Baidu wants to put a driverless car on the road later this year

Image: Corbis/ImaginechinaChinese search company Baidu is joining the race to put autonomous cars on the road with an ambitious launch timeline.The Beijing-based company — which is, in many ways, the Chinese equivalent of Google — wants to have a traditional car (featuring a steering wheel and pedal) with self-driving capabilities on the roads by...Image: Corbis/ImaginechinaChinese search company Baidu is joining the race to put autonomous cars on the road with an ambitious launch timeline.The Beijing-based company — which is, in many ways, the Chinese equivalent of Google — wants to have a traditional car (featuring a steering wheel and pedal) with self-driving capabilities on the roads by the end of 2015, according to the BBC . Baidu is reportedly working with a pre-existing automaker on this project, but didn't specifically name the brand. Baidu has worked with BMW on autonomous car technology in the past.According to data from analytics website Alexa.com, Baidu is the most
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