The basis of the new robomobile Baidu put model Chery eQ

Chinese giant Baidu has demonstrated a compact car with auto pilot system, which was based on the model of Chery eQ.



City Chery eQ CD debuted on the Chinese market in 2014. This little machine uses a fully electric powertrain. Power is 57 horsepower, torque 150 N·m On one charge of a block of lithium-ion batteries electric car can travel up to 200 km. a Process of filling energy from the electric grid is 8-10 hours.



Shown robomobile Baidu on the basis of the Chery eQ has a set of sensors for orientation in space. In particular, the roof mounted a special platform with lidar and different sensors. Of course, it took on-Board computer for processing the information received in real-time.



It should be noted that until now, the company Baidu has tested robotic vehicles based on the BMW 3 Series. The Chinese giant has completed testing of unmanned vehicles in various road conditions, now intends to experiment more with the drive in certain weather and traffic conditions.

In the future, Baidu hopes to use unmanned vehicles to carry passengers. It is expected that this will be possible in 2018. published

 

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