Search engine Baidu confirmed it would partner with Jilly, marking the latest move by a tech company into the fast growing evey sector.

Baidu has experience in intelligent vehicles.

It's developed autonomous driving technology on online infrastructure.

The new EV company will rely on Baidu's intelligent driving capabilities on Julie's car manufacturing expertise by these move comes as many tech companies race to develop smart cars.

Apple is reportedly pushing to design an electric vehicle and batteries.

Sources told Reuters last month that it was aiming for a possible 2024 launch date.

Chinese e commerce giant Alibaba has also formed an E V venture with the country's largest automaker, S A.

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Baidu first built its autonomous driving unit Apollo in 2017 in mainly supplies technology powered by artificial intelligence on runs autonomous taxi service Go Robo taxi.