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Baidu: "Chinese Google" joins forces with Geely for the car of the future

2021-01-11T05:28:40.469Z


Chinese internet giant Baidu announced on Monday that it was teaming up with Volvo Cars' parent company Geely to produce driverless electric cars in China in the world's largest market. Read also: Apple could launch its autonomous electric car in 2024 Like their American counterparts, the main Chinese tech players have launched autonomous vehicle projects in recent years, in a context of strong


Chinese internet giant Baidu announced on Monday that it was teaming up with Volvo Cars' parent company Geely to produce driverless electric cars in China in the world's largest market.

Read also: Apple could launch its autonomous electric car in 2024

Like their American counterparts, the main Chinese tech players have launched autonomous vehicle projects in recent years, in a context of strong technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington.

Among them: Baidu (owner of the most popular search engine in China), DiDi Chuxing (passenger vehicles with driver, the “

Chinese Uber

”) or even the e-commerce giant Alibaba via the start-up AutoX.

China at the forefront

In a statement released Monday, Baidu announced that it had sealed a strategic partnership with his compatriot Geely.

The two groups will create a joint venture to produce autonomous electric vehicles.

Baidu will provide the technologies for driverless driving, while Geely will provide expertise in the design and production of the vehicles.

No timetable has been specified.

Baidu has had Apollo since 2017, a platform of specific technologies for autonomous driving.

And the internet giant launched a test at the end of last year of driverless taxis in several cities in China, including Beijing.

Geely, which acquired Volvo's automotive arm in 2010, is one of China's leading vehicle manufacturers.

China is at the forefront in the race for the car of the future, thanks to an ultra-connected population and an incentive policy from Beijing.

Manufacturers are competing to take advantage of this outlet, with their classic vehicles, but also with technologies or even specific interiors.

Source: lefigaro

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