Baidu’s Apollo Go Expands to 22 Cities
Baidu Inc.’s robotaxi service, Apollo Go, has expanded its operations to 22 cities worldwide, the company disclosed Nov. 3. As of Oct. 31, the service was handling over 250,000 fully driverless orders per week. Apollo Go has completed more than 17 million rides globally, with its autonomous vehicles clocking over 240 million kilometers, of which more than 140 million kilometers were fully driverless. The company said its driverless vehicles average one accident serious enough to deploy an airbag every 10.14 million kilometers and have never caused a major injury or death.
