When did the relationship between ByteDance and the car begin?

The relationship between ByteDance and automobile began as early as 20 17. In 20 17, while applying for "Byte Car", today's headline split auto channel independently, launched a car-knowing app, and re-entered the personalized recommendation engine into the field of car content. ?

In May 2020, ByteDance was exposed by the media that an Internet of Vehicles team was being formed. At that time, ByteDance also responded that "it did happen" and was doing some exploration to satisfy the user experience of the car scene. ?

In addition, in the past few years, ByteDance also sent a team to visit the industrial chain enterprises such as Great Wall Motor and Yi Cartoon, a car networking company under Geely Automobile. At the same time, it also invested $30 million to participate in Li's C round of financing.

Jietiao secretly invests in autonomous driving startups.

Previously, Zhiche School reported that ByteDance had secretly invested in canoe Zhihang, an autonomous driving startup, with an investment of at least $25 million. At present, Dragon Boat No.1 launched by canoe Zhihang has landed in Suzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan and other cities, and launched the first 5G unmanned bus project in Suzhou and the first unmanned bus monthly card in Shenzhen. This year, the country's first driverless bus will be listed.

Since the beginning of this year, Internet companies such as Baidu, Xiaomi and Didi have successively announced that they will build cars, which has caused considerable pressure on other Internet companies. ByteDance is also expected to accelerate the pace of building cars, and is expected to formally enter the automobile industry soon.