Baidu plans self-driving taxi tests in Europe this year


A filepic of a driverless car by Apollo Go, Baidu's robotaxi service, driving past another Apollo Go robotaxi parked on the side of a road, in Wuhan, China. A source confirmed to AFP that Baidu will set up a local entity in Switzerland in order to begin tests there before the end of 2025. — Reuters

SHANGHAI: Chinese tech giant Baidu plans to start testing self-driving taxis in Europe for the first time by the end of this year, a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to AFP on May 14.

China's tech companies and automakers have poured billions of dollars into self-driving technology in recent years, with intelligent driving the new battleground in the country's cutthroat domestic car market.

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