Baidu to double up Robotaxis by 2024 Q4
Local Chinese governments from Beijing to Guangzhou have allowed domestic players to operate robotaxi rides for the public. This week, the rising prominence of robotaxis in China began trending on social media.
As of Thursday morning, videos about fully autonomous driving taxi experiences were the 12th most popular topic on Douyin, Bytedance’s China version of TikTok. Baidu’s robotaxi unit Apollo Go became one of the top 10 trending hashtags on social media platform Weibo on Wednesday following reports of rapid user adoption in Wuhan city.
The company began operating fully driverless vehicles in certain districts of Wuhan, 24/7 in March. Wuhan is the largest operational region for Baidu’s Apollo Go, one of the largest robotaxi operators in China. The company has more than 500 robotaxis operating in the city and plans to increase that to 1,000 by the end of the year.
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