Jidu Auto
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| Product type | Automotive sub-brand |
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| Owner | Geely Baidu |
| Country | China |
| Introduced | 2021 |
| Markets | China |
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Jidu Auto is a joint venture between Chinese car company Geely and Baidu. Jidu Auto was founded in March 2021 as an intelligent electric vehicle company mainly focused on the development of electric vehicles and intends to release a full portfolio of electric vehicles in different segments starting in 2022.[1]
History
Originally founded in March 2021 with an investment of $300 million,[2] Jidu Auto completed a $400 million Series A financing in January 2022 from Baidu and Geely,[3][4][5]
In June 2022, Jidu Auto unveiled its first concept ROBO-01 in the form of a pre-production vehicle. The ROBO-01 rides on the Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) platform, a modular electric vehicle platform developed by Geely Holding.[6]
On December 7th 2022, Jidu Auto changed its legal name to Shanghai Mihang Automobile Co., Ltd.[7]
On February 15, 2023, Jidu Auto announced that the firm would use Baidu’s self-developed Ernie bot Artificial intelligence in its production cars as the first company to provide an interactive experience with artificial intelligence in production vehicles.[8][9]
Vehicles
The Jidu Auto vehicles will be manufactured in Hangzhou Bay in Ningbo, where Geely's headquarter and several Geely plants are located.[10]
- Jidu ROBO-01 – all electric midsize crossover.
- Jidu ROBO-02 – all electric midsize sedan.
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Jidu ROBO-01 -
Jidu ROBO-02
References
- ↑ "Jidu Auto to invest billions in electrification by 2026". electrive.com. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ↑ "Baidu's electric car brand Jidu closes $400M Series A round". techcrunch.com. January 26, 2022 – via Techcrunch.
- ↑ "Jidu Auto steps up to roll out mass-produced robocars". chinadaily.com.cn. June 8, 2022 – via Chinadaily.
- ↑ "China's Jidu Robo-1 Looks Like It's From the Future. Maybe It Is". wired.com. June 8, 2022 – via Wired.
- ↑ "Why Do We Think JIDU is a "Bad Business"". equalocean.com. July 13, 2022 – via Equalocean.
- ↑ "JIDU unveils first concept production robocar". prnewswire.com. June 8, 2022 – via GlobeNewswire.
- ↑ "Baidu's Jidu Automobile Has A New Name". carnewschina.com. December 7, 2022 – via CarNewsChina.
- ↑ "Jidu Auto to Provide World's First AI Chatbot Experience in Smart Cars". yicaiglobal.com. February 15, 2023 – via YicaiGlobal.
- ↑ "Chinese EV startup Jidu plans to use ChatGPT-like tech". cnbc.com. February 14, 2023 – via CNBC.
- ↑ "Baidu's electric vehicle firm Jidu unveils first 'robot' car". reuters.com. June 8, 2022.
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- Official website (in Chinese)
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