Be careful, Europe — the self-driving robotaxis are coming. Chinese language web large Baidu and rideshare firm Lyft plan to deploy Apollo Go RT6 vehicles in Germany and the UK beginning subsequent yr.

The businesses stated that pending regulatory approval, the preliminary rollout shall be adopted by scaling up hundreds of robotaxis throughout “key European platforms via 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 providers 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 shall be offering AI expertise via its Apollo Go model, however clients utilizing the service can be hailing rides via Lyft’s app and community.