{"id":335343,"date":"2017-03-09T06:33:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T22:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/03\/08\/didi-chuxing-mountain-view-research-facility\/"},"modified":"2017-03-09T06:33:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T22:33:42","slug":"apple-backed-didi-chuxing-to-open-autonomous-driving-research-facility-near-cupertino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apple-backed-didi-chuxing-to-open-autonomous-driving-research-facility-near-cupertino\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple-Backed Didi Chuxing to Open Autonomous Driving Research Facility Near Cupertino"},"content":{"rendered":"
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese-hailing company that Apple invested $1 billion in<\/a>, is opening an artificial intelligence lab in Mountain View, California, reports Recode<\/a><\/em>. The lab will focus on intelligent driving systems and AI-based security for transportation, confirming Didi Chuxing’s interest in self-driving vehicles.<\/p>\n

The facility, located less than 10 miles from Apple’s two Cupertino campuses, is one of Didi Chuxing’s first locations outside of China. Its location in Mountain View gives Didi Chuxing a better opportunity to recruit key autonomous driving talent, most of which is concentrated in the Bay Area. Google, Uber, Apple, and hundreds of other startups are nearby.<\/p>\n

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Didi Chuxing has already poached two high-level employees from Uber and Google. Charlie Miller, the engineer who hacked and stopped a jeep remotely is joining Didi from Uber, while Jia Zhaoyin, a senior software engineer at Waymo, comes from Google.<\/p>\n

Apple invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing<\/a> back in May 2016, and there has been speculation that the investment could lead to a deeper partnership between Didi Chuxing and Apple in the future as Apple is also working on self-driving technology.<\/p>\n

Didi Chuxing is the largest ride-hailing company in China, having purchased Uber’s Chinese operations<\/a> in July 2016.<\/p>\n

Rumors originally suggested Apple would develop its own autonomous electric vehicle, but Apple shifted focus last summer and is now said to be aiming to create an autonomous driving system<\/a> that would perhaps allow it to partner with car manufacturers or ride-hailing companies like Didi Chuxing in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Didi Chuxing, the Chinese-hailing company that Apple invested $1 billion in<\/a>, is opening an artificial intelligence lab in Mountain View, California, reports Recode<\/a><\/em>. The lab will focus on intelligent driving systems and AI-based security for transportation, confirming Didi Chuxing’s interest in self-driving vehicles.<\/p>\n

The facility, located less than 10 miles from Apple’s two Cupertino campuses, is one of Didi Chuxing’s first locations outside of China. Its location in Mountain View gives Didi Chuxing a better opportunity to recruit key autonomous driving talent, most of which is concentrated in the Bay Area. Google, Uber, Apple, and hundreds of other startups are nearby.<\/p>\n

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Apple CEO Tim Cook<\/a> with Didi Chuxing president Jean Liu<\/em><\/center>
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\nDidi Chuxing has already poached two high-level employees from Uber and Google. Charlie Miller, the engineer who hacked and stopped a jeep remotely is joining Didi from Uber, while Jia Zhaoyin, a senior software engineer at Waymo, comes from Google.<\/p>\n

Apple invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing<\/a> back in May 2016, and there has been speculation that the investment could lead to a deeper partnership between Didi Chuxing and Apple in the future as Apple is also working on self-driving technology.<\/p>\n

Didi Chuxing is the largest ride-hailing company in China, having purchased Uber’s Chinese operations<\/a> in July 2016.<\/p>\n

Rumors originally suggested Apple would develop its own autonomous electric vehicle, but Apple shifted focus last summer and is now said to be aiming to create an autonomous driving system<\/a> that would perhaps allow it to partner with car manufacturers or ride-hailing companies like Didi Chuxing in the future.<\/p>\n

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