China's Baidu Plugs `Apollo 2.0' Self-Driving Platform in Vegas
- It’s set up a $200 million fund with Asia Mobility Industries
- Baidu’s still playing catch-up to Google in road-testing
Electric Cars and Autonomous Vehicles in the Spotlight at CES
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Baidu Inc. unveiled a souped-up version of its open self-driving platform, declaring rapid progress with partners from Microsoft Corp. to TomTom NV in developing autonomous cars for China and beyond.
China’s largest search engine used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to announce an upgrade for its Apollo software, which it says will allow cars to drive on some city roads day or night. It also inked a deal to employ TomTom’s maps, and set up a $200 million fund with Singapore’s Asia Mobility Industries to invest in and promote the platform in Southeast Asia.