Baidu boss under investigation for travelling in self-driving car

The CEO of Chinese search engine and mapping service, Baidu, is reportedly under police investigation following reports that he took one of the company’s self-driving cars to a technology conference.
July 7, 2017 Read time: 1 min

The CEO of Chinese search engine and mapping service, Baidu, is reportedly under police investigation following reports that he took one of the company’s self-driving cars to a technology conference.

Robin Li was in the passenger seat when made a video call to the conference in Beijing. A company employee was allegedly in the driver’s seat with his hands off the wheel. The city’s current traffic regulations do not allow self-driving cars on public roads.

Baidu is currently developing a self-driving car and announced at the conference that it had formed an alliance with 50 partners, including five Chinese automakers, TomTom and Ford to develop the cars.

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