Baidu announces testing of self-driving taxi Apollo Go in Beijing, available on Baidu Maps App

With the gradual maturity of 5G networks and hardware technologies, self-driving cars have begun to become a hot topic in the industry in recent years, and its important application scenario - self-driving taxis have also repeatedly become a market trend.

Recently, Baidu announced that it has officially launched its own self-driving taxi Apollo Go in Beijing. Interested users can make an appointment to experience Baidu's self-driving taxi on the Baidu Map App or Apollo Go official website. It is reported that Baidu's self-driving taxi has a total service length of 700 kilometers, covering important business districts such as Haidian and Shunyi.

It is worth noting that in June 2020, Didi also tested its own self-driving taxis in Shanghai, which attracted widespread attention from the market once they were launched. According to Tesla CEO Musk, once L5 level autonomous driving is achieved in the future, Tesla will also turn to the self-driving taxi business.

Considering that autonomous driving will completely liberate the driver and realize centralized scheduling, this will greatly improve the efficiency of the car and will surely be of great commercial value.

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