Chinese search giant (or megalith?) Baidu and BMW have officially signed a deal to push forward joint research on driver-less cars. Their goal is to have a semi-autonomous car on the roads in 3 years time which would integrate into Baidu's online services, such as navigation.
BMW says since the cars have been extensivly tested in Germany, they need to now branch out and put them on the road in urban centers in China, specifically Shanghai and Beijing. Of course this would require detailed road and traffic data, which Baidu is perfectly positioned to provide.
Whats the name of the project? '
Vision Zero' to indicate that they want to have 0 accidents.
You can see some of BMWs highlights of their driver-less cars from the 2014 CES (Consumer Electronics Show), which we have highlighted here:
http://www.2addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=931890
Source: BMW,
Forbes