outer London

Baidu begins testing its purpose-built Apollo Go RT6 robotaxis with human safety operators in outer London; Baidu plans to deploy the taxis on Lyft's Freenow (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Baidu has initiated limited real-world testing of its Apollo Go RT6 robotaxis in outer London with human safety operators, as part of a commercial partnership with Lyft’s Freenow platform — marking its first autonomous vehicle deployment outside China and signaling expansion into European mobility markets.