China's Baidu Announces ‘Apollo Air' Which Supports Self-driving Vehicles Using Real-time Data From 5G-Connected Roadside Units

China's Baidu Announces ‘Apollo Air' Which Supports Self-driving Vehicles Using Real-time Data From 5G-Connected Roadside UnitsAuthor: Eric WalzChina's tech giant Baidu is expanding its Apollo autonomous driving platform by adding vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications technology in which autonomous vehicles communicate with roadside sensors using ultra-fast 5G cellular networks. The Apollo Air project was unveiled at an academic forum hosted by AIR on May 13. The launch of Apollo Air is part of Baidu's partnership with the Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR) at Tsinghua University. The country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently laid out its official positioning for autonomous vehicles using V2X technology. Soon these autonomous Apollo vehicles might be communicating with RSUs and other infrastructure.