Baidu robotaxi outage in Wuhan caused by 'system failure', police sayAt least 100 Apollo Go vehicles were affected, a traffic police officer said in a video published by Shanghai-based news outlet The Paper....
01 Apr, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
Baidu robotaxi falls into construction pit in China, raising safety concernsVideos circulating on Chinese social media showed a white vehicle bearing a Baidu Apollo logo at the bottom of what appeared to be a constr...
08 Aug, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
China's Baidu to deploy robotaxis on rideshare app LyftBaidu plans to launch its robotaxis on rideshare app Lyft in Germany and Britain in 2026. It did not specify which other countries the cars...
04 Aug, 2025, 05.41 PM IST
China is testing more driverless cars than any other countryAcross China, 16 or more cities have allowed companies to test driverless vehicles on public roads, and at least 19 Chinese automakers and ...
15 Jun, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
Tesla upgrades in-car navigation software in China, introduces lane-level guidanceTesla introduced new features in its in-car navigation system in China, including displaying lane markings on maps. Baidu, the map supplier...
07 Jun, 2024, 05.30 PM IST
Baidu wins permit to offer driverless robotaxi service in BeijingWith the permit, Baidu's Apollo service will deploy 10 fully autonomous vehicles in a technology park developed by the government of Beijin...
17 Mar, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
Chinese search giant Baidu unveils steering-less autonomous carThe new vehicle will possess autonomous Level 4 capabilities that need no human intervention.
22 Jul, 2022, 08.55 AM IST
China's Baidu to launch paid driverless ride-hailing services in BeijingBaidu's driverless Apollo Robotaxi, to be launched in the Chinese capital's Shougang Park, will operate without a safety driver behind the ...
29 Apr, 2021, 12.33 PM IST
Baidu's Jidu Auto to invest $7.7 billion in 'robot' smart carsXia Yiping said on Friday that the funding would come from Baidu and other investors and Jidu would aim to launch its first electric vehicl...
23 Apr, 2021, 04.02 PM IST
China's Baidu to create an intelligent EV company with automaker GeelyGeely will also be a strategic investor in the new company, which will be an independent subsidiary of Baidu.
11 Jan, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
Baidu plans smart EV company, to make cars at Geely plant: SourcesChina's Baidu Inc plans to form a company to make smart electric vehicles (EV), two sources familiar with the matter said, with manufacturi...
08 Jan, 2021, 12.23 PM IST
Ford, Baidu join forces to develop smarter cars in ChinaThe No.2 US automaker said it would develop new in-vehicle infotainment systems and digital services based on Baidu's voice-interaction sys...
27 Jun, 2018, 07.17 PM IST
China's Baidu and German firms plan to make self-driving carsChina's Baidu will cooperate with the two German firms - automotive suppliers Bosch and Continental AG in smart - on self-driving systems a...
03 Jun, 2017, 03.41 PM IST
China's Baidu to mass-produce driverless cars in 5 yearsPresident Zhang Yaqin said Baidu will carry out road tests of driverless cars in 10 Chinese cities, with the aim to commercialise the techn...
28 Jun, 2016, 01.50 PM IST
China's Baidu to invest in taxi-hailing app UberUber said earlier this month it raised funding valuing the company at $40 billion, propelling it into the ranks of the world's most richly ...
14 Dec, 2014, 02.57 AM IST
China's Baidu works on a self-driving car conceptBaidu, a Chinese search giant, revealed to The Next Web that it's working on its own concept that sounds like it will make a lot more sense...
01 Aug, 2014, 11.11 AM IST
Baidu working on self-driving carsBaidu, the most popular search engine in China, has revealed it is also working on automated vehicles.
28 Jul, 2014, 03.55 PM IST