Overview
- Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis in Wuhan, which stalled Tuesday night, left more than 100 vehicles stopped in live lanes according to city police.
- Authorities reported no injuries and said all riders got out safely, yet social posts and local media showed at least one highway crash and several rear-end collisions.
- Passengers described waits of about 90 minutes to nearly two hours as in‑car SOS buttons showed “unavailable,” calls dropped from the screen, and customer service was hard to reach.
- Police cited a likely system malfunction and opened an investigation, while Baidu offered no detailed explanation and customer service staff referenced possible network issues.
- Wuhan is Apollo Go’s largest market with more than 1,000 driverless cars by some accounts, and the outage echoes a December Waymo stall in San Francisco that has fueled questions about fleetwide fail‑safes and could speed new oversight and insurance rules in China.