A Baidu and BMW collaboration to develop self-driving cars has resulted in the successful test run of an autonomous, or driverless, vehicle on the streets of Beijing.

The car, a modified BMW Series 3, completed a 30 kilometer (16.8 mile) test run on a variety of roads and under “complicated road conditions” without any human assistance.

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Baidu said the car “successfully executed driving actions” including turning left and right, making U-turns, decelerating when detecting vehicles ahead, changing lanes, passing other cars and merging into traffic from on-ramps. During the test drive, the car reached speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour).

Despite the successful test drive, however, Baidu has yet to announce a release date for the vehicle.

Baidu joins a growing list of companies that includes Google, Tesla, and Apple looking to be the first to release a consumer ready self-driving car. Although Baidu hasn’t been testing autonomous cars as long as Google, the Chinese tech giant has been investing in companies and hiring top personnel to help catch-up.

One notable partnership is a Finnish mapping startup, which Baidu has invested $10 million in. Called IndoorAtlas, the service captures road data in 3D which is said to be accurate within a few centimeters.

Baidu has also galvanized the company’s AI department by hiring Google’s former AI chief, Andrew Ng, to head its AI center in Silicon Valley.