Are Elon Musk and Nvidia founder Jensen Huang besties? 10 years later, same vibe. Elon Musk agrees 'the most important thing in life is having true friends'President Trump's Beijing visit included discussions on Iran, trade, and AI, with tech leaders Elon Musk and Jensen Huang present. Their de...
15 May, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
Elon Musk faces a mix of admiration and scrutiny during his China visit with US President Donald Trump; here's whyElon Musk is in China for a summit with President Xi Jinping. He faces a mix of admiration and scrutiny. While Tesla's electric vehicles in...
14 May, 2026, 08.43 PM IST
China's view on Elon Musk? Visionary, occasional villainIn a rapidly evolving Chinese market, Elon Musk enjoys admiration and faces competition in equal measure. Tesla's groundbreaking advancemen...
14 May, 2026, 11.51 AM IST
China suspends new autonomous vehicle permits after Baidu outage: ReportChina has pressed the brakes on new permits for self-driving vehicles, marking a pivotal shift in the landscape of autonomous transportatio...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.39 AM IST
WeRide, Lenovo team up to scale 200,000 robotaxis by 2031Chinese tech firms WeRide and Lenovo are set to deploy 200,000 autonomous vehicles worldwide in the next five years. This ambitious collabo...
27 Apr, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
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 deploys robot dogs, autonomous vehicles for public security in BeijingChina has introduced robot dogs and autonomous patrol vehicles in Beijing's tech area to enhance public security. The Beijing Economic-Tech...
11 Mar, 2025, 06.55 PM IST
Beijing unveils plans to boost driverless vehicle use in capitalCompanies with large robotaxi fleets in China include Apollo Go, a subsidiary of technology giant Baidu, which plans to deploy 1,000 robota...
31 Dec, 2024, 11.01 AM 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
Robotaxi startup Pony.ai gains taxi license in China cityAccording to the company's statement, in Nansha it will start charging fares in the entire 800 square km of the district with driverless ca...
24 Apr, 2022, 03.48 PM IST
Baidu, Pony.ai approved for robotaxi services in BeijingChinese tech group Baidu Inc and self-driving startup Pony.ai have won approval to launch paid driverless robotaxi services that will see t...
25 Nov, 2021, 11.26 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
Toyota-backed startup Pony.ai raises $267 million in new funding roundThe latest funding, which comes just eight months after the company's $462 million fundraising, makes Pony.ai one of the most valuable inde...
06 Nov, 2020, 01.11 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
Snowstorms hit China; flights, bullet trains affectedHeavy snowstorms hit a vast area of north China today, slowing down bullet trains and grounding flights here besides disrupting traffic flo...
22 Nov, 2015, 07.31 PM IST