Baidu, China’s largest search engine, has signed an agreement with BMW to provide its search services in some of the German automaker’s vehicles.
BMW and Baidu will work to develop a platform that will enable car owners to read email, views maps and other information in their vehicles in China, Baidu said in a statement cited by Reuters.
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“We hope that no matter what kind of terminal they use, people will be able to use Baidu’s ‘box’ to easily find the information they want,” Zhang Dongchen, a senior Baidu executive, said.
Baidu said it had received invitations from other automakers to collaborate on this front but did not give more details, the news agency reported.
