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ArticleVolkswagen announces self-driving MaaS venture in Israel, joins Baidu Apollo consortium in China; Volvo also to collaborate with Baidu
Image: Volkswagen Volkswagen Group is to establish a self-driving Mobility as a Service (MaaS) venture in Israel with partners Mobileye and Champion Motors. It will provide a fleet of electric vehicles for the New Mobility in Israel operation; Mobileye will provide its Level 4 AV hardware, map data, ...
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ArticleDaimler restructures for Project Future, prepares for more partnerships
Image: Daimler AGDaimler AG is restructuring its business divisions in a strategy which will see the reassignment of over 700 subsidiaries in over 60 countries. This is described as a move making the Daimler Group “fit for the future” and, according to supervisory board chairman Manfred Bischoff, positions it ...
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ArticleBMW Group, Suning Logistics, Hyundai join Baidu Apollo open AV platform
Zhenyu Li, VP and general manager, Baidu’s Intelligent Driving Group, with Klaus Fröhlich, board member for development, BMW AG.Image: BMW AGBMW Group and Suning Logistics have both announced that they are joining Apollo, Baidu’s open, shared autonomous driving platform. Apollo, launched in July 2017, now involves 118 global partners ...
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ArticleFord China and Baidu to cooperate on AI, digital services and connectivity
Image: Ford[L-R]: Ya-Qin Zhang, president, Baidu; Tan Su, general manager, Baidu, internet of vehicles; Robert Hou, director of mobility platforms and products, Ford Asia Pacific; Peter Fleet, Ford group VP and president, Ford Asia PacificFord China and Baidu have signed an agreement to work together to enrich the consumer ...
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ArticleBMW connects with Baidu, forms JV with Critical Software
Image: BMW/GoogleBMW Connected plans to work with Baidu Internet of Vehicles on home-to-vehicle communications and expanding its digital ecosystem for Chinese customers. Services under development will include remote controls, voice controls, vehicle status monitoring from an owner’s home, and searching for travel information and route-planning.The global BMW Connected ecosystem ...
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ArticleHyundai announces partnerships with Audi, Baidu, others
Hyundai Nexo, CES Asia 2018Image: HyundaiHyundai Motor has announced a series of partnerships and joint collaborations covering artificial intelligence, autonomous driving technology, and fuel cell technology.At CES Asia 2018 in Shanghai, it outlined plans to work with Chinese start-up DeepGlint on AI, which it plans to use in four ...
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ArticleWave of AV litigation seen to be more about talent than tech
Faraday Future showed a flashy prototype at the 2016 CES in Las Vegas (Photo: Bongard)The autonomous vehicle space is seeing its first wave of litigation as players in a crowded field fight over technology, money and, above all, talent. In each case, a senior employee who has led a ...
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ArticleBlackberry, Baidu to cooperate on autonomous technology
Blackberry wants its QNX operating system to to be at the heart of autonomous vehicles (Photo: Blackberry)Blackberry and Baidu will work together to speed up the development of connected and autonomous vehicle technology.The two companies said they had signed a letter of intent to make Blackberry's QNX automotive operating ...
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ArticleBaidu appoints Microsoft exec to COO position
Qi Lu was global executive vice president at Microsoft before joining Baidu (Photo: Microsoft)Baidu has recruited a senior Microsoft executive, Qi Lu, to serve as its group president and COO.Lu, an artificial intelligence expert, will be in charge of products, technology, sales, marketing and operations at the Chinese internet ...
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ArticleHere maps to help Baidu expand outside China
Maps are considered a key building block for autonomous-driving systems (Photo: Here)Here will provide map content to Baidu to help the Chinese internet company grow its mapping business outside its home market.Here already provides content to Baidu Maps' desktop and mobile services in southeast Asia. The new agreement between ...
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ArticleAudi to offer Baidu CarLife connectivity in China
Audi will offer fast LTE connectivity with Baidu CarLife in China (Photo: Audi)Audi will adopt a smartphone connectivity system from Baidu in China to capitalize on the popularity of the country's biggest internet search engine.The German premium car maker said Baidu CarLife, as the system is called, will be ...
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ArticleReport: China's Baidu researching smart car
(Photo: Baidu)Baidu, one of China's largest internet search companies, is looking into the possibility of building an autonomous electric car, according to a Bloomberg report. The news agency cites Baidu Chief Executive Robin Li as saying the company is working with automakers on the project. He declined to name ...
