Challenge to Waymo! Baidu Launches Apollo Go in the Global Robotaxi Race and Rapidly Catches Up!

With 250,000 weekly rides, Baidu's (BIDU) robotaxi service Apollo Go rivals Alphabet's Waymo, sending a clear battle message across the Pacific. The Chinese tech giant, long more than just a search engine, relies on a combination of proprietary AI, high safety standards, and global expansion. With new projects in Australia and Switzerland, as well as its AI model Ernie X1.1, which competes with GPT-5 and Gemini, Baidu demonstrates that the next round in the race for autonomous mobility has already begun and is being decided on a global scale. Baidu...