China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos

A Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi successful Wuhan, China. | Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images

China has suspended caller licenses for autonomous vehicles, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed radical acquainted with the matter. The determination comes aft dozens of robotaxis operated by Chinese tech elephantine Baidu ground to a halt successful postulation past month successful Wuhan, creating chaos.

The restrictions volition forestall companies from adding caller driverless cars to their fleets, expanding into caller cities, oregon starting caller trial projects. It is unclear erstwhile officials volition commencement issuing caller licenses again.

Bloomberg said the Wuhan incidental alarmed authorities successful Beijing, prompting regulators to impulse section governments to reappraisal the assemblage to forestall akin episodes. …

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