On September 24, Baidu Inc. announced that its autonomous ride-hailing platform, Apollo Go, has received Dubai’s first autonomous driving trial permit, along with the initial batch of 50 autonomous driving test licenses issued by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai.
Since August, Baidu’s 50-vehicle fleet

On August 4, Lyft, one of North America's and Europe's largest transportation networks, announced that it has partnered with Baidu, Inc., a leading AI company with a strong Internet foundation, to bring Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles (AVs) to key European markets through the Lyft platform.
As part of the partn

On July 26, at the World AI Conference 2025 (WAIC 2025), five Shanghai government bodies issued another batch of intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) demonstration operation licenses. This indicates that ICVs in Shanghai have entered a new stage of normal and large-scale demonstration operations.
Covering four models

On July 15, Apollo Go forged a strategic partnership with Uber, a mobility service platform. The two companies will jointly promote the expansion of Apollo Go to several global markets and deploy thousands of driverless vehicles.
According to the plan, the two companies will first deploy Apollo Go’s 6th-generation dr

On July 8, CAR Inc. (CAR) launched the world’s first autonomous vehicle rental service for the public with Baidu Apollo in Beijing.
Based on a Baidu Apollo Level 4 autonomous driving platform, the service deeply integrates CAR’s nationwide vehicle rental network and fleet operation experience to serve as China’s firs

Black Sesame Technologies Co., Ltd.  (Black Sesame) launched technical cooperation with Baidu on the Ernie large model.
Based on Ernie, Black Sesame will develop an industry-leading in-vehicle reasoning engine to offer companies and developers a one-stop large model solution that is truly available, easy-to-use, and

On June 18, Baidu Apollo announced that Apollo Go has been permitted to conduct autonomous driving tests during designated time periods on designated road sections in Tung Chung, Hong Kong to further expand autonomous driving application scenarios.
A total of 10 Apollo Go autonomous vehicles have been approved for te

Baidu Inc. (Baidu) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Jinan Municipal People’s Government for the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry.
The two parties will further deepen cooperation in areas such as construction of AI infrastructure, industrial development of data elements, indust

Announced on May 16, 2025, DeepWay has recently signed a distribution agreement with a key partner in Thailand and secured its first batch of orders in the market.
A key focus of the collaboration was DeepWay’s right-hand-drive electric trucks and power trailer models. The company presented the Thai delegation with a

On April 28, the Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility) announced the expansion of its Autonomous RoboTaxi service, in collaboration with Autogo, a subsidiary of Kintsugi Holding, as part of a strategic partnership with Apollo Go, a subsidiary of China’s Baidu and a global leader in autonomous vehicle techn

On March 31, Hesai Technology announced that its lidar solution will power Apollo Go’s expansion into Dubai, accelerating the global adoption of safe and intelligent driverless solutions.
The announcement follows an agreement between Hesai and Baidu Apollo in July 2024. The fleet will grow to 1,000 vehicles, showcasi

On March 29, Baidu announced that its autonomous ride-hailing service, Apollo Go, has entered a strategic partnership with Autogo, a UAE-based autonomous mobility company and subsidiary brand of Kintsugi Holding, to deploy the largest fully driverless fleet in Abu Dhabi. Initial trials of dozens of Apollo Go autonomo

Baidu Apollo announced that Leapmotor’s LEAP 3.5 technical architecture features its LD (Lane-level Data) map data for debut in the B10 SUV.
Baidu Apollo’s more than 3.6 million kilometers of LD map data covers more than 360 cities, 2,800 districts and counties, and more than 38,000 villages and towns in China, break

Baidu AI Cloud, a Baidu subsidiary, announced that the intelligent cockpit of SAIC-VW’s Teramont Pro SUV features Baidu’s ERNIE Bot.
The model achieved in-depth integration with DeepSeek through Baidu AI Cloud’s Qianfan large model platform. V-Mate GPT, a versatile in-vehicle large language model based on ERNIE Bot a

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Baidu in Ningde, Fujian.
Focusing on driverless technology as well as digitalization and intelligentization, the two companies will jointly bolster the popularization and development of driverless mobility services and the

Baidu Apollo provided some DiPilot system-powered BYD models with map data. Baidu Apollo’s LD data empowers the DiLink map system with more than 3.6 million kilometers of groundbreaking lane-level map data. The data covers more than 360 cities, 2,800 districts and counties, and more than 38,000 villages and towns acr

Baidu AI Cloud, a Baidu subsidiary, gained full access to DeepSeek. To further meet enterprises’ needs, the Baige, Qianfan, and Yijian all-in-one machine solutions based on DeepSeek were introduced.
Baidu AI Cloud’s DeepSeek-based all-in-one machine solutions are deeply integrated with DeepSeek’s large models and equ

Baidu Apollo’s intelligent cockpit large model and intelligent mobility agent gained access to DeepSeek. Through in-depth integration with ERNIE Bot and DeepSeek, the company created an intelligent mobility center to provide users with more professional, convenient, and efficient mobility experiences in processing co

On February 8, DeepWay, a Baidu intelligent New Energy truck subsidiary, broke ground on an intelligent plant for battery, motor, and electronic control systems in Changxing County, Huzhou, Zhejiang.
The plant will mainly produce DeepWay in-house developed core commercial vehicle components, namely, battery packs, e-

On December 26, DeepWay closed a Series B financing worth CNY 750 million in total, which was co-invested by Zhongan Capital and Puhua Capital.
The proceeds will mainly be used to accelerate the R&D and mass production of DeepWay heavy-duty truck electrification and intelligentization technologies in Hefei and streng