Baidu Apollo Go Hits 250,000 Weekly Orders as Robotaxi Competition with Ride-Hailing Intensifies

Apollo Go's weekly orders have surpassed 250,000, with about 17 million cumulative trips, 240 million kilometers of autonomous driving mileage, and 140 million kilometers of fully driverless mileage. The article compares Pony.ai's Shenzhen fleet, which generates an average daily net income of 394 yuan per vehicle, with the 200-300 yuan average daily revenue per vehicle for human drivers, and notes that in core areas of first-tier cities with high demand density, Robotaxi net income per vehicle has reached or even exceeded that of human-driven ride-hailing.