Mission
To Make Cars Smarter, To Make Travel Easier
Vision
To become a leader in the global intelligent driving industry, and to collaborate with partners to provide customers with the most trusted products and services
The Most Active Open Platform for Autonomous Driving in the World
Baidu began to develop autonomous driving in 2013 and launched Apollo, the world's first open platform for autonomous driving, in 2017, marking the global intelligent driving field's entry into an ecosystem-driven development.
After years of development, Apollo's autonomous driving technology has been applied to various scenarios and maintains a leading position in the industry in terms of technological maturity, commercialization scale, and ecosystem influence.
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Globally Leading in Patent Innovation
As of February 7, 2025, Baidu has amassed over 5,500 autonomous driving patent families, with the highest number of high-level autonomous driving patent families globally.
Baidu's high-level autonomous driving ranks first globally in both the scale and strength of its patent portfolio. This marks the third consecutive year that Baidu has topped the global rankings in terms of the number of high-level autonomous driving patent families, demonstrating the leading position of Baidu's autonomous driving technology worldwide.
