Baidu Dominates Chinese Autonomous Driving Tests
The company logged 95,442.6 autonomous miles on the streets of Beijing, according to a recent report from the city.
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What Changed In The EV Industry In 2018?
The electric vehicle (EV) industry was booming in 2018. It was the most booming year of a booming decade for EVs. Below is a long, long rundown of notables changes in the industry in 2018.
800 International Journalists Show Up To See Byton At CES 2019
Talk about a massive showing — today, at CES 2019, close to 800 international journalists came to hear about Byton’s announcements. The international startup said it was on track again to produce the M-Byte by the end of 2019 and revealed another display for the front passenger.
BYD Pushes Into Autonomous Tech With New Qin Pro Developer Edition
BYD took to the stage in Shenzhen, China, on September 5th at its Worldwide Developer Conference to share its plan for autonomous mobility for the years ahead. BYD launched its new D++ open-source autonomous vehicle technology platform, which was released with a special developer edition of BYD’s Qin Pro.
Pony.ai Racing To Top Of Chinese Self-Driving Startups For Funds Raised
China is a market leader in terms of electric cars, but that’s just one of the emerging trends in the automotive world. Autonomous technology is quickly transitioning from science fiction into state-of-the-art science and Pony.ai is raising funds to push it closer to reality.
Baidu Builds 100th Autonomous Bus Ahead Of New Mobility Service Launch
Baidu is doing what Apple should have done but didn’t — build a Level 4 autonomous driving platform to sell to vehicle manufacturers. The Chinese company has been developing its self-driving platform called Apollo for the past several years but has no desire to manufacture vehicles. So far, it has 116 clients for Apollo, including Jaguar Land Rover, Valeo, Byton, Leopard Imaging, and Suning Logistcs.
Tencent, BMW Get Approval To Test Autonomous Car Technology In China
Chinese auto manufacturers are pushing quickly to develop autonomous driving technology. Several have obtained licenses to test their systems in China, with BMW being the first foreign company to obtain such a license.
Baidu Given Permission To Begin Testing Self-Driving Vehicles In Beijing
The government of China’s capital of Beijing has given the tech giant Baidu the go ahead to begin testing self-driving vehicles on city streets there.
China Issues Licenses To SAIC & NIO To Allow Self-Driving Vehicle Testing On Public Roads…
The government of China has just issued the first two licenses in the country allowing for testing of self-driving vehicles on public roads there, according to the state-owned news firm Xinhua.
GM Leads, Tesla & Apple Trail Deeply In Navigant Research Self-Driving Report
Navigant Research has issued its annual report on self driving cars. It says GM is in the lead and Tesla is in last. Does that surprise you?
