Deployment
Apollo RT6 at Beijing
Baidu's sixth-generation autonomous robotaxi — a purpose-built battery-electric vehicle (cross between an SUV and a minivan, with a detachable steering wheel) built on Baidu's Apollo Galaxy / Xinghe self-driving platform. Manufactured by Baidu without relying on a third-party automaker, at roughly 204,600 RMB (~$28,600) per vehicle — about half the cost of the prior generation. Powers Apollo Go's fully-driverless commercial ride-hailing service across Chinese cities and international markets.
Apollo RT6 by Baidu · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
Operator: Baidu (Apollo Go). Apollo Go operates robotaxi service in Beijing — it became the first brand in the capital to offer driverless ride-hailing to the public (Oct 2020), and received Beijing's first license to test fully-driverless vehicles (no safety operator) on public roads in December 2022. Part of Apollo Go's core domestic operations.
Key facts
- Service type
- Driverless commercial robotaxi
- Milestone
- First public driverless ride-hailing in Beijing (2020)
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-05-26
- Model
- Apollo RT6
- Company
- Baidu
- Location
- Beijing
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2022-12-29
- ID
aa80e27d-2bdb-4d16-a192-1340bc1bec0d
Verifications (0)
No verifications recorded yet.
Sources (2)
- Apollo Go operations in Beijing · https://carnewschina.com/2025/11/13/baidus-apollo-go-robotaxi-leads-global-autonomous-driving-with-17m-orders-targets-profit-this-year/ · 2025-11-13
- Beijing's first fully-driverless test license (Dec 2022) · https://seekingalpha.com/pr/19067821-baidu-to-add-200-fully-driverless-robotaxis-to-fleet-in-2023-aiming-for-worlds-largest-fully · 2022-12-29
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