Autonomous Driving Concept Stocks Watch | BIDU-W (09888.HK) Traded Lower in the Afternoon; the "AI + Transportation" Scenario Innovation Initiative Has Received Over 100 Intelligent Driving Project Applications

NewTimeSpace News: On September 29, 2026,BIDU-W(09888.HK) weakened. As of 14:09, it quoted HK$84.40 per share, down 1.34%.

In terms of news, on September 28, Hello Hitch and Baidu Maps announced a partnership. The product capabilities of Hello Hitch have been fully integrated into Baidu Maps. Hello Hitch stated it will continue to adhere to an open strategy and open its ride-hailing product interfaces to more platforms, AI portals and third-party applications.

According to Securities Times Network, the press conference for the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference was held in Beijing on September 28. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Transport and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, the conference will run from October 21 to 23 at the Beijing Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center in Yizhuang, Beijing.

Relevant parties released the latest progress on the commercial deployment of intelligent connected vehicles and regional coordination at the press conference. Weng Youling, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Transport, said that the "AI + Transportation" typical application scenario innovation initiative has received more than 100 applications for intelligent driving projects covering highways, ports, mining areas and other sectors. Nearly 70% of the projects are led by enterprises. Further steps will be taken to expand intelligent driving application scenarios and improve digital and intelligent infrastructure support.

BIDU-W (09888.HK) Focuses on the R&D of L4 autonomous driving algorithms and the commercialization of unmanned Robotaxis. Leveraged by the ERNIE foundational model and optimized by the Qianfan compute base, its "Apollo Go" autonomous ride-hailing service has achieved large-scale, normalized commercial operations across multiple core cities in China, with cumulative autonomous test mileage exceeding hundreds of millions of kilometers. Through high-frequency, high-confidence real-world road test data cleansing, the company continues to solidify the most robust data asset and algorithmic moat within the HKEX autonomous driving sector.

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