Currently, Baidu’s smart driving business is divided into two department, L3 and L4 departments in terms of the level of autonomous driving. The former provides L3 autonomous driving software service for car makers and first-tier manufacturers, while the latter is more revolutionary and focuses on developing L4 technologies.

　　Baidu is enhancing its investment in autonomous driving. On April 13th, Baidu announced to acquire xPerception, an American tech company that is dedicated to vision sensory software and hardware. CNBS commented that the acquisition would enhance Baidu’s power in the autonomous car, VR and AI sector. Many analysts at the Wall Streel showed a position attitude towards the acquisition and uplifted Baidu’s expected share price.

　　AI experts at IBM stated that Baidu is the only Chinese company that had made it into their competitiveness list.

　　At present, it remains unknown whether Chinese smart driving companies will make major leaps being supported by Baidu’s technologies and data.

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