Baidu begins testing its purpose-built Apollo Go RT6 robotaxis with human safety operators in outer London; Baidu plans to deploy the taxis on Lyft's Freenow (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/lyft-and-baidu-enter-londons-robotaxi-battleground-as-testing-begins/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260728/i8.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260728/p8#a260728p8" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Kirsten Korosec / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/lyft-and-baidu-enter-londons-robotaxi-battleground-as-testing-begins/">Baidu begins testing its purpose-built Apollo Go RT6 robotaxis with human safety operators in outer London; Baidu plans to deploy the taxis on Lyft's Freenow</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Chinese tech giant Baidu has started testing autonomous vehicles in London as part of its partnership with Lyft and Freenow &hellip; </p>