Chinese tech firm Baidu's Apollo GO full-fledged commercial application into Wuhan online taxi
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence in the world, Baidu, a Chinese tech company, is having his high time. Currently, Baidu's "Apollo GO" officially operates online taxi service in Wuhan, China. Baidu's "Apollo GO" is the self-driving service platform launched by Baidu, marking an important progress in the commercialization of Baidu in the field of self-driving. Baidu's "Apollo GO" is Baidu's autonomous driving service platform, marking significant progress in the commercialization of autonomous driving.
Initial stage (before 2021)
Baidu has been plowing in the field of autonomous driving for nearly 10 years, and in some areas of Changsha, Guangzhou, Beijing and other places from 2019, people suddenly found a lot of Baidu unmanned cars on the street. And Apollo GO, is the evolution of ApolloGo. For ordinary users, Apollo GO client is easy to use, order to enjoy travel services, only, this time called a drone car. Baidu unmanned car from the technical verification into the ground operation of the determination of the specific bearing. Operation to make money is one aspect, more importantly, Baidu Apollo can collect the actual road data, accelerate the upgrading and iteration of the automatic driving system.
Growth Stage (2021-2022)
In 2021 at the Baidu World Congress, Baidu released a steering wheel-less unmanned car ApolloRT6, based on a major breakthrough in autonomous driving technology, Baidu unmanned car costs, reduced to 1/10 of the industry, and the market price of ordinary new energy vehicles is about the same. According to the plan, Baidu will use RT6 in Apollo GO platform next year, the planning capacity will be deployed according to the rhythm of operation, from 10,000 units to 100,000 units gradually climb. According to the latest data disclosed by the General Assembly, Baidu unmanned vehicles have been commercialized landing, last August, Baidu launched self-driving travel service platform Apollo GO, last November, began charging for the operation. As of today, Apollo GO into Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other 10 cities, the cumulative order volume of 1 million. Economic Observer reporter has experienced Apollo GO in Beijing Yizhuang, you can play Apollo GO like DDT, when the unmanned car driver's seat and the safety officer. In April this year, Yizhuang opened the main driver without a safety officer demonstration operation pilot, can realize the real unmanned.
Expansion stage (after 2023)
Baidu driverless travel service company announced that by 2025, "Apollo GO" will expand its services to 65 cities, and by 2030 will expand its services to 100 cities. Bloomberg's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2022 predicts that China will become the world's largest market for self-driving mobility services in 2040, which will reach 12 million vehicles, followed by the U.S. with about 7 million vehicles.IHS Markit, on the other hand, predicts that the market for self-driving mobility services will ultimately be dominated by 2 or 3 major companies, with the top-ranked company capturing more than 40% of the market share. Baidu is becoming a key player, if not an important leader, in China's self-driving travel service market.
Current Status
As of 2023, "Apollo GO" is already in service in 10 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and has achieved remarkable results. According to the latest data from Baidu, the Apollo test fleet size has reached the 500-vehicle level, with a total mileage of more than 14 million kilometers, 2,900 patents, and open-road testing in nearly 30 cities around the world. In addition, "Apollo GO" has been licensed to provide fully self-driving mobility services in Wuhan and Chongqing, an important step in laying the groundwork for large-scale self-driving mobility service approvals in China13.
Overall, the development of "Apollo GO" demonstrates Baidu's strong commitment to self-driving and its technological prowess, and the current state of affairs shows that Baidu has made substantial progress on the road to self-driving commercialization. As the technology continues to advance and the range of services continues to expand, we can expect "Apollo GO" to achieve even greater success in the future.
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