According to exclusive news from Reuters, Baidu is considering entering the electric vehicle field and has held preliminary talks with Geely, GAC, and FAW, but no decisions have been made yet.
Earlier on December 8, Baidu held the Apollo Ecological Conference in Guangzhou, releasing the ANP (Apollo Navigation Pilot) and officially launching the Apollo MaaS platform for autonomous driving in Huangpu district. The platform includes a fleet of four vehicles, including self-driving taxis, buses, inspection vehicles, and operation vehicles.
Additionally, Baidu Apollo received the first five unmanned road test notifications issued by the Beijing Autonomous Driving Test Management Joint Working Group and signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the People’s Government of Jiading District, Shanghai to build an “Artificial Intelligence Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone Operation Project,” which will deploy a large-scale Robotaxi fleet in Jiading.
Baidu’s recent actions indicate its ambitions in the intelligent automobile sector. Currently, according to Reuters sources, Baidu has declined to comment on car-making rumors, GAC said it has established a strategic partnership with Baidu, but cooperation is still under discussion; Geely said it is not aware of the matter, and FAW did not respond.
🔗Source:Reuters
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