Driverless vehicles used on university campuses across China to deliver parcels

STORY: Driverless vehicles used on university campuses across China to deliver parcels DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the driverless delivery vehicle 2. various of a warehouse 3. people picking up packages 4. various of performance testing 5. various of the driverless delivery vehicle 6. various of logistics STORYLINE: Driverless delivery vehicles launched by China's courier company Cainiao Network delivered nearly 2 million parcels from Nov. 1 to 11, as online sales rose in the run-up to the "Double 11" online shopping festival. Over 700 driverless delivery vehicles, named "Xiaomanlyu" or "little donkeys," have been making deliveries since Nov. 1 on more than 400 university campuses across China. Aided by an algorithm, the vehicles can find themselves the most efficient delivery route. Each vehicle can carry about 50 packages at a time and travel 100 kilometers on a single charge. Initiated in 2009, the once-a-year