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| | <br>BEIJING, June 8 (Reuters) - Baidu's electric vehicle (EV) arm Jidu Auto on Wednesday launched a "robot" concept car, the first vehicle to be revealed by a Chinese internet company.<br> <br>The concept car, which is free of door handles and can be fully controlled via voice recognition, was launched through an online press conference held on Baidu's metaverse-themed app Xirang.<br> <br>Jidu, an EV venture controlled by Baidu and co-funded by Chinese automaker Geely, plans to mass produce the model, which would be 90% similar to the concept car, in 2023.<br> <br>The 'robot' EVs will possess autonomous Level 4 capabilities that need no human intervention as well as utilize Qualcomm's 8295 chips, which will enable users to access voice assistance offline when internet connection is poor.<br> <br>Baidu's EV-making plan comes as tech companies around the world race to develop smart cars after Tesla's success in commercializing electric vehicles.<br> <br>Besides equipping the vehicle with autonomous driving software technology powered by Baidu, Jidu will also build two lidars and 12 cameras alongside the car.
Lidars are detection systems, similar to radars, which use pulsed laser light rather than radio waves.<br> <br>"The Jidu robocar aims to meet users' needs for intelligent travel ... and intelligent cabin in the new era," said Joe Xia Yiping, Jidu chief executive, adding "the ultimate goal is to realize a fully driverless transportation experience."<br> <br>Jidu cars will target users who like cutting-edge technologies, Luo Gang, head of operations at Jidu, told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.<br> <br>The EVs will be manufactured in Hangzhou Bay in China's eastern city of Ningbo, where Geely has several plants.<br> <br>Jidu has hired ex-Cadillac designer Frank Wu as its head of design, and Wang Weibao, a former member of Apple Inc's EV initiative Project Titan, as its head of intelligent driving.<br> <br>Jidu's first model will be priced above 200,000 yuan ($29,914.59), Baidu chief executive Robin Li said on a conference call last month.<br> <br>Smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp and Didi Global are among other Chinese tech giants who are pursuing auto-making ambitions.<br> <br>($1 = 6.6857 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Yingzhi Yang and Alessandro Diviggiano; Editing by Bernadette Baum)<br>
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| | Lewis Hamilton will race five more years and chase an eighth Formula One world championship, according to Mercedes boss mahong toto (https://heylink.me/mahongtotoo/) Wolff.<br> Hamilton, 37, signed a two-year extension at the start of the 2022 season.<br> The British driver has a record 103 career wins but none since December 2021 in Saudi Arabia.
His seven F1 titles are tied for the most all time with Michael Schumacher.<br> "I am absolutely certain that Lewis can win the eighth world title with us," Wolff told reporters Tuesday.<br> "He is not going to go elsewhere, and if we can provide a car that is competitive and he can fight for wins, he is going to win more titles. For him, retirement is still far away. But he asks himself, `Am I still happy with my performances?' And once he comes to the conclusion that he is not, he will be the first one to say that is it."<br> Wolff said he has "no doubt" about extending Hamilton's contract past 2023.<br> "Just last week we sat down and (Hamilton) says, `Look, I have another five years in me, how do you see that?'" Wolff said.<br> Hamilton ranks sixth in the current F1 standings with 170 points.
Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen leads the pack with 341 points.<br> --Field Level Media<br> |
