Baidu robotaxis: 100+ cars freeze on the streets of Wuhan
Baidu has hit a failure that is rare in the industry: on the evening of March 31, more than 100 Apollo Go robotaxis stopped at the same time in Wuhan, right in traffic. The cars did not pull over to a safe zone, passengers were stuck inside, and police opened an investigation into a "systemic failure." For the industry, this is a significant test: a mass fleet outage is no longer a theoretical risk but a real event.
AI-processed from TNW; edited by Hamidun News
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxis hit a rare scenario on the evening of March 31 in Wuhan, when more than 100 vehicles stopped at the same time in the middle of traffic, trapping passengers and snarling road traffic.
How did the Baidu robotaxi failure happen?
According to Wuhan police, Apollo Go robotaxis stopped at intersections, on city arterial roads, and even in the middle lanes of ring roads. The vehicles did not pull over to the shoulder and did not trigger an emergency procedure.
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