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Lyft partners with China's Baidu to trial robotaxis in London

Mark Moran
22 December 2025
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US ride-sharing app Lyft has announced its desire to pilot self-driving vehicles in London.

Lyft is set to use Chinese-built Baidu vehicles. Baidu’s Apollo Go driverless robotaxi service already operates in dozens of cities, mostly in China.

Lyft chief executive David Risher said: “Over the weekend, Lyft and Baidu signed a definitive agreement to bring autonomous vehicles to London. We've been working around the clock to make it happen, and now it's official,” he wrote on...

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