Baidu is considered China’s Google thanks to the many similarities between the two companies, and just like the American version, the one from the People’s Republic has automotive ambitions too. But unlike Google, which funds the driverless ride hailing service Waymo in order to gain insight into autonomous vehicles, Baidu wants to build and sell cars, albeit not under its own name, but a new brand specifically created for the purpose.
This new brand is called Jidu and we got a sneak peek at its style and philosophy when it was announced a few months back, but now we finally see its first production vehicle, the Robo-01. Well, almost a production vehicle, since Jidu says it is about 90 percent representative of the finished product, so this is basically the vehicle that will enter production in 2023.
