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The current closed-course self-driving vehicle demonstration facility in
Taiwan include: (1) The "Taiwan CAR Lab" in Tainan has an area of 1.8 hectares
site and it is the first closed-course self-driving vehicle demonstration facility in
Taiwan. It is mainly designed for tests of vehicles smaller than medium-sized
buses and simulation of low-speed driving less than 30km/hr under domestic
road conditions. It allows operators to test and demonstrate their products and
the general public to try out and learn about technology. (2) Phase 1 of the
Hutoushan Innovation Hub in Taoyuan has an area of 1.8 hectares and includes
the smart driving vehicle and information security IoT centers. It provides self-
driving simulation environment for multiple settings.

Specific successful cases include the creation of "Winbus", the first self-
driving electric minibus in Taiwan, by the Automotive Research & Testing Center
(ARTC) along with 18 companies. The Winbus was launched at the Ministry
of Economic Affairs in August 2019 and it is a level 4 unmanned vehicle with
a maximum speed of 50km/h and a single cruising range of 70km. Winbus
obtained the first test license plate in Taiwan permitted under the "Unmanned
Vehicles Technology Innovative Experimentation Act" in October 2019. It assisted
the operator in launching the one-year tests in the "Changbin and Lugang Self-
Driving Bus Tourism Shuttle Program" in March 2020. It has completed two
months of operations without passengers in phase 1 and it officially started phase
2 trial passenger services in mid-July 2020. After phase 2, it will begin flexible
dispatch and shuttle operation commercialization test and certification in phase 3.
The goal is to achieve commercialization and mass production in the future.

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