{"id":317492,"date":"2025-08-04T15:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/317492\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:48:12","slug":"baidu-lyft-partner-to-deploy-robotaxis-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/317492\/","title":{"rendered":"Baidu, Lyft partner to deploy robotaxis in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The initial deployment is planned for 2026 in Germany and the UK, with the fleet size expanding to thousands of vehicles across Europe in the coming years.<\/li>\n<li>Baidu and Uber announced a partnership last month to deploy robotaxis, initially in Asia and the Middle East.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-114721 size-full j-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-original=\"https:\/\/img.cnevpost.com\/2025\/08\/04201704\/2025080412170336.jpg\" alt=\"Baidu, Lyft partner to deploy robotaxis in Europe\" width=\"1280\" height=\"725\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025072502220882.jpg\"\/>(Image credit: Baidu)<\/p>\n<p>Baidu has partnered with US ride-hailing company Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) to deploy robotaxis in Europe, following last month&#8217;s announcement of its <a href=\"https:\/\/cnevpost.com\/2025\/07\/15\/baidu-uber-deploy-robotaxis-globally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partnership with Uber Technologies<\/a> (NYSE: UBER).<\/p>\n<p>Lyft will deploy Baidu Apollo Go autonomous vehicles (AVs) in major European markets through its platform, marking a milestone in Baidu&#8217;s international expansion, the Chinese tech giant said in a statement today.<\/p>\n<p>The initial deployment is planned for 2026 in Germany and the UK, with the fleet size expanding to thousands of vehicles across Europe in the coming years, pending regulatory approval.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the agreement, Lyft will deploy Baidu Apollo Go&#8217;s sixth-generation vehicles as its pioneering autonomous solution in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our partnership with Baidu is all about creating a great customer experience. Their extensive track record operating the world&#8217;s largest autonomous ride-hailing service means we can bring all the benefits of AVs &#8212; safety, reliability, and privacy &#8212; to millions of Europeans,&#8221; said David Risher, CEO of Lyft.<\/p>\n<p>Baidu entered the autonomous driving technology sector in 2013, making it one of the first companies in China to do so.<\/p>\n<p>As of May, Apollo Go had accumulated more than 11 million rides and expanded its service coverage to 15 cities, according to Baidu&#8217;s first quarter earnings report.<\/p>\n<p>Baidu&#8217;s co-founder, chairman, and CEO Robin Li said in a financial report conference call on May 21 that Apollo Go&#8217;s global fleet of robotaxis had reached 1,000 vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>On July 15, Baidu announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Uber to deploy thousands of Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis on Uber&#8217;s platform in multiple global markets outside the US and the Chinese mainland.<\/p>\n<p>The first deployments are expected to take place later this year in Asia and the Middle East, using the sixth generation of Apollo Go robotaxis.<\/p>\n<p>Lyft will serve as Baidu&#8217;s first ride-sharing partner in Europe, and the partnership is expected to rapidly expand the Apollo Go business in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The ride-hailing giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyft.com\/blog\/posts\/lyft-goes-global-freenow-acquisition-complete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced last week<\/a> that it had completed the acquisition of Freenow, one of Europe&#8217;s largest taxi-hailing apps, doubling Lyft&#8217;s addressable market to more than 300 billion personal vehicle trips per year.<\/p>\n<p>Freenow operates in nine European countries and over 180 cities.<\/p>\n<p>The first deployments are expected to take place later this year in Asia and the Middle East, using Apollo Go&#8217;s sixth-generation robotaxi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The initial deployment is planned for 2026 in Germany and the UK, with the fleet size expanding to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[46459,115463,982,2000,299,5187,15599,46460],"class_list":{"0":"post-317492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-baidu","9":"tag-baidu-apollo","10":"tag-deals","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-european","14":"tag-lyft","15":"tag-robotaxi"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114971286127433724","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}