Multiple outlets report a widespread outage affecting Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxi fleet in Wuhan, leaving more than 100 vehicles stalled mid-traffic and stranded passengers. Reports describe moving traffic, police calls, and occasional crashes, underscoring concerns about fleet reliability and safety amid rapid driverless-taxi deployment.
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- NY Post - Safety concerns as passengers are stranded in dangerous traffic after outage · ↗
- TNW - Characterization of the incident as a mass fleet failure in Wuhan · ↗
- Bloomberg - Police involvement and disruption due to robotaxi freeze in Wuhan · ↗
- CNBC - Possible crashes as robotaxis halted mid-traffic in Wuhan · ↗
- AP - Passengers stranded in moving traffic after robotaxi outage in Wuhan · ↗
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