Shanghai’s Self Driving Revolution: From Labs to Live Roads at WAIC 2025 – Telematics Wire

From robot boxing to super servers, what’s new at WAIC 2025?

This year’s World AI Conference (WAIC 2025) was hotter than ever, not just because of the 32°C heat in Shanghai, but because of the excitement within the industry during the 3-day conference in China between 26 and 28 July. Not only did Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton deliver a speech and Chinese Premier Li Qiang attend, but tickets to the event soared to over 2,000 RMB (279.56 USD) on the resale market, up from the original 168 RMB (23.48 USD). …

Shanghai’s Self Driving Revolution: From Labs to Live Roads at WAIC 2025 – Telematics Wire

News, 29 July 2025 Intro: The Dawn of an Autonomous Era At WAIC 2025 on July 26, Shanghai made history. No longer just testing, the city handed out its first wave of Level 4 autonomous driving pilot operation licenses, signaling a major leap from trial to rollout. With these licenses, eight companies and five consortia will deploy real-world autonomous vehicles—powered by millions of testing kilometers and hardened data sets. This is no small st…