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Continental, Baidu sign deal on self-driving tech

Frank Jourdan, head of Continental's chassis & safety unit (left), and Mr. Qi Lu, chief operating officer of Baidu, sign the agreement in Berlin to jointly develop autonomous and connected-car technologies. (Continental)
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Edward Taylor
May 31, 2017 05:00 AM

FRANKFURT -- Continental signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese Internet company Baidu on Wednesday to develop autonomous and connected-car technologies.

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