The Google of China has unveiled its new all-electric, self-driving car
Baidu is using a new self-driving car for testing in China:
Baidu
Baidu is using a Chery EQ modified with its driverless tech for testing in China, Leo Zou, a spokesperson for Baidu, told Business Insider. The car is fully electric.
Baidu previously used a BMW 3-series modified with its driverless tech for testing. That car successfully completed an 18.6-mile route in December, where it was able to change lanes, perform u-turns, and merge on and off highways.
The Chinese internet company, often referred to as the Google of China, is planning to use its autonomous vehicles for a public, shared shuttle service. It plans to have the vehicles ready for use by 2018.
Baidu is planning to release the vehicles geographically, and is mapping routes with information like the height of traffic lights and location of curbs to successfully do so.
Baidu
Baidu is also testing its driverless cars in the US and has employees working on the project in its office in Sunnyvale, California.
NOW WATCH: Google's self-driving car has a huge problem
- Average housing prices up 10% in Jan-Mar across the top eight cities
- Top visa-on-arrival picks for Indian explorers
- 451 million voters! First four phases of Lok Sabha elections witness 66.95% voter turnout so far
- Best hill stations near Delhi to escape May's heatwave
- India to surpass Japan, become world's fourth largest economy worth USD 4 trillion, in FY25: EAC-PM member
- Nothing Phone (2a) blue edition launched
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market