xi's moments
Home | Motoring

​Geely Holding and Baidu launch new AI-powered EV

By Fan Feifei | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2023-10-30 10:13

Chinese carmaker Geely and tech heavyweight Baidu's joint venture launch its flagship electric vehicle called Ji Yue 01 on Friday night. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The joint venture between Chinese carmaker Geely Holding Group and tech heavyweight Baidu Inc has launched its first artificial intelligence-powered electric vehicle called Ji Yue 01.

Priced from 249,900 yuan ($34,151.8), the sports utility vehicle features level 4 (L4) autonomous driving technology, a voice-activated control system and advanced intelligent cabins. L4 autonomy means the car can drive itself in most conditions without a human driver.

It integrates Ernie Bot, Baidu's ChatGPT-like large language model, to offer AI interactive experience for intelligent vehicles. The car can go as far as 720 kilometers on a single charge.

Baidu and Geely set up a joint venture called Jidu Auto in March 2021 to focus on developing intelligent electric vehicles. The two companies announced a significant advancement in their strategic partnership in August, marking a new milestone with the introduction of Ji Yue, a premium intelligent technology brand.

Sales of NEVs in the country expanded 27.7 percent year-on-year to 904,000 units in September, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed. In the first nine months of the year, NEV sales increased 37.5 percent from a year ago to 6.28 million units, the CAAM said.

Global Edition
BACK TO THE TOP
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349