Baidu's driverless tech to power Walmart delivery: CES 2019

Chinese platform finds way into US despite trade war

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California-based autonomous delivery start-up Udelv will launch a service based on Baidu's Apollo open-source platform this year. © Reuters

COCO LIU, Nikkei staff writer

LAS VEGAS, U.S. -- Chinese search engine giant Baidu will soon see its driverless technology used in Arizona for the likes of Walmart, in the latest example of Chinese technology finding its way into the U.S. market, despite ongoing trade tensions between the two countries.

Udelv, a California-based autonomous delivery startup, announced that it had built a self-driving operation system using Baidu's open-source Apollo platform at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Later this year, the company will start serving Walmart and other retail giants with delivery vans powered by the technology.

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