Baidu's Apollo claims to have deepened cooperation with Shenzhou Car Rental to launch the world's first autonomous vehicle rental service
Baidu's Apollo has reached a deep cooperation with Shenzhou Car Rental to launch the world's first autonomous vehicle rental service, catering to the travel needs of young people. It is expected that from the second quarter of this year, both parties will jointly define the product and iterate upgrades based on user feedback, deepening cooperation in the next 3-5 years to promote the application of autonomous driving technology. Apollo's autonomous driving orders exceeded 1.1 million in the fourth quarter of last year, a year-on-year increase of 36%
China's Baidu subsidiary Apollo claims to have deepened cooperation with Shenzhou Car Rental to launch the world's first autonomous vehicle rental service.
Reuters Beijing, May 8 - China's search engine giant Baidu (9888.HK BIDU.O) announced on Thursday that its Apollo intelligent driving division has reached a deep cooperation with Shenzhou Car Rental to jointly launch the world's first autonomous vehicle rental service. This new model allows users to freely explore urban cultural landmarks and tourist attractions, "meeting the travel needs of young people who want to go at a moment's notice."
Apollo published a press release on its WeChat official account, stating that starting from the second quarter of this year, both parties will jointly define products based on specific scenarios and continuously iterate and upgrade based on user feedback. In the next 3-5 years, they will further deepen cooperation to jointly promote the application of autonomous driving technology in more areas and achieve strategic synergy across multiple fields.
At the end of November last year, Apollo obtained Hong Kong's first pilot license for autonomous vehicles. Baidu Group's previously released financial report showed that in the fourth quarter of last year, Apollo's autonomous driving service, Luobo Kuaipao, provided over 1.1 million autonomous driving orders, a year-on-year increase of 36%
