Baidu launches paid fully driverless robotaxis in two cities
Baidu received China's first permits for commercial robotaxis without an onboard safety driver and began paid Apollo Go service in Wuhan and Chongqing.
TOWARD DOOM55confidence 98/100
Why it moved the index
The permits converted fully driverless operation into paid public service across two major cities, materially expanding consequential physical autonomy. Initial fleets and operating zones remained limited.
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- R1Toward 55 · confidence 98
New August 2022 commercial fully driverless deployment absent from the durable corpus.
12 Aug 2026