Apollo Go Reaches 20 Million Journeys, 190 Million Absolutely Driverless Kilometers

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We sometimes report on Waymo and different US-based robotaxi corporations, however one of many greatest robotaxi providers on the earth is Baidu’s Apollo Go. It first launched totally driverless robotaxis in China on July 20, 2022, and was the primary firm to launch them there.

Now we have now information that, as of this month, Apollo Go has offered 20 million rides — worldwide, because it does additionally supply robotaxi providers in some places exterior of China. Be aware that Waymo handed 20 million passenger journeys in December 2025.

The corporate offered 3.4 million robotaxi journeys in simply the 4th quarter of final yr. That was a 200% enhance over the 4th quarter of 2024. In its peak week, the corporate offered 300,000 such journeys.

As has been performed in any respect robotaxi corporations, Apollo Go initially had people within the autos supervising the autonomous driving. With these journeys included, the corporate has now handed 300 million kilometers (186 million miles) of autonomous driving. Solely counting the totally driverless journeys, it has handed 190 million kilometers (118 million miles). That’s numerous autonomous driving….

Together with offering these stats to the world, Baidu simply introduced that Apollo Go service has launched in South Korea. That ought to be a scorching marketplace for the service.

Whereas most of Apollo Go’s enterprise is performed in Chain, the corporate has been increasing past China considerably. Uber & Lyft are speculated to be testing Apollo Go robotaxis in London this yr, A public transport firm in Switzerland can also be beginning to use them. Apollo Go ought to be coming into different components of Europe by way of Lyft this yr as nicely. Additionally it is entering into extra markets in Asia and the Center East by way of Uber. Slightly greater than a yr in the past, Apollo Go robotaxis launched in Hong Kong. I anticipate we’ll be listening to of its entry into a number of extra markets by way of 2026. Keep tuned.

And, one has to surprise: will Apollo Go be capable of go up Waymo in robotaxi rides? Each of them are increasing quickly, so it ought to be an fascinating and tight race for robotaxi management in 2026. We will see.