3Baidu and Lyft push ahead with plans for a robotaxi service in London (BIDU:NASDAQ) - Seeking Alphaseekingalpha.comMedium10·23 16:38Z
Baidu demonstrated its RT6 autonomous vehicle on London streets this week as the company advances toward a driverless robotaxi service in the city by 2027, in partnership with Lyft3.
The London showcase follows Baidu's broader push to deploy autonomous ride-hailing outside mainland China. Baidu opened its first public robotaxi trial in Hong Kong last month[1]. The London effort also enters a market where Uber and Pony.ai recently began testing Gen-7 robotaxis[3].
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ANALYSIS Baidu's pairing with Lyft rather than a local operator positions two U.S.- and China-headquartered companies as joint entrants into a London robotaxi corridor that Uber and Pony.ai are already contesting.