Baidu

• Apollo RT6

  Apollo Go

• Commercial Service Status

  Live on Uber - 2026-08-20 - Uber / New Horizon Luxury Transport - fully driverless robotaxi service - Apollo Go RT6 robotaxis became commercially available through Uber in select parts of Dubai, operated by New Horizon Luxury Transport. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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• Testing Fleet Scale

  Dozens of RT6 vehicles - 2026-07-28 - FREENOW by Lyft - supervised public-road testing - Dozens of Apollo Go RT6 vehicles began supervised public-road testing in Brent, London, with human safety operators. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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• Commercial Permit Status

  fully driverless commercial permits - 2025-11-11 - Abu Dhabi - fully driverless robotaxi service - Baidu Apollo Go and K2 AutoGo received one of Abu Dhabi’s inaugural fully driverless commercial permits and described fully driverless ride-hailing activity during Abu Dhabi Autonomous Week. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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• Deployment Start

  Operating in multiple Chinese cities since October 2024 - 2024-10-01 - public roads - Baidu states that RT6 has operated on public roads in multiple Chinese cities since October 2024. - source posture: Filing Disclosed

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Supply chain relationships

• Hesai Technology

  Inbound - Sensing Perception - Baidu selected Hesai as exclusive long-range lidar supplier for its Yichi 06 robotaxi

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• Hesai Technology

  Inbound - LIDAR - Baidu Apollo Go placed lidar orders with Hesai, disclosed in March 2026; exact models and volumes were not stated

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• RoboSense

  Inbound - Perception - RoboSense won the exclusive lidar design for Baidu next-generation Apollo Go robotaxis

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• UBTECH Robotics

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Baidu ERNIE Bot is integrated into UBTECH Walker S to support natural speech and real-time reasoning

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• Uber

  Outbound - Equipment - Baidu supplies Apollo Go robotaxi vehicles and autonomous-driving service for Uber autonomous ride-hailing deployments

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• BIDU - NASDAQ - USD

Events

• 2026-10-10 - Market Signal - GenRobot.AI adds Baidu and a Galbot subsidiary as registered shareholders

  Registered capital increased from approximately RMB193,000 to RMB10.524 million. The company develops DAS multimodal human-data capture hardware and a data-governance platform for embodied AI. The ownership update follows the August Series A led by Momenta.

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• 2026-08-20 - Deployment - Baidu launches fully driverless Apollo Go rides on Uber in Dubai

  Riders can be matched with an RT6 through UberX or Comfort, or select a dedicated Autonomous option in the Uber app. The initial service area covers select locations in Umm Suqeim and Jumeirah, with New Horizon Luxury Transport operating the fleet. The sixth-generation electric RT6 carries up to three passengers and uses more than 30 sensors for autonomous operation.

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• 2026-07-28 - Deployment - Baidu and FREENOW begin Apollo Go RT6 public-road testing in London

  The testing fleet comprises dozens of purpose-built Apollo Go RT6 vehicles. Human safety operators remain in the vehicles during the current public-road testing phase. Public passenger access is targeted for 2027 and remains subject to regulatory approval.

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• 2026-07-14 - Capability - DEEPX expands NPU integrations across YOLO, PaddlePaddle and Raspberry Pi

  The Ultralytics integration lets developers export YOLO models into DEEPX format and run them through the company’s edge-AI runtime. DEEPX and PaddlePaddle have enabled PP-OCR 5 workloads on the DX-M1 accelerator, extending the stack into industrial OCR and real-time inference. Raspberry Pi 5 provides a development and validation layer before applications move into robots, industrial cameras, edge gateways and smart-factory equipment.

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• 2026-05-18 - Market Signal - Baidu reports Apollo Go Q1 2026 ride scale

  Apollo Go delivered 3.2 million fully driverless rides in the first quarter of 2026. Cumulative public rides exceeded 22 million as of April 2026. Apollo Go reached 27 cities as of May 2026.

