--- title: "Baidu's Apollo Go plans to launch taxis with no steering wheels in Switzerland as the race for robotaxis in Europe heats up" description: "Baidu's Apollo Go plans to test driverless taxis in Switzerland starting December 2023, aiming for a public service launch by Q1 2027. In partnership with PostBus, the service will utilize Apollo Go's" type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/262194311.md" published_at: "2025-10-22T08:48:15.000Z" --- # Baidu's Apollo Go plans to launch taxis with no steering wheels in Switzerland as the race for robotaxis in Europe heats up > Baidu's Apollo Go plans to test driverless taxis in Switzerland starting December 2023, aiming for a public service launch by Q1 2027. In partnership with PostBus, the service will utilize Apollo Go's RT6 electric vehicles, with plans to eliminate steering wheels. This move is part of a broader competition among robotaxi companies to expand in Europe, following similar partnerships and tests by other firms like Pony.ai and Waymo. Chinese tech company Baidu announced Wednesday its Apollo Go robotaxi arm has entered a strategic partnership with PostBus in Switzerland. Baidu BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Baidu announced Wednesday that its robotaxi unit will start test drives in Switzerland in December, as firms race to get their vehicles on European roads. The company's Apollo Go unit will work with Swiss public transit operator PostBus through a strategic partnership, Baidu said. By the first quarter of 2027, the companies aim to begin operating a public-facing fully driverless taxi service called "AmiGo" that uses Apollo Go's RT6 electric vehicles, the press release said. Baidu added that once the robotaxis are up and running, the operators plan to remove the cars' steering wheels. Plans to start tests in December are the most concrete steps Baidu has announced so far in getting its robotaxis on public roads in Europe. The Chinese tech company said in August that it would partner with U.S. ride-hailing company Lyft to deploy robotaxis in the U.K. and Germany starting in 2026. A month earlier, Baidu announced a partnership with Uber to deploy Apollo Go robotaxis on the ride-hailing platform outside the U.S. and mainland China later in the year. Other robotaxi companies are also racing to expand into Europe and the Middle East, after building up operations in the U.S. and China. On Friday, Chinese robotaxi operator Pony.ai announced it will work with Stellantis to begin tests in Luxembourg in the coming months, before expanding to other European cities next year. U.S. rival Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet, last week also announced plans to start tests in London before launching the self-driving taxi service there next year. Uber in June said it would start trials in spring 2026 of fully autonomous rides in the U.K. with SoftBank-backed self-driving tech startup Wayve. *— CNBC's Arjun Kharpal contributed to this report.* ### Related Stocks - [BIDU.US - Baidu](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BIDU.US.md) - [09888.HK - BIDU-SW](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/09888.HK.md) - [K3SD.SG - BIDU ADR US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/K3SD.SG.md) ## Related News & Research | Title | Description | URL | |-------|-------------|-----| | 恒指半日跌 161 點 百度挫半成 AI 股飆 智譜、海致科技升 19%｜港股開市 | 港股在馬年首個交易日低開，恆指中午收市跌 161 點，報 26544 點，成交額 917.55 億元。科指跌 122 點，百度跌 5.66% 為表現最差藍籌，阿里巴巴、騰訊等也下跌。AI 股表現強勁，智譜、海致科技均升逾 19%。歷史數據顯 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276410566.md) | | 中國的百度在春節前將 OpenClaw AI 集成到其擁有 7 億用户的搜索應用中 | 百度將把 OpenClaw AI 集成到其主要智能手機應用中，使其 7 億用户能夠直接與 AI 進行互動，完成日程安排和文件組織等任務。這一推出恰逢農曆新年，旨在增強用户參與度並利用 AI 趨勢。其他中國科技巨頭，包括阿里巴巴，也在其平台中 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275868006.md) | | Waymo 在紐約州撤銷有關機器人出租車擴展的條款後遭受打擊 | Waymo 在紐約州撤銷機器人出租車擴展條款後遭受打擊 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276441421.md) | | 深入瞭解 Waymo 最大的無人駕駛出租車車庫 | 查看 Waymo 最大的機器人出租車車庫內部 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276108243.md) | | 機器人出租車行業在紐約的夢想又被推遲了 | 機器人出租車行業在紐約的夢想又被推得更遠了 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276411601.md) | --- > **Disclaimer**: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.