The Chinese tech firm Baidu has revealed on Monday that it is looking forward to start a massive production of its driver-less car in five years. The Beijing-based tech company is putting its efforts to pull the US rivals, Google and Tesla Motors which are already in autonomous vehicle technology.
The company’s president Zhang Yaqin said that Baidu will conduct road tests of its driver-less cars in ten cities of China.
He aims to commercialise the technology in three years and start the mass production in next five years.
Baidu is marshaling the resources to advance the effort and is trying to get ahead of the search engine giant in building autonomous cars. The company’s move is seems to be a significant step towards the industry.
During the ongoing Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016, or Summer Davos, in Tianjin, Zang told a local news agency that the core technology of Baidu’s driverless cars, was the “Baidu car brain,” which includes high-precision electronic mapping, positioning, control systems, sensing and decision-making skills.
He also revealed that the firm has also completed the first road test of the vehicle under mixed conditions.
And it is further planning to conduct more road tests in various weather, road and traffic conditions in ten Chinese cities.