Chinese search engine giant Baidu announced that its driverless car has finished road tests and succeeded in automatic driving in mixed road conditions.
The test vehicle left the Baidu building in
Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park and drove to the Olympic Forest Park via the
G7 Beijing-Urumqi highway and the Fifth Ring Road before returning via the same
route.
The vehicle reached a top speed of 100km/hr
during the test, according to the company. Baidu said the test was completed
with a driver in the car who would take control of the vehicle in case of
emergency.
Launched in 2013, the company’s driverless
car project is based on the core "Baidu car brain" technology, which
includes high-precision electronic mapping, positioning and decision-making
systems.
"Automatic driving faces challenges in a
variety of driving conditions such as bad weather and congestion," said
Wang Jin, senior vice president of Baidu.
"It is a great challenge to test in
Beijing, a city with so many complicated road conditions, but luckily we made
it," said Wang.
Baidu announced its plan to develop a
driverless car in June. It has previously worked on "semi-autonomous"
cars with German automaker BMW.
The driverless car is scheduled to make its
debut at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen Township in east China’s
Zhejiang Province from Dec.16 to 18th.
IT companies such as Google and Apple are
working with auto manufacturers including Toyota and Tesla to develop their own
driverless cars. In May 2014, Google presented a concept for a driverless car
without a steering wheel or pedals and unveiled a fully functioning prototype
in December of that year.
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