Lyft and China’s Baidu look to bring robotaxis to Europe next year

The European expansion of the lift will include Chinese -made robotaxis.

The US ride-helling company announced on Monday that they had strategic partnership with Baidu to set up Apollo Go Autonomous Vehicles of Chinese Tech Giants across several European markets. Companies want to launch Robotaxi services in Germany and the UK in 2026, pending for regulatory approval.

If approved, the Baidur RT6 vehicle, which is equipped with Apollo Go Self-Driving System, will be integrated into the lift ride-helling application. Lift CEO David Risher says Robotuxi service is an example of its “hybrid network method, where AVS and human drivers work together to provide customer-based options for riders.”

Lift Histor has taken the ride-helling business center in the United States, while the rival Uber has expanded to other regions like global and food supply. However earlier this year, Laft bought when entering the European market when it agreed to achieve the German Multi-Pagata App Freino from BMW and Mercedes-Benz Mobility Cash is about 197 million dollarsThe

The acquisition introduced the European Market in the elevator, which has only been operated in the United States and Canada since its inauguration in 2002.

Both Lift and Uber, both their own internal autonomous vehicles programs sunset, compete to lock partnerships with companies like Baidu, which created the technology.

Uber is partnership with more than 18 agencies, covering the spectrum of how self-driving systems can be applied to the physical world Ride-hillingDelivered, and trucking. Alone this year, it announced an agreement with Ann Arber, Michigan-based May mobility and VolkswagenAs well as the moments of Chinese self-driving firms, WhirideAnd Baudu. Uber has invested in the last month Several hundred million dollars EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology to launch its own premium Robotaxi service in starting Nuro.

Laft did not have a pace like Uber, but did a few partnerships in the last one year, including plans Add autonomous shuttle Austrian manufacturer made by the Benteller Group made on its network by the end of 2026. Lift also says that it has a plan to keep it May Avs from mobility Late this year to Atlanta to its network.