Overview

• The multi-year deal will roll out thousands of Apollo Go robotaxis on Uber’s platform in Asia and the Middle East later in 2025.
• Baidu’s Apollo Go division operates over 1,000 fully driverless vehicles globally and logged more than 11 million rides across 15 cities as of May.
• Riders may be offered the option to request a fully driverless Apollo Go taxi through the Uber app.
• The agreement builds on Uber’s strategy of embedding multiple autonomous vehicle partners—including Waymo, Volkswagen, May Mobility and Pony.ai—instead of developing its own self-driving technology.
• Uber and Baidu plan to extend testing of the service to Europe and Turkey by the end of 2025 under evolving regulatory frameworks.