China's Baidu says it's running 250,000 robotaxis a week — same as Alphabet's Waymo did this spring
Chinese tech company Baidu announced Monday it can sell some robotaxi rides without any human staff in the vehicles.BEIJING — As Baidu ramps up its robotaxi operations worldwide, fully driverless weekly rides as of Oct. 31 have now surpassed 250,000 orders, according to a spokesperson for the company's driverless car unit Apollo Go.That's on par with what Waymo reported in late April for its weekly paid U.S. rides. When contacted by CNBC, Waymo did not have a new specific figure to share. The Alphabet-backe ...