Overview
- Baidu’s Apollo Go taxis in Wuhan, which malfunctioned Tuesday, stopped in live traffic and set off minor rear-end crashes.
- Local police confirmed the incident on Weibo and said a likely system failure left at least 100 cars immobilized.
- Officers helped some riders exit on busy roads, and police said no injuries were reported.
- Baidu has not issued a public comment as investigators work to determine the technical cause.
- Wuhan is Baidu’s largest market with more than 1,000 robotaxis, and the outage could pressure plans to expand the service abroad, including trials with Uber in Europe and the Middle East.