Bosch launches its automated driving initiative in China

“Automated driving will only be possible with high-precision maps,” says #bosch board of management member Dr. #rolfbulander. Together with China's Baidu internet group, #bosch puts an automated test vehicle on Chinese roads. In 2016, #bosch Mobility Solutions in #china grew much more quickly than the market, with sales growth of 23.5 percent. At Auto Shanghai, #bosch is presenting its solutions for its vision of the stress-free, accident-free, and emissions-free mobility of the future. Collect press release Download press release Shanghai – In order to get automated driving off the ground in #china, a promising concept is still needed for how to generate high-precision, up-to-the-minute maps. #bosch wants to change this and has signed a collaboration agreement with the Chinese internet group Baidu and the map providers AutoNavi and NavInfo. Together, the four partners are working on a solution that will let them use information collected by Bosch’s radar and video sensors in vehicles to generate and update maps. “Automated driving will not be possible without high-precision maps – not in #china and not anywhere else in the world either,” says Dr. #rolfbulander, member of Robert #bosch GmbH’s board of management and chairman of the Mobility Solutions business sector, in the run-up to Auto Shanghai. #bosch is pursuing an open, standardized approach. Automated vehicles will use the data collected by #bosch sensors to determine their own location, which is essential for automated driving. This data will be compatible with the three partners’ map data. #bosch, AutoNavi, Baidu, and NavInfo want to present their solution before the end of the year