On January 11, baidu announced the formal establishment of a smart car company to enter the automotive industry as a vehicle manufacturer. Geely Holding Group will become a strategic partner of the new company.

It is understood that the newly established Baidu automobile company will face the passenger car market, allowing users to buy more extreme intelligent electric vehicles.

According to the introduction, baidu automobile company will focus on the whole industrial chain of intelligent car design and development, production and manufacturing, sales and service, inherit Baidu's strong artificial intelligence and Internet technology genes, make use of Apollo's leading automatic driving ability, give full play to its 8-year experience in the field of automobile intelligence, reshape the form of intelligent car products, and become a reformer in the era of intelligent travel.

Baidu automobile company is independent of the parent company system and maintains independent operation. (Ding Guangsheng)

Source: Netease technology report, translated by Baidu