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China’s Baidu and Geely partner up for smart cars – BBC News
The search engine giant and carmaker will go up against Tesla and other homegrown competitors.
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image captionA Geely electric car at the Shanghai Auto show.
Chinas search engine Baidu has announced it will partner with carmaker Geely to make smart electric vehicles (EVs).
Baidu will provide intelligent driving capabilities, while Geely will offer design and manufacturing expertise.
Geely is one of Chinas largest carmakers, and also owns Volvo and a stake in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler.
The two companies will be competing not just with Elon Musk’s Tesla, but also…
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