Lyft and Baidu Plan to Launch Robotaxis in Europe Next Year

Be careful, Europe — the self-driving robotaxis are coming. Chinese language web big Baidu and rideshare firm Lyft plan to deploy Apollo Go RT6 autos in Germany and the UK beginning subsequent 12 months.The businesses stated that pending regulatory approval, the preliminary rollout will probably be adopted by scaling up 1000’s of robotaxis throughout “key European platforms by way of the Lyft platform.”Lyft has solely just lately entered the European market with its acquisition of Freenow, introduced in April. Watch this: Waymo’s Sixth-Gen Electrical Robotaxis at CES 2025
02:14 US markets together with Phoenix, Austin and San Francisco have already got robotaxi providers from firms together with Waymo and Tesla. Uber just lately introduced a world plan to deploy robotaxis with Lucid and Nuro beginning subsequent 12 months. For the robotaxi rollout, Baidu will probably be offering AI know-how by way of its Apollo Go model, however prospects utilizing the service can be hailing rides by way of Lyft’s app and community.