China's Geely builds satellites to guide autonomous vehicles

Spacecraft will power communication and navigation network

20211004N Communication satellite

Geely plans to use satellites to send vast quantities of information to self-driving vehicles.

SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has started manufacturing satellites to create a high-precision navigation network that will guide self-driving cars. 

Mass production has begun in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, marking an entry by China's largest privately owned automaker into a field long dominated by the military.

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