Be careful, Europe — the self-driving robotaxis are coming. Chinese language web big Baidu and rideshare firm Lyft plan to deploy Apollo Go RT6 vehicles in Germany and the UK beginning subsequent yr.
The businesses mentioned that pending regulatory approval, the preliminary rollout will probably be adopted by scaling up hundreds of robotaxis throughout “key European platforms by way of the Lyft platform.”
Lyft has solely lately entered the European market with its acquisition of Freenow, announced in April.
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US markets together with Phoenix, Austin and San Francisco have already got robotaxi companies from corporations together with Waymo and Tesla. Uber recently announced a worldwide plan to deploy robotaxis with Lucid and Nuro beginning subsequent yr.
For the robotaxi rollout, Baidu will probably be offering AI expertise by way of its Apollo Go model, however prospects utilizing the service can be hailing rides by way of Lyft’s app and community.
