Roadstar.ai to build self-driving vehicle fleet

Artificial intelligence startup Roadstar.ai has announced plans to produce more than 1,000 self-driving electric vehicles by 2020 and to expand its presence in overseas markets, such as Japan, Europe and North America.

The company has already obtained a license to test its self-driving cars on open roads in California, the United States, and will be granted licenses to test its driverless cars in two Chinese cities next month, said Tong Xianqiao, founder and CEO of Roadstar.ai.

"We will modify 50 self-driving passenger vehicles in China, collaborate with original equipment manufacturers to produce 200 self-driving vehicles equipped with our autonomous driving solutions in 2019, and launch 1,500 pre-assembled self-driving electric vehicles by 2020," Tong said.