Guangzhou/Wuzhen — German car maker BMW and Chinese internet giant Baidu will end their joint research on self-driving cars, executives for the two firms said on Friday, with Baidu now searching for new global research partners. Wang Jing, the head of autonomous car development at Baidu, said the company was now using cars from Ford’s Lincoln in its US testing. "I’m open for any partners, actually I’m talking to many," Wang said, speaking on the sidelines of China’s third World Internet Conference in the eastern Chinese city of Wuzhen. Tech and automotive leaders contend that cars of the future will be capable of completely driving themselves, revolutionising the transportation industry, with virtually all car makers as well as companies such as Alphabet’s Google and parts supplier Delphi investing heavily in developing the technology. The two companies had decided to end the co-operation, which involved testing in the US and China, because they held different opinions on how to pro...
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