Meet The Chinese Robotaxi Doing 250,000 Rides Per Month

Meet The Chinese Robotaxi Doing 250,000 Rides Per Month

Apollo Go is the Chinese-made robotaxi completing hundreds of thousands of self-driving trips weekly, and it's set to expand globally.

China's Baidu says weekly robotaxi rides hit 250,000 — same as Alphabet's Waymo this spring

In the race to prove to regulators and investors that robotaxis have a viable track record, Baidu's Apollo Go is claiming orders on par with Waymo.

China's Baidu says it's running 250,000 robotaxis a week — same as Alphabet's Waymo did this spring

In the race to prove to regulators and investors that robotaxis have a viable track record, Baidu's Apollo Go is claiming orders on par with Waymo.

Baidu's Apollo Go matches Waymo as Chinese firms make robotaxi push

Baidu’s driverless taxi service has reached a new high point in its operations, with weekly rides now topping 250,000 orders, the company announced through its Apollo Go unit on October 31. The figure puts the Chinese tech giant on equal footing with Waymo, the self-driving car company backed by Google’s parent Alphabet. Waymo reported similar numbers for its weekly paid rides in the United States back in late April. When asked for updated figur…

China's Baidu says number of weekly robotaxi rides reaches 250,000 – same as Alphabet's Waymo this spring

Chinese technology company Baidu announced Monday that it can sell some robotaxi rides without human staff in the vehicles. Baidu BEIJING — Like Baidu is ramping up its robotaxi operations globally, weekly driverless rides have now surpassed 250,000 orders as of Oct. 31, according to a spokesperson for Apollo Go, the company's self-driving car unit. […]