Baidu Robotaxis Freeze Mid-Traffic in Wuhan — 100+ Vehicles Stall, Passengers Trapped on Highways
Bloomberg·high signal
More than 100 Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis experienced a fleet-wide system failure in Wuhan, freezing mid-route on highways and city roads, trapping passengers inside for up to two hours. Police received a surge of emergency calls as passengers feared exiting vehicles stopped in fast-moving traffic lanes. Bloomberg and CNBC report at least one crash resulted from the incident; Baidu cited a system safety check triggering as the cause.