Baidu Apollo Releases Major Product Updates to Help Manufacturers Build Smarter Cars for Tomorrow Baidu foresees that by 2026, the market penetration rate of smart car models equipped with L2+ level advanced intelligent driving solution, valet parking, highway navigation pilot and city navigation pilot will exceed 15%. Baidu Apollo City Driving Max is upgraded with “lightweight HD map”, which is 80% “lighter” compared to traditional HD maps. Baidu’s Apollo Highway Driving Pro will be deployed on Black Sesame Semiconductor’s Huashan II A1000 chip computing platform and will be officially released in Q3 this year. BEIJING, April 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ —...