Self-driving
Baidu said it started a paid driverless ride service in Dubai, booked through the Apollo Go app.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“has launched a fully driverless commercial ride-hailing service in Dubai via the Apollo Go app.”
What it means
Apollo Go, from Baidu, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
More on Apollo Go
- Uber began offering Apollo Go's driverless cars in its app in Dubai, at first in parts of Umm Suqeim and Jumeirah.
- Baidu reported that Apollo Go had started road tests in London with Uber and Lyft.
- A system failure made many Apollo Go cars stop in the middle of the road in Wuhan. Police said riders got out safely and no one was hurt, and the cause was still being investigated.
- Baidu said Apollo Go had given more than 20 million rides worldwide.
- Apollo Go opened driverless paid rides to the public in Abu Dhabi, with local partner AutoGo.
- Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority gave Apollo Go the city's first permit to test cars with no safety driver aboard.