Google, Baidu Diverge on Driverless Plans

None of this is new. These are developments over the past month.

Google now going into car insurance business and its driverless vehicles are on the roads of Mountain View, CA. 

Tesla abandons Silicon Valley dream of totally driverless vehicles, opting instead for the incremental approach adopted by traditional car manufacturers.

Unlike the traditional car manufacturers, Tesla plans on launching a totally driverless vehicle in three years. The interim incremental approach will allow hands-free driving on the highway - but require eyes on the road. That seems so dangerous and definitely sleeo inducing. http://www.industryweek.com/emerging-technologies/tesla-autopilot-car-could-hit-road-weeks

No surprise here that China's tech sector is working on driverless vehicles. Baidu, described as the Chinese Google, is planning to have an autonomous vehicle on the road by the end of the year. However, the vehicle will be driver-assisted. Baidu has not announced plans for a driverless vehicle.
http://www.hybridcars.com/self-driving-car-being-built-by-chinas-google/