A Chinese city that failed to attract people has become a sandbox for machines.
Ordos, a coal-rich northern Chinese city that never took off after prices crashed in 2012, has attracted more than a dozen autonomous vehicle companies seeking risk-free testing environments. Its wide, well-paved roads and minimal traffic provide a real-world laboratory where self-driving vehicles can operate without endangering pedestrians or navigating complex traffic.
Ordos’ transformation from property…

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