Deployment
Apollo RT6 at Wuhan
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 runs its own service). Apollo Go's largest and flagship robotaxi deployment, operating 1,000+ vehicles in Wuhan — the largest robotaxi deployment in China. Fully-driverless commercial service (Wuhan and Chongqing received China's first fully-driverless commercial robotaxi permits in August 2022). Roughly 70% of Apollo Go's Wuhan operations run without a safety driver. Wuhan is where Apollo Go reached per-vehicle profitability — ridership offsets a local taxi fare ~30% cheaper than Beijing/Shanghai. The deployment has been progressively expanded in operating area, fleet size, and hours.
Key facts
- Fleet
- 1,000+ vehicles (largest in China)
- Service type
- Fully-driverless commercial (~70% driverless)
- Permit
- China's first fully-driverless commercial permit (Aug 2022)
- Unit economics
- Reached per-vehicle profitability
Incidents on record (1)
- Apollo Go robotaxis in Wuhan stranded passengers in service-wide malfunction2026-03-31 · Malfunction
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-05-26
- Model
- Apollo RT6
- Company
- Baidu
- Location
- Wuhan
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2022-08-08
- ID
83760238-bea0-4248-a420-c6147e7ac8b4
Verifications (0)
No verifications recorded yet.
Sources (2)
- 1,000+ vehicles, largest China deployment, per-vehicle profitability, 70% driverless · https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/global-robotaxi-race-heats-up-between-us-and-chinese-rivals.html · 2025-11-20
- Wuhan — China's first fully-driverless commercial robotaxi permit · https://www.aol.com/news/baidu-bags-chinas-first-fully-022310539.html · 2022-08-08
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