Germany’s Robert Bosch will collaborate with Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc and domestic mapping firms AutoNavi and NavInfo Co Ltd on automated driving projects, the engineer said in a statement on Wednesday. The deal marks a push by the firm in China’s autonomous vehicle market and follows a self-driving tie-up it made with Daimler AG’s (DAIGn.DE) Mercedes aimed at accelerating the production of “robo-taxis” last month. China issued a self-driving “roadmap” late last year, with the aim of having highly or fully autonomous vehicles on sale in the world’s biggest auto market by as early as 2021.
