Deployment
Apollo RT6 at Chongqing
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 · 1 source · not yet field-verified
Operator: Baidu (Apollo Go). Chongqing received China's first fully-driverless commercial robotaxi permits alongside Wuhan in August 2022. Initial fee-charging robotaxi service operated in a designated ~30 sq km area of Chongqing's Yongchuan District (9:30am-4:30pm). One of Apollo Go's founding fully-driverless commercial markets.
Key facts
- Service type
- Fully-driverless commercial robotaxi
- Permit
- China's first fully-driverless commercial permit (Aug 2022, with Wuhan)
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-05-26
- Model
- Apollo RT6
- Company
- Baidu
- Location
- Chongqing
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2022-08-08
- ID
c1a4bc4f-8183-4f9e-9efb-c5da8fe75f7d
Verifications (0)
No verifications recorded yet.
Sources (1)
- Chongqing fully-driverless commercial permit, Yongchuan District service area · https://www.aol.com/news/baidu-bags-chinas-first-fully-022310539.html · 2022-08-08
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