Baidu partners with Geely, Toyota in a push for Self-Driving Cars

China’s top search engine operator has joined hands with Toyota Motor Corporation and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group to cooperate on areas related to artificial intelligence amid a push for autonomous cars.

Under the partnership, Toyota and Geely have joined Apollo, an autonomous platform by Baidu.

Baidu will provide Apollo minibus to Toyota’s e-Palette vehicles in the future, and will work with the automaker to explore more uses of self-driving technologies, said vice president of Baidu.

With Geely, Baidu will cooperate in AI applications such as smart mobility and intelligent connectivity, Geely Chairman Li Shufu and Baidu CEO Robin Li said said at Baidu Create 2019.