Robotaxi

The first deployments are expected to take place later this year in Asia and the Middle East, using Apollo Go's sixth-generation robotaxi.

TrendForce predicts that China's robotaxi market will reach $44.5 billion by 2035, about 900 times its current size.

Baidu plans to launch its Apollo Go robotaxi service in Singapore and Malaysia as early as this year, expanding the business to Southeast Asia, according to Bloomberg.

WeRide's first robotaxis will start commercial operations with safety officers and fully driverless testing in Dubai this year, with fully driverless commercial operations set to start in the first quarter of 2026.

WeRide will begin robotaxi pilot operations on the Uber platform in the coming months and plans to launch commercial robotaxi operations in Saudi Arabia within 2025.

Initial supervised trial runs are set to launch in 2025, followed by fully driverless operations in 2026.

Baidu CEO said he sees a clear path to profitability for Apollo Go.

WeRide began fully unmanned robotaxi pilot operations in Abu Dhabi, creating the first purely unmanned robotaxi fleet in the Middle East.

Baidu plans to launch its Apollo Go robotaxi service in Switzerland and plans to set up a local company there in the coming months.

The partnership is expected to first launch in a key market in the Middle East later this year.