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Chinese Pilot Project Could Bring Electronic Tracking To All Cars


Ron Burgundy
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Pedestrians walk across a bridge as cars travel along a main road on a hazy day in central BeijingBy Jake Spring BEIJING (Reuters) - The southern city of Shenzhen became the first in China to issue electronic IDs to 200,000 vehicles as part of a pilot project that could eventually allow the real-time tracking of all cars, the state-owned company providing the technology said. The first batch of IDs was issued to eight types of vehicles including heavy duty trucks, vehicles for carrying hazardous materials and school buses, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASC) said in a statement which was also posted on Wednesday on the website of the central government agency that oversees state-owned companies. If successful, the project will be expanded to all private cars in the city, the statement said.




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