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Baidu and Pony.ai receive Beijing driverless robotaxi permits

Beijing authorized Baidu Apollo Go and Pony.ai to offer public robotaxi rides on open roads without a safety operator in the driver's seat, while an employee remained elsewhere in each vehicle.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM54confidence 94/100

Why it moved the index

The permits moved public driverless ride-hailing onto open Beijing roads for the first time, materially expanding consequential physical autonomy and competitive deployment. A safety employee remained in the vehicle and the service area was limited.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 54 · confidence 94

    New April 2022 public driverless deployment milestone absent from the durable corpus.

    12 Aug 2026

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