Photo: A BMW, which is equipped with the autonomous platform Apollo of the Chinese company Baidu, during a presentation for autonomous driving at Tempelhof airport in the course of the 5th German-Chinese government consultations. (Wolfgang Kumm/dpa)
The German car manufacturer BMW wants to become a leading player for autonomous driving in China. The Bavarian-based firm is looking into collaborative projects for advanced driver-assistance systems with the Chinese technology corporation Baidu - the operator of the country’s largest internet search engine - announced the DAX-listed company in Munich Tuesday.
BMW will also become a member of the executive board of Baidu’s open technology platform Apollo, it said.
The two companies are striving for uniform, worldwide technology standards in order to resolve regional differences in the pace of implementation and regulations, said BMW Development Manager Klaus Fröhlich. Players are often threatened by a patchwork rug of regulations in China because of the competencies of regional and central governments.
BMW is developing technologies for autonomous driving in a separate platform with the US-based technology corporation Intel, its subsidiary Mobileye and various suppliers as partners. Joint projects with Baidu could occur in areas like data analysis and voice recognition, among others, said BMW.
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