is part of the company's larger goal of ensuring a smart future, said a top executive.

Under the goal, the company will also cash in on driverless cars for specific areas and commercial use, such as driverless buses and trucks, with an ambitious deadline of between late 2019 to early 2020 to put them into operation, according to Tan Minqiang, NPC deputy and director for the technical center at Dongfeng Motor Corp.

"We will roll out L3 autonomous cars by 2020, and currently we are also developing L5 cars," Tan said. "It would be difficult for automakers alone to implement such a tremendous project. The whole society and all the related industries need to work together to boost its future development."