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Baidu Apolong
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BaiduApolong

2017 – present People's Republic of China Autonomous car 1 production year
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Production2017 – present
Recorded originPeople's Republic of China
ClassAutonomous car
Background

The Apolong, sometimes referred to as the Baidu Apollo project, is a driverless vehicle developed by Baidu, King Long and a consortium of more than 40 companies.

Text adapted from “Apolong” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology2017–open

Source includes an open interval; the explicit year list contains observed starts and closed segments only.

Wikipedia infobox ↗1 year
Production timeline

2017 – present

2017
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