# Apollo RT6 at Beijing — deployment

Canonical ID: `aa80e27d-2bdb-4d16-a192-1340bc1bec0d`

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_

- **Slug:** apollo-rt6-beijing
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Apollo RT6](/models/apollo-rt6.md) — id `29ce99f0-cb31-489e-a802-d0beb09138ab`
- **Company:** [Baidu](/companies/baidu.md) — id `fdcac873-0717-44c1-af7b-90b2648fb567`
- **Location:** [Beijing](/locations/beijing.md) — id `4dcea30f-1b34-41af-9aa0-f1440e395b68`
- **First seen:** 2022-12-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **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
2. **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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