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Baidu Apollo Go Robotaxis Stall in Traffic During System Failure in Wuhan

S2 · 03/31
2026 · Baidu · Wuhan, China

Record

CompanyBaidu
Categoryother
Typeoutage
Date03/31
2026
Time of daynot documented
LocationWuhan, China
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale~100 vehicles
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceWired

What happened

A system malfunction caused at least 100 Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis to stop in live traffic, including on elevated roads, stranding passengers until police and company personnel responded; no injuries were reported.

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