Baidu, BMW End Driverless Car Collaboration

(Beijing) — Internet giant Baidu has concluded its collaboration with Germany's BMW in self-driving cars, less than a year after the pair formed their partnership and as Baidu tries to stay at the forefront of the ground-breaking technology in China.

BMW AG and Baidu Inc. announced their partnership last December, in a major coup for China's leading search engine as it tried to sign on big names to its new driverless car initiative. At the time, the pair said they were aiming to bring BMW's driverless cars to China within three years and were already testing them on roads near Beijing.