Deployment
Apollo RT6 at Wuhan, China
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
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/apollo-rt6-wuhan-china.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/b21fc2e3-9623-449e-8ea5-c70a4c10e48b
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi service operating in Wuhan. experienced service outage in April 2026. Also operating in Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, and other Chinese cities.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Apollo RT6 at Wuhan, China.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-09
- Model
- Apollo RT6
- Company
- Baidu
- Location
- China/Wuhan, China
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2022-01-01
- ID
b21fc2e3-9623-449e-8ea5-c70a4c10e48b
Sources (1)
- Baidu Apollo · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu_Apollo · 2022-01-01
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Apollo RT6 at Wuhan, China.Common questions
- What is the Apollo RT6 deployment at Wuhan, China?
- Apollo RT6, built by Baidu, is recorded as a deployment at Wuhan, China on the DEPLOY registry. Baidu operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Apollo RT6 at Wuhan, China?
- Baidu, the manufacturer of Apollo RT6, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the Apollo RT6 deployment at Wuhan, China go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the Apollo RT6 deployment at Wuhan, China?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
- Is Apollo RT6 at Wuhan, China safe?
- Apollo RT6 at Wuhan, China has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
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