No specifics yet: The Baidu spokesman declined to give details on potential auto manufacturer partners for the bus project or investment amounts for the unit.
BEIJING: China's top online search firm Baidu Inc said it aims to put self-driving buses on the road in three years and mass produce them within five years, after it set up a business unit to oversee all its efforts related to automobiles.
The unit will also include its initiative in partnership with BMW AG to develop an autonomous passenger vehicle, which may also be put into mass production within five years, a spokesman told Reuters on Dec 14.
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