Baidu announced plans to build the world’s largest autonomous ride-hailing service area in 2023. The announcement came during a celebration of Apollo Day, Baidu’s autonomous driving tech event. The plan outlined a goal to expand the operation area for Baidu’s fully driverless robotaxis, allowing Baidu to reach more potential customers. Additionally, Baidu revealed a series of new technology breakthroughs including an AI big model built for autonomous driving perception, high-definition autonomous driving maps, a closed-loop autonomous driving data system, and the successful end-to-end adaptation of AI chips for autonomous vehicles. Since August, Baidu has already rolled out fully driverless ride-hailing services in the cities of Chongqing and Wuhan, with access to hundreds of square kilometers of operation area. Based on this position, Baidu will continue to expand its operation area next year to build the world’s largest service area for fully driverless robotaxi service. Currently, Baidu’s autonomous ride-hailing platform Apollo Go covers more than 10 cities in China. In Q3 alone, Apollo Go has completed more than 474,000 rides, up 311% year over year, and a 65% increase compared to last quarter. In first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai, each robotaxi on Apollo Go can provide 15 rides a day on average, nearly the same daily ride average of typical online ride-hailing car services. By the end of Q3, the accumulated rides provided to the public by Apollo Go have reached 1.4M.
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