China's Baidu Launches Autonomous Taxis in 5 Megacities, Giving Tough Fight to Alphabet
3 years, 3 months ago

China's Baidu Launches Autonomous Taxis in 5 Megacities, Giving Tough Fight to Alphabet

News 18  

The battle is on between Alphabet in the United States and Baidu in China in regards to the development, launch and rollout of self-driving taxicabs. Baidu recently announced the launch of a test program in five major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, where residents can take advantage of vehicles equipped with its Apollo autonomous driving system. Chinese company Baidu has announced the beginning of public tests of its autonomous driving technology Apollo in Shanghai through a small fleet of cabs available to be used by passengers. In Shanghai, up to 150 pickup and dropoff stations will soon be opened up to the public so that residents can “automatically" have themselves driven to residential or commercial areas, to the nearest train station or to their work via a service called “Apollo Go." Baidu is at the same stage of development and testing as Waymo, the autonomous car branch of the American company Alphabet.

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Baidu's total revenue hits $4.78b in Q3
1 month ago

Baidu's total revenue hits $4.78b in Q3

China Daily  

By Fan Feifei | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-21 19:08 The Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc reported on Thursday that its total revenue reached 33.6 billion yuan in the third quarter of this year, while the profits from its core businesses stood at 7.54 billion yuan, an increase of 17 percent year-on-year. Baidu's large language model Ernie handled about 1.5 billion …

Robotaxis — arriving at a future near you
3 months ago

Robotaxis — arriving at a future near you

China Daily  

A journalist takes a photo while riding in an autonomous vehicle in Chongqing in October. In 2015, Swedish carmaker Volvo organized a test of its hands-free vehicles traveling at 70 kilometers per hour on Beijing's Sixth Ring Road. Chinese technology giant Baidu set up its intelligent driving group in 2017, unveiling its Apollo autonomous driving plan the same year. By …

Self-driving taxi sparks discussions on challenges, limitations
5 months, 1 week ago

Self-driving taxi sparks discussions on challenges, limitations

China Daily  

A self-driving taxi, operated by Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc, operates in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Thursday. A self-driving taxi operated by Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc recently hit a pedestrian crossing against a traffic light in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, sparking heated discussions on the challenges and limitations facing autonomous driving technology, especially in complex scenarios. The Beijing-based …

Self-driving taxi sparks discussions on challenges, limitations
5 months, 1 week ago

Self-driving taxi sparks discussions on challenges, limitations

China Daily  

A self-driving taxi, operated by Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc, operates in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Thursday. A self-driving taxi operated by Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc recently hit a pedestrian crossing against a traffic light in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, sparking heated discussions on the challenges and limitations facing autonomous driving technology, especially in complex scenarios. The Beijing-based …

Self-driving taxi sparks discussions on challenges, limitations
5 months, 1 week ago

Self-driving taxi sparks discussions on challenges, limitations

China Daily  

China Daily| Updated :2024-07-12 A self-driving taxi operated by Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc recently hit a pedestrian crossing against a traffic light in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, sparking heated discussions on the challenges and limitations facing autonomous driving technology, especially in complex scenarios. Wuhan is stepping up efforts to promote the development of intelligent connected vehicles and commercialization …

Self-driving robotaxi crosses Yangtze River in Wuhan
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Self-driving robotaxi crosses Yangtze River in Wuhan

China Daily  

Baidu's robotaxi crosses a bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province. A self-driving vehicle developed by Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc has crossed two bridges over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, making the city China's first to carry out commercial autonomous ride-hailing services spanning across the river. So far, more than 20 …

Baidu and Pony.ai receive permit to offer robotaxis at Daxing airport
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Baidu and Pony.ai receive permit to offer robotaxis at Daxing airport

China Daily  

Baidu and Pony.ai's autonomous driving vehicles test on the street in Yizhuang in Beijing's southern suburb. Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc and self-driving startup Pony.ai have received permits to offer autonomous vehicle services at Beijing Daxing International Airport, a key step that indicates Beijing has become the world's first capital city to run passenger-carrying robotaxis from urban areas to the …

Baidu, Pony win permits to offer driverless robotaxi services in Beijing: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Baidu, Pony win permits to offer driverless robotaxi services in Beijing: Report

