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Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis reportedly stopped mid-traffic, trapping passengers and resulting in highway collisions on the streets of the Chinese city of Wuhan on Tuesday, according to videos shared on social media.
The incident was confirmed by a statement published on the official Weibo account of the Wuhan local traffic police department, which acknowledged reports of multiple Apollo Go vehicles that stalled in the middle of a road.
“Upon investigation, preliminary findings suggest system malfunctions as the cause of the incident,” read the police department’s statement in Chinese, translated by CNBC.
The statement added that authorities had worked with Apollo Go staff to handle the initial situation, with the incident still undergoing further investigation. Passengers had safely exited the affected vehicles, it added.
