Distressed riders who were stranded for hours say Apollo Go customer service agents offered âuseless platitudesâ A âsystem malfunctionâ has caused several self-driving robotaxis to stall in the middle of the road in China, police have confirmed, after distressed riders were stranded for hours. Local authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said they began receiving calls âone after anotherâ on Tuesday night from riders reporting that autonomous vehicles operated by the Chinese internet company Baidu had frozen. âMultiple Apollo Go cars stopped in the middle of the road, unable to move,â police said in a statement on Wednesday, referring to Baiduâs driverless taxi service. âAfter investigation, preliminary findings suggest the cause was system malfunction.â Baidu has a fleet of more than 500 driverless cars in Wuhan. The statement did not specify how many cars were involved in the sysem malfunction. One rider, recounting their 90-minute ordeal on the Chinese social media platform RedNote, said their vehicle broke down on an elevated highway in Wuhan at 9pm local time. âI called robotaxiâs customer service, but couldnât get through at first. After
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A âsystem failureâ caused a robotaxi outage involving multiple vehicles operated by Baiduâs Apollo Go in central Chinese city of Wuhan, local police said on Wednesday, re-igniting safety concerns over the fast-growing service. Police…
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A âsystem failureâ caused a robotaxi outage involving multiple vehicles operated by Baiduâs Apollo Go in central Chinese city of Wuhan, local police said on Wednesday, re-igniting safety concerns over the…
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A âsystem failureâ caused a robotaxi outage involving multiple vehicles operated by Baiduâs Apollo Go in central Chinese city of Wuhan, local police said on Wednesday, re-igniting safety concerns over the fast-growing service. Police…
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