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• 2025-11-11 - Deployment - Baidu Apollo Go and AutoGo receive Abu Dhabi fully driverless commercial permits

  Baidu Apollo Go and K2's AutoGo announced fleet-expansion plans in Abu Dhabi after receiving one of the emirate's inaugural fully driverless commercial permits. The companies described fully driverless ride-hailing service activity during Abu Dhabi Autonomous Week. The event anchors Baidu's robotics exposure in robotaxi deployment and autonomous mobility services.

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• 2025-08-04 - Partnership - Baidu and Lyft sign Apollo Go robotaxi partnership for Europe

  Initial deployments are planned for Germany and the United Kingdom in 2026, pending regulatory approval, with a longer-term goal of scaling to thousands of vehicles across Europe. Baidu will provide Apollo Go’s sixth-generation RT6 vehicles, autonomy technology and technical support, while Lyft will manage the marketplace and operational value chain through its mobility platform. The RT6 is fully electric and uses Apollo’s Autonomous Driving Foundation Model, a 10-layer safety-redundancy architecture and a dedicated sensor suite; the European rollout remains planned rather than completed.

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• 2025-07-15 - Partnership - Baidu and Uber agree global Apollo Go robotaxi rollout

  The partners planned the first deployments for Asia and the Middle East later in 2025. After a launch, riders requesting a qualifying Uber trip could be offered a fully driverless Apollo Go vehicle. Baidu reported an operational fleet of more than 1,000 fully driverless vehicles across 15 cities at announcement.

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• 2024-07-18 - Partnership - Baidu selected Hesai as exclusive long-range lidar provider for its next-generation robotaxis

  Building off the company’s success, Hesai’s total lidar shipment volume has exceeded 380,000 units as of the first quarter of this year. Baidu is an internet tech giant that is also one of the world’s largest robotaxi service providers. As a result, lidar demand will continue to grow as more autonomous vehicle companies seek better sensor performance, safety and perception.

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• 2024-05-28 - Partnership - SIASUN and Baidu AI Cloud sign eldercare robotics partnership

  SIASUN and Baidu AI Cloud signed the strategic cooperation agreement on May 28, 2024. The companies planned home companion robots based on Baidu's ERNIE large model for companionship and monitoring. They also planned to upgrade SIASUN's community eldercare data platform and develop intelligent medical and eldercare services.

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• 2021-05-18 - Partnership - Baidu Apollo and Hesai began customization of next-generation lidar for Baidu autonomous-driving platforms

  Baidu Apollo will customize Hesai lidar for its fifth – generation robotaxi. In the next three years, Baidu Apollo plans to launch 3,000 robotaxis in 30 cities. The two parties will also collaborate on the application of hybrid solid – state lidar.

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Relationships

• FREENOW

  London Operating And Marketplace Partner - Baidu supplies Apollo Go autonomy while FREENOW supports London RT6 road testing and marketplace operations.

• Lyft

  European Autonomous Mobility Partner - Baidu and Lyft are working together to deploy Apollo Go autonomous rides in Europe.

• Uber

  Global Robotaxi Marketplace Partner - Baidu supplies Apollo Go robotaxis and Uber provides the ride-hailing marketplace for deployments including the fully driverless Dubai service.

• Abu Dhabi

  Deployment Partner - Baidu Apollo Go and K2 AutoGo received Abu Dhabi fully driverless commercial permits.

• Hesai Technology

  Qualified Robotics/autonomy Fact - Baidu selected Hesai as exclusive long-range lidar supplier for its Yichi 06 robotaxi.

• SIASUN Robot & Automation Co., Ltd.

  Eldercare AI And Robotics Partner - SIASUN and Baidu AI Cloud signed a strategic partnership for AI-enabled companion robots and eldercare services.

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Context tags

• Autonomous-driving technology stack - Stack Layer - Baidu Apollo provides an open autonomous-driving platform spanning perception, localization, planning, control, simulation, maps, and cloud services. https://developer.apollo.auto/
• Autonomous vehicle driving - Workflow
• AV autonomy software - Stack Layer