According to foreign media reports, Wu Enda, Baidu's chief scientist, revealed in an interview with foreign media on Tuesday that Baidu will begin testing its self developed driverless cars in the United States, and will launch commercial models as early as 2018.

This is of great significance to Baidu. In recent years, Baidu has been hoping to make some achievements in the field of driverless cars. At this stage, it is trying to promote this plan with the help of its technology research and development center in Silicon Valley. At the same time, Wu Enda also said that Baidu is working hard to strengthen cooperation with the U.S. government, which is also taking place in the United States Driverless car Necessary prerequisites for road test.

Wu Enda has carried out similar research in Stanford University and Google, and is very familiar with driverless systems. He is also the co-founder of online learning company Coursera. Wu Enda joined Baidu in 2014. He currently leads a team of 160 people in Sunnyvale, California, many of whom are specialized in the research and development of driverless cars. Baidu announced at the end of 2015 that it would enter the field of driverless vehicles.