Baidu is the sixth company approved to test fully driverless cars in California
Image: Baidu Baidu has gotten the green light to test fully autonomous vehicles on public roads in California.
The Chinese search giant is the sixth company to receive a fully autonomous testing permit from the state's Department of Motor Vehicles (the others being Cruise, Waymo, Nuro, Zoox, and AutoX). Currently, 60 companies have an active permit to test autonomous vehicles with a safety driver in California.
Baidu is the leading Chinese company in the autonomous vehicle space
Baidu, which already spent years working on self-driving technology, is the leading Chinese company in the autonomous vehicle space. Last September, the company demonstrated its Level 4 fully autonomous vehicles at its developer conference, Baidu World. In December, Baidu r...