Baidu announces autonomous car partnership

Posted on 17 Oct 2017 by Michael Cruickshank

Chinese web services company Baidu has announced that it plans to partner with a local auto manufacturer to build autonomous cars.

A Baidu self-driving car. Image courtesy of Baidu. Reportedly the company will work with state-owned Chinese carmaker BAIC to produce a number of self-driving cars with the first models being ready by 2019. According to statements by the company, the models released in 2019 will feature so-called ‘Level 3 Autonomy as…

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