# Apollo RT6 at Chongqing — deployment

Canonical ID: `c1a4bc4f-8183-4f9e-9efb-c5da8fe75f7d`

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_

- **Slug:** apollo-rt6-chongqing
- **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:** [Chongqing](/locations/chongqing.md) — id `e4cf3cef-2454-4bf2-b7bc-f38b4293e049`
- **First seen:** 2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

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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