VW taps Baidu's Apollo platform to develop self-driving cars in China

FILE PHOTO: The Volkswagen logo is seen on a vehicle, New York, U.S., March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo - Copyright Shannon Stapleton(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 02/11/2018 - 14:34•Updated 24/04/2024 - 20:09

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> on Friday said it would join China's Apollo autonomous driving consortium, which was founded by Baidu, as it seeks to develop self-driving cars for the world's largest car market.

Baidu last year opened Apollo to third parties to accelerate development of autonomous vehicles in the face of stiff competition from Google's <GOOGL.O> Waymo and U.S. carmaker Tesla <TSLA.O>.