Former Shouqi Car-hailing CEO Wei Dong joins Baidu Apollo

On May 11, Baidu Apollo announced the appointment of personnel: Wei Dong, the former CEO of Shouqi Car-hailing, officially joined Baidu as vice president of Baidu’s intelligent driving business group and chief safety operation officer of Baidu’s intelligent driving business group, and will lead Baidu Apollo Commercial operation of shared unmanned vehicles. Baidu Apollo also announced that it plans to deploy 3,000 unmanned vehicles in 30 cities in the next three years to serve 3 million people.

Data shows that Baidu Apollo has provided open shared unmanned vehicle travel services to citizens in Changsha, Cangzhou, Beijing and other places, and has safely delivered more than 210,000 passengers. As of April 2021, the road test mileage of Apollo L4 autonomous driving has exceeded 10 million kilometers. Before joining Baidu, Wei Dong served as Vice President of Shenzhou Car Rental, CEO of Shouqi Car Rental, CEO of Shouqi Zhixing (Gofun), and CEO of Shouqi Car Rental.

Apollo also plans to deploy 3,000 autonomous vehicles in 30 cities over the next three years, serving 3 million people. After Wei Dong joins, it will further accelerate Baidu Apollo’s early realization of the large-scale deployment and commercial operation of shared unmanned vehicles.

Baidu is the first company in China to invest in the research and development of autonomous driving technology. In the past May 1st holiday, Baidu Apollo’s fully driverless “shared unmanned vehicle” has officially started normal commercial operations in some areas of Beijing, and is fully open to the public for experience.

Baidu Apollo always believes that safety is the “first day” of autonomous driving technology. Wei Dong’s years of accumulation in the field of shared travel will help Baidu Apollo to provide safe and reliable shared unmanned vehicle travel services to the outside world, making unmanned driving services more efficient. Many people live.