Lyft & Apollo Go to Go After Europe

Final Up to date on: tenth August 2025, 01:33 am

An Apollo Go robotaxi might have simply fallen right into a development pit whereas in service in China, however the robotaxi enterprise continues to be constantly increasing, together with in Europe.

Baidu (“China’s Google”) is the dad or mum firm of Apollo Go (“China’s Waymo”). It has carried out a fairly good job of increasing its robotaxi providers in China and past in recent times. Like Waymo’s been doing, Apollo Go retains rolling out its robotaxis in new markets. Additionally, like how Waymo has been partnering with Uber in new cities, Apollo Go is now partnering with Lyft (and in addition typically Apollo Go).

Apollo Go will reportedly launch robotaxi providers in Europe in 2026 by way of the Lyft community. This sort of partnership is clearly seen as one of the best ways — financially and time clever — to broaden robotaxi providers. Simply obtained on the apps individuals are already utilizing!

Preliminary European markets the place Apollo Go will launch its Sixth-generation robotaxis are Germany and the UK.

The businesses wish to collectively add a number of thousand robotaxis to European roads within the coming years.

“This collaboration with Lyft to launch autonomous ride-hailing in Europe, beginning with Germany and the UK, is a serious milestone in Apollo Go’s globalization technique,” stated Robin Li, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu.

For another latest Baidu tales, see:

Baidu & Uber Associate to Launch 1000’s of Robotaxis

Apollo Go Robotaxis Launch In Hong Kong.

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