Hindustan Times  

Baidu and Pony.ai said on Friday they have won permits to provide fully driverless ride-hailing services in the Chinese capital of Beijing. A car of Baidu's driverless robotaxi service Apollo Go is seen on a road in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Baidu's Apollo service will deploy 10 fully autonomous vehicles in a technology park developed by the government of Beijing, …

China's Baidu to launch ChatGPT-style AI bot called 'Ernie'. Details here
1 year, 10 months ago

China's Baidu to launch ChatGPT-style AI bot called 'Ernie'. Details here

Hindustan Times  

China's Baidu Inc said on Tuesday it would complete internal testing of a ChatGPT-style project called "Ernie Bot" in March, joining a global race as interest in generative artificial intelligence gathers steam. The person said Baidu aims to make the service available as a standalone application and gradually merge it into its search engine by incorporating chatbot-generated results when users …

Baidu's EV firm Jidu aims to deliver 800,000 robot cars by 2028: CEO Robin Li
2 years, 4 months ago

Baidu's EV firm Jidu aims to deliver 800,000 robot cars by 2028: CEO Robin Li

Hindustan Times  

Baidu's electric vehicle firm Jidu Auto will be one-generation ahead of Tesla in terms of autonomous driving technologies, Baidu chief executive Robin Li said in a statement on Monday. Jidu aims to be to be able to deliver 800,000 of its "robot" cars in 2028, Jidu chief executive Joe Xia Yiping said in the statement. Jidu revealed its first "robot" …

This Chinese search engine will run robotaxi services across China
2 years, 4 months ago

This Chinese search engine will run robotaxi services across China

Hindustan Times  

China search engine giant Baidu Inc said on Monday it has obtained permits to operate fully driverless robotaxi services on open roads from two Chinese cities, the first of their kind in the country. The permits, awarded by the southwestern municipality of Chongqing and the central city of Wuhan, allow commercial robotaxis to offer rides to the public without human …

Baidu bags China's first fully driverless robotaxi licenses
2 years, 4 months ago

Baidu bags China's first fully driverless robotaxi licenses

The Hindu  

China search engine giant Baidu Inc said on Monday it has obtained permits to operate fully driverless robotaxi services on open roads from two Chinese cities, the first of their kind in the country. The permits, awarded by the southwestern municipality of Chongqing and the central city of Wuhan, allow commercial robotaxis to offer rides to the public without human …

Baidu plans to use detachable steering for ‘robotaxis’ in China
2 years, 5 months ago

Baidu plans to use detachable steering for ‘robotaxis’ in China

The Hindu  

China’s search engine giant Baidu Inc. on Thursday unveiled its new autonomous vehicle with a detachable steering wheel, with plans to put it to use for its robotaxi service in China next year. “This massive cost reduction will enable us to deploy tens of thousands of AVs across China,” Baidu’s chief executive Robin Li said at the Baidu World conference. …

China grants first driverless taxi permits to Baidu, Pony.ai
2 years, 7 months ago

China grants first driverless taxi permits to Baidu, Pony.ai

The Independent  

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Baidu unveils 1st fully autonomous robocar
3 years, 4 months ago

Baidu unveils 1st fully autonomous robocar

China Daily  

Baidu unveiled on Wednesday its first L5 level self-driving robocar. Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc unveiled on Wednesday its first L5 self-driving robocar with no steering wheel, and an upgraded autonomous driving service platform named Luobo Kuaipao, in a bid to speed up the commercialization of autonomous driving technology. The future cars will be the robocars, which possess L5 …

Robotaxis already safer than chauffeured vehicles, say executives
3 years, 5 months ago

Robotaxis already safer than chauffeured vehicles, say executives

China Daily  

Two autonomous Baidu vehicles run in the Shougang Park in Shijingshan district, Beijing. Xu Baoqiang, an executive in charge of Baidu's autonomous driving operations, said they have "a success rate of 99.99 percent" in dealing with different scenarios in downtown traffic, which is higher than human drivers. Baidu's robotaxi service, called Apollo Go, is now available in designated areas of …

Tech firms gear up to tap self-driving taxi services
4 years, 3 months ago

Tech firms gear up to tap self-driving taxi services

China Daily  

An Apollo autonomous bus is displayed during an exhibition in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in August. LI ZHIHAO/FOR CHINA DAILY Competition in China's autonomous driving industry has intensified as several technology companies are ramping up efforts to launch self-driving taxi services in an attempt to bolster the large-scale commercial use of such cutting-edge technology. It was the first city in northern …

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