Baidu Inc. Plans to Start Mass-Production of Driverless Cars in 5 Years
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Jun 28, 2016, 07:15 PM
Key Highlights
- The Chinese tech giant aims to commercialise the technology in 3 years
- Baidu has completed first tests in mixed road conditions
- It will organise more tests in various weather, road & traffic conditions
Autonomous cars and the relevant technology has progressively become mainstream over the past few years. A considerable number of automakers and tech companies have been galloping to advance the cause of driverless cars. In April, Volvo Cars announced that it will initiate an autonomous driving trial on London's public roads in 2017. Whereas tech giants such as Apple, Alphabet (Google's parent company) along with a handful of other car manufacturers are actively seeking real estate for the development of autonomous cars.
Adding its name to the front runners for driverless cars, Chinese tech giant Baidu today pronounced its aim to initiate mass-production of driverless cars in 5 years in an endeavour to one-up US rivals like Google and Tesla Motors. Ya-Qin Zhang, President, Baidu Inc., elaborated the company's roadmap in relevance to autonomous vehicle technology, saying Baidu plans to commercialise the technology in 3 years and realise mass production in five years.
Zhang told state-run Xinhua news agency that the core technology of Baidu's driverless cars was the "Baidu car brain", which includes high-precision electronic mapping, positioning, sensing and decision-making and control systems.
While the company has already completed its first road test of automatic driving in mixed road conditions, it intends to organise more road tests in various weather, road and traffic conditions in ten Chinese cities.
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