The US Department of Defense has declared that BYD, Nio, CATL, Baidu, and some other large Chinese manufacturers and technology companies are “Chinese military companies” — they have been put on the Department of Defense’s Section 1260H. NIO, an all-electric vehicle company that sells EVs in Europe and other countries … [continued]
We typically report on Waymo and other US-based robotaxi companies, but one of the biggest robotaxi services in the world is Baidu’s Apollo Go. It first launched fully driverless robotaxis in China on July 20, 2022, and was the first company to launch them there. Now we have news that, … [continued]
A handful more partnerships between robotaxi companies and ride-hailing apps have popped out in recent days and weeks. Baidu x Lyft & Uber in London First of all, we’ve got Baidu partnering with Uber and Lyft in London. Uber and Lyft testing of the Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi system is … [continued]
Robotaxis continue to roll out and land contracts in more and more places around the world. China’s Apollo Go, a Baidu Inc. company, has now gotten a foothold (or tirehold) in a new market. PostBus, the public transportation arm of Swiss Post, is going to use the autonomous driving company. … [continued]
An Apollo Go robotaxi may have just fallen into a construction pit while in service in China, but the robotaxi business is still continuously expanding, including in Europe. Baidu (“China’s Google”) is the parent company of Apollo Go (“China’s Waymo”). It has done a pretty good job of expanding its … [continued]
We’ve got a couple of stories this week regarding robotaxis that might indicate a little bit of a pumping of the brakes on the robot revolution. Perhaps they are no big deal in the long run, but they are not exactly positive surprises. Robotaxi Falls Into Construction Pit Social media … [continued]
Uber has been doing its best to stay alive and on top in the face of a transition toward fully autonomous robotaxis. The ride-hailing app has been partnering with robotaxi leaders to get an exclusive launch role in city after city. In Austin, you can only get a Waymo through … [continued]
I wrote earlier this year that Baidu’s Apollo Go is likely to be the first profitable robotaxi service in the world. The service continues to expand in the meantime, or in its march toward profitability. Now, news is that Apollo Go robotaxi testing will begin in Hong Kong, near the … [continued]
In the USA, naturally, most discussion of robotaxis centers around Waymo, Cruise, and Tesla. And perhaps increasingly Zoox. However, on the other side of the world, there’s a different robotaxi service making a lot of progress and getting a lot of attention. That would be Baidu Apollo Go. For those … [continued]
If you’ve been following autonomous vehicle development, you’ve probably come across this chart that tries to compare the systems (which the poster on X/Twitter was re-using as a joke, so don’t go heckle him!). It was seriously posted by the people mentioned in this article, though. Using vague descriptions like … [continued]
