Apollo Go gets Hong Kong's first pilot licence for autonomous vehicles

Baidu Apollo Go/Apollo Go robotaxi

Hong Kong's Transport Department issued its first autonomous vehicle pilot licence to Apollo Go on November 29, 2024 under the new Road Traffic (Autonomous Vehicles) Regulation. Testing would commence before year-end, marking Baidu's first permit in a right-hand-drive, left-side-traffic region.

• Hong Kong's first autonomous vehicle pilot license under new Road Traffic regulation; testing to begin before year-end 2024
• Baidu's first right-hand-drive, left-side-traffic testing; aligns with parent company's Apollo 10.0 global release December 4, 2024
• Apollo Go has 8 million cumulative service orders as of October 2024; international expansion part of broader strategy