Baidu Apollo Go 萝卜快跑
China’s oldest large-scale robotaxi operator, now testing in London and targeting Germany with Uber and Lyft partnerships.
At a glance
Europe status
Baidu Apollo Go: 4 — Customers / operations
Rated only on confirmed evidence listed below; status 2026-10-26.
Evidence for the Europe status
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Since July 28, dozens of purpose-built Chinese robotaxis have been driving through the London borough of Brent — with safety operators aboard, and with two American ride-hailing giants competing to put passengers in them.
Apollo Go: Baidu’s Robotaxi Veteran Is Testing in London — and Aiming at GermanyLyft — which bought the German taxi app Freenow for $197 million precisely for this purpose — intends to deploy Apollo Go vehicles across European markets, with the UK and Germany first in line.
Apollo Go: Baidu’s Robotaxi Veteran Is Testing in London — and Aiming at GermanyIts international map now spans South Korea, Hong Kong, Dubai, Kazakhstan — and, alongside London, Switzerland.
Apollo Go: Baidu’s Robotaxi Veteran Is Testing in London — and Aiming at Germany
What we know
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Apollo Go is the oldest large-scale robotaxi operation in China — Baidu has been at autonomous driving since 2013, longer than Waymo has offered public rides.
Apollo Go: Baidu’s Robotaxi Veteran Is Testing in London — and Aiming at GermanyIts cumulative ride count has passed 23 million, and its fleets have driven more than 350 million autonomous kilometres — over 240 million of them fully driverless — across a global footprint of 28 cities, per Baidu’s Q2 2026 disclosure.
Apollo Go: Baidu’s Robotaxi Veteran Is Testing in London — and Aiming at GermanyIn Wuhan it operates one of the world’s largest driverless fleets in one of the world’s most chaotic traffic environments, and its international map now spans South Korea, Hong Kong, Dubai, Kazakhstan — and, alongside London, Switzerland.
Apollo Go: Baidu’s Robotaxi Veteran Is Testing in London — and Aiming at GermanyThe London vehicles are RT6s — Baidu’s sixth-generation, purpose-built robotaxi, designed without the assumption of a driver and manufactured at a unit cost that stunned the industry when it was announced at under $30,000.
Apollo Go: Baidu’s Robotaxi Veteran Is Testing in London — and Aiming at Germany
Key number
23 million
cumulative rides
Source: our reporting — “Its cumulative ride count has passed 23 million, and its fleets have driven more than 350 million autonomous kilometres — over 240 million of them fully driverless — across a global footprint of 28 cities, per Baidu’s Q2 2026 disclosure.”
Products and models
Products: Apollo Go robotaxi service, RT6 robotaxi vehicle
Models: RT6
European partners: Uber, Lyft, Freenow
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Apollo Go: Baidu’s Robotaxi Veteran Is Testing in London — and Aiming at Germany