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Tech Insider: Baidu’s First ‘Robot’ Electric Car, BYD Establishes Self-Driving Venture

A Baidu smart car sits on display at a trade conference in Beijing on Sept. 3. Photo: VCG

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Baidu’s first ‘robot’ electric car targeted for mass-production in 2023

Jidu Auto, a smart electric vehicle joint venture of Baidu Inc. and Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., will start mass production of its first ‘robot’ electric car in 2023, Baidu CEO Robin Li said at the company’s annual developers’ conference Monday.

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