The Chinese search engine giant is the sixth company to win permission to test without a driver behind the wheel. The permit allows it to test three autonomous vehicles on specified streets in Sunnyvale, Calif.
The automaker delivered 499,647 vehicles in 2020, up 61 percent year over year but just missing CEO Elon Musk’s goal of 500,000.
The automaker benefited from remarketing used cars, a segment bolstered by consumers seeking alternatives to public transport and what the company called “focused” management of inventories.
The automaker is cutting production at its Wolfsburg car plant and two components factories because of microchip supply bottlenecks.
Disney Cruise Line has officially taken April sailings off the board, joining other cruise lines pushing any return to sailing amid the coronavirus pandemic until at least May.