Udelv test vehicles ready to be rolled out in US
US-based autonomous delivery van company Udelv is planning to roll out as many as 100 test vehicles, which leverage the updated self-driving open platform of Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc, for goods delivery in Silicon Valley and other parts of the United States this year.
"Udelv's next generation autonomous delivery van is a prime example of Apollo accelerating innovation and utility in the autonomous driving industry," said Wang Jing'ao, head of Baidu's Apollo project on the sidelines of the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Baidu has formed a partnership deal with Udelv that will see self-driving vans powered by Apollo 3.5, the first open source autonomous driving platform that can perform in complex urban and suburban driving scenarios, to offer delivery services to US retailers such as Walmart Inc.
