Chinese Internet giant Baidu and Panda Auto, an EV rental operator under the Chongqing-based automaker Lifan Group, jointly launched the China's first shared autonomous vehicle pilot program in Chongqing on May 24.
The trial operation deploys six autonomous vehicles for the public for nearly one month in the Baidu-Panda Autonomous Vehicle Demonstration Park of Chongqing's Liangjiang New Area. The scale application of these technologies will not only help users find shared vehicles with an accurate localization, but also benefit the cost cuts in off-line operation and energy replenishment.
In last December, Baidu and Panda Auto officially formed partnership in shared autonomous vehicle area. Then in January this year, Panda Auto's vehicles, equipped with Baidu's commercialized Valet Parking technology, showed up in Silicon Valley with the abilities of automatic parking and low-speed autonomous driving.
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