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ZF to develop chassis for Baidu's smart EV brand Jidu

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Jidu released the image of its first concept car in January. (Baidu)
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By:
Yang Jian
February 24, 2022 02:04 PM

German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen will assist Jidu, a smart electric-vehicle brand of Chinese self-driving technology developer Baidu, to develop chassis and other components.

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