Baidu Plans Self-driving Taxi Tests In Europe This Year

Driverless taxis, like this Apollo Robotaxi car, are already on the roads with limited capacity in China (Credit: AFP)

Chinese tech giant Baidu plans to start testing self-driving taxis in Europe for the first time by the end of this year, a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to AFP on Wednesday.

China's tech companies and automakers have poured billions of dollars into self-driving technology in recent years, with intelligent driving the new battleground in the country's cutthroat domestic car market.