Huawei scraps expensive precision maps in self-driving cars

Chinese tech companies seek alternative navigation systems

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An Aito Wenjie M5 EV, at Auto Shanghai, will be the first vehicle to use Huawei's new self-driving system. (Photo by Takashi Kawakami)

TAKASHI KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writer

GUANGZHOU -- Huawei and other Chinese self-driving car companies are developing alternative technologies to high-definitions maps as the precision required for autonomous vehicles makes the mapping process prohibitively expensive.

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